BtF Blog

The business community is often seen to have certain sectors of society  over populating the business landscape and entrepreneurial leadership.  This has created a stereotypical idea of what a business person should look like and what they shouldn’t look like, which is shaping the orientation of the business environment. These perceptions have created a void and formed social barriers and levels of exclusion for minority groups. Society today has progressed in reducing negative perceptions and stopping discrimination particularly through the work of policy makers and business leaders. However misrepresented perceptions of minority groups do remain.

It’s our ambition to further help reduce the stereotypes that are given to minority groups and to break down the specific barriers that prevent them from participating fully in business. We are looking to build relationships and networks with ethnic minority groups, LGBT groups and disability groups. What we aim to do is help create opportunities for people in these groups to be able to exert their entrepreneurial skills and establish businesses. Furthermore we want to support them as their business grows and through their involvement in business encourage an anti-discrimination attitude within the business landscape.

At BtF we believe that we have the right services that would benefit these members of minority groups who are seeking to establish a business. It’s our aim to use our business incubation support to guild minority entrepreneurs in there running of their businesses as well as linking them up with the relevant people that would push their business forward. Also we hope to use our grant services to apply for funding that we could use to help and encourage minority groups to become involved in business. Not only are we looking for new minority entrepreneurs but also existing minority entrepreneurs who may need business support or who are willing to network with us and become part of our mission. For us at BtF we believe that it is important to have a diverse and expanding business environment where diversity and equality can be seen at the very top of the business ladder.