We worked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and stakeholders in economic development in business organisations and national and local governments to identify policy interventions that support home-based businesses and derive from these conclusions for policy support. We are pleased that the report is now published in …
We investigated policy responses to the rise of self-employment and micro-scale business activities (businesses with fewer than ten employees) in the South of England. The survey used a standardised questionnaire which was distributed to all departments of local authorities dealing with economic development or planning and regeneration in the South …
Our research into home-based co-working has recently featured in the Guardian newspaper and in a website specialising in resources for home-based entrepreneurs. In an article entitled Would you let strangers work at your kitchen table?, journalist Emma Sheppard investigates the rise of co-working and the emergence of co-working in homes. …
Caboodle is one of a growing number of initiatives responding to a widespread shortage of childcare and workspace options that meet the needs of freelance and home workers. Launched in June 2017, Caboodle offers ‘pop-up’ co-working sessions with an on-site crèche at Windmill Hill City Farm in Bristol, providing the …
The ERC WORKANDHOME project organised together with the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (LEED) a policy seminar on home-based businesses. The seminar was hosted by the OECD in Paris on the 4th October 2017 as part of the OECD Inclusive Entrepreneurship series. The seminar was designed as …
