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How you can make a difference at a entrepreneurial grass roots level

In the Spring of each year London Business School (LBS) launches its Entrepreneurship SummerSchool (ESS) which offers students with a business idea the opportunity to research and explore theviability of their potential enterprise. An essential part of the school is the combination of academicstudy, real life research, market testing and getting insights from a business…

2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month: The Jolly Isolator

Join fellow Freemen for informal chat on the second Weds and then on the last Weds of the month introduce new entrepreneurs to The Company of Entrepreneurs . About this Event Join us for a chat. The Jolly Isolator is the ideal virtual watering hole to give you that bit of mid week social contact…

Farrer and Co Entrepreneurs Week 2020 – save the week

Last September Farrer and Co were proud to welcome over 1,000 clients and contacts to their first Entrepreneurs Week and are delighted to issue this “save the week” for #EW2020 during 21 – 25 September 2020. They have explained their plans for the week as follows:- “Our focus for the week will be on our clients and contacts and…

Partnership for Young London; Entrepreneurship Insight Event

Aimed at young people interested in being an entrepreneur / social entrepreneur, or those simply curious to about entrepreneurship, Partnership for Young London hosted their first insight panel event in collaboration with the Guild on the 5th May. The event included a panel of Guild Entrepreneurs speaking about their individual journeys, overcoming crisis and business…

Moving to every Wednesday : The Jolly Isolator!

Our online pub, The Jolly Isolator , which has been very well attended since we have not been able to meet up in person for our usual Tuesday events, has moved to a Wednesday evening. You are welcome to invite and friends or acquaintances who you think may be interested in hearing more about The…

Drapers Den !

(c) The Drapers’ Company (c) Gerald Sharp What a privilege it was to represent the Guild of Entrepreneurs as part of the judging panel at Drapers Den held at Drapers Hall on 12th December, 2019 My fellow judges were Mrs Kate Burns – General Counsel and Company Secretary, notonthehighstreet, Mr Ayas Fallon-Khan – Strategic Consultant on…

2019 Raleigh Lecture -The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Its Context and Its Impact on Entrepreneurship

The revolution will be televised. It will also be digitised, analysed, and personalised. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is affecting the ways in which we all live and work. Recent decades have introduced technologies to the workplace that change how we work – the internet, emails, and video conferencing. However, IR4 is changing the very nature…

06 May : Profit with Purpose – Breakfast with Charlie Bradshaw

Grab an extra piece of toast and enjoy an inspirational fireside chat over Breakfast with Charlie Bradshaw – Founder of Matrix – as he discusses Profit with Purpose and what it means to be a Certified B Corporation – a growing collective of brilliant organisations who balance purpose and profit. Charlie will discuss the amazing…

04 – May NEW DATE : The Appreciation Supper 2021

The now legendary Appreciation Supper returns in virtual form for 2021 with a hosted wine tasting from our friends at Tanners Wine Merchants of Shrewsbury. Liveryman Woolman Robert Boutflower shares three of his favourite vintages (plus a cheeky English fizz for the determined taster!) from the Tanners’ lists in a tutored tasting which promises to…

16 – March: Spring Breakfast 2021

The Spring Breakfast is an overtly business affair, when Freemen Entrepreneurs and their business guests enjoy fellowship and education with a good speaker – and plenty to discuss! Carrying on the theme of the Entrepreneurs and the City of London, we welcome a special guest speaker to expound on the work of the Corporation –…