| 18/11/2005
- The Environment Agency has been supporting Enterprise
Week, which has been running this week (14 - 20 November),
by alerting the nation’s future entrepreneurs as to how
they can make their businesses greener. Enterprise
Week aims to create awareness and opportunities for young
people to develop their entrepreneurial flare and celebrate
these successes and skills.
To complement this, we are highlighting
how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can gain economically
as well as increase their environmental awareness through
following guidance offered the NetRegs website www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs.
We are also able to offer flood risk advice to businesses,
which is available on our website www.environment-agency.gov.uk.
We have created an online information
resource, NetRegs that provides SMEs with clear and concise
information on how to comply with green regulations and
provides advice on good environmental practice. The NetRegs
website is free to use and there is no need to register.
Visitors can also remain completely anonymous.
Within the Midlands region, The East
Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) has developed its own
unique way to attract the attention of budding young entrepreneurs.
Encouraging them to ‘show their enterprising streak’ and
gain a range of support from organisations across the
region, meet the experts and become inspired by previous
entrants, EMDA has launched the www.showusyours.co.uk
website in order to raise awareness of the opportunities
and awards.
Entrepreneurial dynamism within a
green edge was seen when Kelly Atkins received Young Entrepreneur
of the Year 2003 (East Midlands region), by launching
‘Carpet-Burns’. Her company manufactures a revolutionary
material from waste carpet to produce a range of unique
interior products, and a sheeting material.
This meant that her entrepreneurial
vision created the opportunity for waste to be diverted
from landfill, thus contributing to a greener and more
sustainable future, which is strongly supported by ourselves.
Speaking about Enterprise Week, Nick
King, our Regional Strategic Unit Manager for the Midlands
Region, states: "At the Environment Agency, we encourage
young enterprise that benefits the economy and the environment.
The NetRegs site has been specially designed to help those
who are new to the regulations". |
