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Publications

H 1 Migrant Entrepreneurship in the UK

DOS SANTOS Rafael, SILVESTER Andy

2016

12 p.

In partnership with mi-HUB, a social enterprise building the first co-working space exclusively for migrant entrepreneurs, this IoD report intends to remind policymakers and the media that those that have shown the ‘get up and go’ to come to the UK are uniquely entrepreneurial. Allowing them to build businesses here, and giving them the support they need, is a win-win for the UK economy.

In the light of Brexit, building an immigration system that allows the brightest and best into the UK must be a priority for policymakers. Britain is at its best when it is an open, entrepreneurial, outward-looking country, and that must be remembered.

The research found that:

The majority of those interviewed - foreign entrepreneurs now leading companies - either employ native born workers or are planning to do so in the near future

The majority came to study or to work in established firms.

The report argues that any post-Brexit policies designed to restrict or complicate visas would have a damaging long-term effect on the UK economy

Despite the success of many migrant entrepreneurs, presented in a series of case studies in the report, there remain significant challenges around networks, contacts, and knowledge of Government support, with many migrants to the UK unaware of official schemes and advice often used by native-born entrepreneurs

Report

entrepreneurship, migrants

United Kingdom

English

http://emen-project.eu/library/

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