This review of the empirical and theoretical literature was commissioned by the Small Business Service (Department for Trade and Industry). Our brief was to consider existing research that has examined the causes and the impact of economic churn on productivity, employment and ultimately...

A thriving small business sector is central to the vision of economic and social regeneration of rural areas presented in Defra’s Rural Strategy 20041. Away from urban centres, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) provide local jobs, services and places to trade, as well as the potential to...

In February 2002, the Small Business Service (SBS) commissioned LeedsMetropolitan University (LMU) to conduct a review of the contribution ofgraduates to small business success. The project stems from a risingconcern amongst policy makers that after years of experimentation instimulating...