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<p>Last year the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) funded the creation
of a network of 27,000 accredited business mentors and partnered with the British
Bankers Association (BBA) and Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI)
to create the mentorsme website. BBA and SFEDI now lead this initiative and have established
a sector-led Enterprise Mentoring Advisory Council with responsibility for assessing
the performance of the mentorsme website and the initiative overall.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Council also have responsibility for upholding the standards
for enterprise mentoring, promoting awareness of the benefits of and access to enterprise
mentoring and acting as a central policy advisory group.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>BIS
has a seat on the Advisory Council and continues to support mentorsme by driving awareness
and take up of mentoring as part of the national Business is GREAT campaign and by
sharing research evidence and insight.</p>
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