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Editor ’ s Letter engage | uk magazine
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Editor ’ s letter
2008 is promising to be an exciting and challenging year as we try to monitor and measure progress .
Our first challenge was to get a sense of how many BAME and other minority-owned enterprises had been successful in securing contracts relating to 2012 , during 2007 .
The question was posed to three of the main business support / development agencies / committees in London responsible for highlighting these contracts . The responses were both amusing and varied ; “ I ’ ll get back to you ” ” That may not be as easy as it seems ” “ Why do you want to know .” Unfortunately , at the time of going to press , no one has been able to provide a ballpoint figure on who is winning contracts . Does this mean that no minority-owned business has so far secured a contract or does it mean the tracking systems that should be in place to monitor diversity and ethnicity are failing ?
The bottom line is - we won ’ t know if we ’ ve made progress if we can ’ t measure it !
we are looking forward to forming new business partnerships this year with networks who can really help , support and deliver contracts , and finally to say a big thank you to Merrill Lynch who hosted the last in our series of networking events for 2007 . this took place on 5th December at their London head office – a fabulous turn out with over 80 BAMe enterprises in attendance .
i look forward to receiving your comments and contributions .
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