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ETHNIC MINORITY
BUSINESS FORUM
The Forum exists to advise Ministers on the right help and advice
black and minority ethnic (BME) businesses need for growth and
success. Ethnic communities make up 5.5% of our nation.
Entrepreneurs from these communities have founded some of the most
dynamic and innovative companies trading today.
The Ethnic Minority Business Forum strengthens the Government
dialogue with ethnic minority business communities. It’s a
sounding board at the heart of government for BME interests, needs
and problems, helping the DTI and other parts of Government to
tailor their policies and support to ensure more BME businesses
succeed and grow.
The Forum also works with the Small Business Service and their network of
Business Links across England to help them identify
and address the needs of entrepreneurs in BME communities.
Forum “Share and Succeed”
Conference
24
June 2003 at the Institute of Directors, London
1st
row from left to right
Catherine
Wormald, Director of Operations Business Link West Yorkshire
Ms
Yvonne Thompson, Chair of the Forum, Jacqui Henderson, Executive
Director, Learning & Skills Council London Central
2nd
row from left to right
Jody
Chatterjee, Senior Business Retention Manager, London Development
Agency, Ashad Javad, Co-ordinator Asian Trades Link, Stephen Pegge,
Head External Communications, Business Banking Lloyds TSB
3rd
row
Vernon
Barrett, Head Knowledge Centre on Black and Ethnic Minority
Businesses, Business Link for London
The full membership of the Forum is: Ms Yvonne Thompson (Chair); Mr
Numan Azmi, Mr Michael Davis-Bingham; Mr Niyazi Enver; Mr Leslie
Fairclough; Dr Syed Haider Imam; Mr Mohammed Isap; Ms Maxine
James; Mr Kam Kothia; Miss Mei Sim Lai; Ms Adeeba Malik; Ms Jaswin
McDonald; Mrs Rita
Patel; Professor Monder Ram; Mr Athelston Sealey and Mr Askar
Sheibani;
You can find out more about the Ethnic Minority Business Forum by
visiting their website at www.ethnicbusiness.org
or by contacting –
EMBF
Secretariat
Small
Business Service,
Bay 663
Kingsgate House,
66-74
Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6SW
Email: embf@sbs.gsi.gov.uk
Tel 020 7215 8532
Fax 020 7215 8111
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