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EDITOR’S LETTER

For anyone feeling the current state of business affairs is enough to keep you indoors, then a day spent in inspiring company at the National Enterprise Network’s annual conference may have been just the tonic. As negative headlines rained down outside, the entrepreneurs and SME owners inside the Barclays tower at Canary Wharf were determined to be positive. “Of course, we are facing some problems,” they seemed to say, “but we will take them on and overcome them – how do you think we got to where we are in the first place?”

First to add to our resolve was Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer at Barclays Wealth Management, who reminded us of the quotation from economist Joel Mokyr who said: “Technological progress requires tolerance of the unfamiliar and eccentric.”

Absolutely. Without talking about eggs and omelettes, we all know that behind every successful businessperson is someone who is prepared to upset some people along the way. As Apple’s Steve Jobs said: “What separates most successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”

Alex Till, chair of the National Enterprise Network, had no doubt where he thought the government’s priorities should lie. “There is no planning around enterprise,” he said with barely concealed annoyance. “We need to work out how to get enterprise into government thinking.”

Quite right, Alex. Let’s hope someone high up in government is reading this magazine – if they are, they will be in no doubt that the SME sector is brimming with ideas and energy.

Happy reading!

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