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A voluntary group of entrepreneurs from Portsmouth has announced its intention to bring another Global Entrepreneurship Week to the city.


Running from November 17-23, the week, organised by Entrepreneurs Unite, will comprise a series of events celebrating entrepreneurial activity and expertise in Portsmouth. It is designed to inspire the entrepreneur in everyone, giving people the tools to step forward and consider starting their own business.


After a highly successful 2013 campaign, with 100 events organised and around 2,000 people taking part, Entrepreneurs Unite has taken up the challenge to make the 2014 offering even better. This year will feature Portsmouth co-launching the week with sister initiatives in London, as well as sharing events on a global scale through digital streaming.


Shena Mitchell, founder of Entrepreneurs Unite, said: “This year is going to be even bigger and better than last year. The support from local businesses has been overwhelming and with the University and the Council behind


us, we are really motoring.


“This year we have been asked to co-launch with London which is fantastic recognition of the scope and size of the Portsmouth activities last year.“


Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014 will launch locally with the annual Shaping Portsmouth Conference followed by a week’s worth of activities, which is set to feature highlights such as start-up workshops, aspirational events for young people, the creation of a new game developers’ network, events for social entrepreneurs, hackathons and more.


For the first time, Entrepreneurs Unite is also reaching out to the wider region, offering to publicise and support other Global Entrepreneurship Week activities beyond Portsmouth.


Peter Hooley, strategic director at the Innovation Space Project, said: “It’s set to be an exciting week. You can’t help but be inspired by some of the success stories from last year, and it’s great to be part of something that really helps people get into and grow their businesses.“


Details: www.entrepreneursunite.co.uk


Pay fair or pay the price


Hampshire firms are being advised to check that they comply with rules about equal pay – or risk being named, shamed and fined.


Employment law expert James Humphery from leading law firm Trethowans said employment tribunals are set to have the power to order companies to conduct equal pay audits – or risk large fines.


The changes are part of The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act and Humphery said that equal pay audits will be ordered where companies have breached the equal pay provisions under the Equality Act.


He said that most companies which are found to have breached the Equality Act will have to carry out detailed pay audits, have them approved by the employment


tribunal then publish them on their websites – and leave them there for three years. There’ll be fines of up to £5,000 for non- compliance.


“Equal pay has been in the spotlight recently and the introduction of this new power for employment tribunals is a timely reminder for companies to ensure they comply with the law,’’ said Humphery.


“Equal pay claims are always complicated, messy and time consuming so being forced to undertake and publish an audit rubs salt into an open wound.“


He said this kind of audit examines the pay of groups of workers in equal pay roles with the aim of identifying the reasons for pay gaps and closing any gaps which can’t be objectively justified.


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – NOVEMBER 2014


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