# Anthony Impey

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New business formation and productivity

Why do we need new firms? How important is business creation for employment and productivity? How has the coronavirus pandemic affected the churning of businesses? In this episode of Productivity Puzzles, we discuss business dynamism, which is about the birth, growth and decline of businesses, also…

#FutureOfApprenticeships - Unlocking SMEs and helping them to thrive

In this week’s episode, Gavin O’Meara (FE News) and co-host Suzanne Slater (Director of Operations for Apprenticeships at NCFE) highlight the topic of apprenticeships and SMEs to examine their current relationship and the obstacles that are being faced. They are joined by two expert speakers in Ant…

020 - How to maximize your business’s productivity with Anthony Impey of Be the Business

Want to maximize your business’s productivity and get the business education you need? Listen to Anthony Impey, CEO of Be the Business, explain how business leaders can access education and improve business performance!Get more information related to this episodeFind Anthony Impey on LinkedIn: uk.l…

What makes firms productive? Lessons learned from across G7 economies

What makes a business productive? Do businesses have a sense of what they’re good at and where to improve? This episode of Productivity Puzzles looks at the Productive Business Index produced by Be The Business, one of The Productivity Institute’s strategic partners. The index, which has been publi…

Anthony Impey MBE

Anthony Impey MBE is CEO of SME support network Be the Business, and he wants to change the world. Today he slips off his super-hero cloak and joins Professor Neil Maiden to delve into the UK’s productivity problems and discuss what can be done to solve them.     Be The Business has supported an in…

Episode 1: How SMEs can solve skills challenges – with Anthony Impey, MBE

SMEs need to be more proactive about addressing skills challenges if they are to recruit and retain the talent they need in order to succeed. This is one of the key messages from The Open University’s (OU) recent podcast How SMEs can solve skills challenges, the first in a series discussing finding…

Gina Gardiner & Friends with Anthony Impey

Anthony started his career as an entrepreneur while he was still at school, selling stationery from his locker, and has since started, scaled and exited several businesses. He is now Chief Executive of Be the Business – an independent, private sector charity that is working to raise the productiv…

Gina Gardiner & Friends with Anthony Impey

Anthony started his career as an entrepreneur while he was still at school, selling stationery from his locker, and has since started, scaled and exited several businesses. He is now Chief Executive of Be the Business – an independent, private sector charity that is working to raise the productiv…

UK Budget Bonus Episode featuring Anthony Impey MBE

Send us a text “The NEET number should be a real national concern — nearly a million — and I think it’s actually higher, because it’s not capturing young people in zero-hour or gig work.”  — Anthony Impey, MBE Set against the backdrop of the 2025 Autumn Budget, City & Guilds CEO Kirstie Donnelly MB…