According to a recent report titled “The Performing Arts Blueprint” published by Creative and Cultural Skills, a “skills time bomb” is threatening to damage the ability of the UK’s performing arts sector to fulfill its economic promise. It cites underinvestment in training as the main factor likely to result in skills shortages and gaps. [...]
Filed under: News on March 2nd, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, Community, entrepreneur, jobs
This week, a business coalition formed by AT&T and the Henry Ford Community College announced the creation of the Michigan Alliance for High-Tech Skills Training, an industry-led job retraining program that will be available to displaced workers and interested students in Michigan this year.
Henry Ford Community College will design a curriculum to develop core competencies [...]
Filed under: News on February 12th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, efficiency, funding, government, infrastructure, jobs, markets
Last Friday President Obama announced $2.3 billion in tax credits for 183 ventures to build wind turbines, advanced batteries, and other clean energy technology nationwide.
The credits, which are funded by the $787 billion economic stimulus package enacted last February, are designed to discharge up to 30 percent of the cost of new investments in manufacturing [...]
Filed under: News on January 11th, 2010 @ 9:08 am
Tagged with: clean tech, economic stimulus, economy, green energy, jobs, Solar Power, Technology, wind power
Jobs in California’s green economy increased by 36% from 1995 to 2008, beating the state’s 13% job growth, a study released last week reports.
The research, conducted by Silicon Valley-based research firm Collaborative Economics, underscores California’s lead in the green economy and may indicate where other states can expect green job growth.
California’s jobs in green businesses [...]
Filed under: News on December 18th, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
Tagged with: California, economy, green economy, green technology, jobs
Three universities have recently concluded in a comprehensive study that renewable energy policies could lead to a wealth of new employment opportunities in the near future. The study has also found that new energy policies will increase consumer income and have a positive effect on the U.S. economy.
The study, Clean Energy & Climate Policy [...]
Filed under: News, Uncategorized on November 22nd, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, economy, energy, government, growth, jobs
After last week’s announcement by Ben Bernanke that the recession was essentially over, I think many of us probably breathed a sigh of relief. Here’s a man responsible for many of the programs which have been so hotly contested, programs which have funneled billions of dollars to banks who may or may not have used [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
Tagged with: analysis, ben bernanke, Dailyfinance.com, economy, finance, growth, jobs, Joseph Stiglitz, Nobe Prize, recession, recovery, stimulus, Unemployment, US
BusinessWeek points to some compelling research published by the National Venture Capital Association that highlights the true impacts that Venture-backed startups are having on the US economy. The overall findings support the growing importance of the entrepreneurial system, which is exciting news for the industry as a whole and shoul help to provide insights into future [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, growth, industry, insights, jobs, National Venture Capital Association, NVCA, research, startup, success, sustainability, US, venture capital, venture-backed
Over the past decade, Starbucks has come to define many aspects of mega-capitalism with its ubiquitous stores and one-size-fits-all business model, but during the past year it has appeared to turn over a new leaf. The recession has clearly not been kind to the coffee behemoth and change was definitely on the menu.
While its “inspired by Starbucks” [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 16th, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
Tagged with: carbon footprint, CORR, costs, environmental awareness, food, goals, green business, jobs, recycling, Starbucks, sustainability, waste disposal
I just read some insightful comments from Brad Feld, picking up on an idea that was originally championed by Paul Graham back in April – The Founders Visa. Under this conceptual program, entrepreneurs who were in the process of developing start-ups would be granted special visas, enabling them to remain in the country.
Given the United [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 14th, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Tagged with: Brad Feld, Business, economy, effective, entrepreneur, Founders Visa, immigration, industry, innovation, insights, jobs, opportunities, opportunity, Paul Graham, people, progress, start-up, startup
BusinessWeek makes a compelling argument for a return to the heyday of large scale scientific research funded by a combination of public and private funds as a necessary antidote for our struggling economy. This “pure” research can lead to the kind of breakthroughs and innovations that can create new industries and improve old ones, which [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on September 3rd, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
Tagged with: biotech, Business, economy, funding, government, growth, innovation, innovative, jobs, knowledge, research, research and development, scale, sustainability
This week industrial engineer James Dyson stressed the role of science and engineering with the release of a new report entitled “Making the UK the leading high-tech exporter in Europe”. Dyson – who is perhaps best known for his bagless vacuum cleaners – is calling for more investment and support for innovative engineering.
GreenRoad announced last month that it has raised $10 million in financing from Generation Investment Management, the investment firm co-founded by Al Gore in 2004. GreenRoad, which is developing technologies to encourage safe and fuel-efficient driving behavior, intends to use the proceeds to accelerate the deployment of its GreenRoad 360 service among new and existing customers. GreenRoad [...].