There is more to be done to smooth the path for future founders, but Britain should be proud of its strong pool of entrepreneurs, writes Timothy Barnes from Global Entrepreneurship Week

What is Global Entrepreneurship Week?

This is Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) and there are hundreds of events across the country to celebrate, train and showcase our incredible entrepreneurs.

GEW was born in the UK 18 years ago by then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown and now takes place each year with over 40,000 events in almost every country in the world engaging more than 10m people. Today, we are proud that the Centre for Entrepreneurs co-ordinates activity in the UK as part of our charitable mission to develop every aspect of UK entrepreneurship.

After the formal launch of the UK programme on Monday, we headed to the offices of Rathbones in the City for our first Entrepreneurship Summit, where successful entrepreneurs including Deborah Meaden, of Dragon’s Den fame, and Greg Jackson, of Octopus Energy, shared thoughts with City AM’s own Christian May and an audience of passionate startup advocates.

At the same time, in Hull, a very different kind of celebration saw the city’s Mayor launch the “£5 Blossom” challenge, where 13 groups from local schools work with local businesses on an enterprise project over the........

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