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13 Mar 2021
The growing use of plastics in fashion is a problem. In response, the RSA is calling for new measures to turn the tide including a tax on virgin plastics used in clothing; a ban on marketing petrochemical-derived clothing; and a commission to prepare for the future of fashion.
24 May 2020
People want the fashion industry to change.
12 Jun 2015
Micro businesses are often painted as inefficient, lightweight and an overall drain on our economy. But our research finds that many are in fact thriving, boosted by new technologies, changing consumer habits and a pro-business policy agenda. So are we at the dawn of a ‘second age of small’?
01 Nov 2014
Our report argues that the government should make it a priority to stimulate recruitment among sole traders, but that any new policy interventions will need to break from tradition and begin to draw upon insights from behavioural science and psychology to be effective.
31 Aug 2014
We look at the emergence and impact of online craft marketplaces and consider what their growth might signal about the way business will change in the future.
30 Apr 2014
Our report 'Salvation in a Start-up?' explores the factors behind the boom in self-employment and examines what life is really like for the growing numbers of people who now work for themselves.
30 Sep 2013
This Manifesto for youth enterprise draws upon insights gathered through RBS Inspiring Enterprise to set out a number of practical actions for how we can develop economic growth, employment and entrepreneurship.
31 Jul 2013
A new generation is placing their hopes for a better future in themselves rather than the establishment that delivered the Crash. These are the Venturists.
01 Mar 2013
Despite the flurry of media commentary surrounding young enterprise, very little is actually known about how young people become entrepreneurs.
01 Sep 2012
It is estimated that average real income per head has grown ten-fold in the last two and a half centuries.
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