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  Gateways to the Veterinary Profession

  Perceptions of Veterinary Careers

  Robinson D, Munro M, Baldwin S, Pollard E | Jun 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The Gateways to the Professions project was a collaboration between the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), six out of seven of the UK veterinary schools and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), part-funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Its objective was to develop communications materials that could help break down barriers preventing students from a broader ethnic, social and economic base applying to veterinary school.

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  The Role of Loan Commitments in Credit Allocation on the UK Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme

  Cowling M | Feb 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

  In this paper we provide empirical evidence concerning the nature of loan commitment contracts and the extent to which individual loan parameters interact with each other. Specifically, we consider how the quantitative allocation of credit, the loan amount, is affected or altered by changes to other components of the total loan package. By doing so we shed some more light on the type of real world trade-offs that credit constrained firms might face when approaching banks for funds, using the UK governments loan guarantee programme.

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  Self-employment Dynamics and 'Transitional Labour Markets'

  Some more UK evidence

  Meager N | Feb 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This paper looks at some aspects of the potential role of self-employment in transitional labour markets (TLM), building on previous work by the author (Meager and Bates, 2002). The question we were concerned with was whether self-employment transitions operate as positive or negative contributions to labour market dynamics.

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  The Desire for Income Equality Amongst the UK Adult Population

  Cowling M, Harding R | Jan 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Whilst there is a volume of literature mapping out the evolution, causes and implications of income inequality across countries, there is little in-depth evidence concerning the desire of populations for income equality. This paper tackled this gap by presenting UK evidence from a large-scale adult population survey for 2003. The headline result was that 75 per cent of the UK adult population preferred a fairer income distribution.

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  The Present and the Future

  Gender Differences in the Nature and Scale of Entrepreneurial Activity and Potential Activity in the UK

  Cowling M, Harding R | Jan 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

  In this paper we provide detailed evidence from a UK adult population survey on various measures of entrepreneurial activity or potential activity. In doing so we not only put hard figures on the nature of women's involvement, but show precisely what types of women are physically active as entrepreneurs, or are likely to become engaged in future entrepreneurial activity. For comparative purposes we present identical information for men.

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  The Role of Loan Guarantee Schemes in Alleviating Credit Rationing in the UK

  Cowling M | Jan 2007 | Institute for Employment Studies

  It is a widely held perception, although empirically contentious, that credit rationing is an important phenomenon in the UK small business sector. In response to this perception the UK government initiated a loan guarantee scheme (SFLGS) in 1981. In this paper we use a unique dataset comprised of small firms facing a very real, and binding, credit constraint, to question whether a corrective scheme such as the SFLGS has, in practice, alleviated such constraints by promoting access to debt finance for small credit constrained firms.

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  Annual Survey of Small Businesses: Wales 2005

  Dec 2006 | Small Business Service

  This is the third edition of the Small Business Service's annual survey, investigating the experiences and opinions of the owners of small businesses in Wales. The survey set out to gauge the needs of small businesses, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevent them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help small businesses; and record small businesses' expectations of government business support.

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  IES Labour Market Overview 2006

  Bates P | Nov 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The IES Labour Market Overview 2006 provides information on the trends within the UK labour market in 2006. It includes key facts, figures and commentary on the main changes in the supply and demand for labour in the UK.

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  Annual Survey of Small Businesses: Scotland 2005

  Nov 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry / Small Business Service / Scottish Executive

  The Small Business Service (SBS) carried out an annual survey of the experiences and opinions of the owners of small businesses in 2003 and 2004. These built on previous experience with its omnibus survey of small businesses. This document is the report of the third, 2005, edition of the new survey. It sought to monitor the needs of small businesses, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevent them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help small businesses; and record small businesses' expectations of government business support.

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  Annual Survey of Small Businesses: UK 2005

  Atkinson J, Tuohy S, Williams C | Oct 2006 | Department of Trade and Industry / Small Business Service

  In 2003 and 2004, the Small Business Survey (SBS) completed an annual survey of the experiences and opinions of the owners of SMEs, which built on its earlier Omnibus Survey of SMEs. This document is the report of the third, 2005 sweep of the survey. The survey sought to monitor the needs of SMEs, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevented them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help SMEs; and record SMEs' expectations of government business support.