The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is slashing Enterprise UK’s £3.8m budget.

Enterprise UK, the not-for-profit body set up to promote entrepreneurship, already saw its funding cut from £5m to £3.8m earlier this year, but BIS’s decision to cut Enterprise UK's funding entirely comes as a surprise. Confirming the funding cuts, a spokesman for BIS says: “The government would like Enterprise UK to take charge of its own destiny and, where possible, be financially self-supporting. We’re currently looking at all the options to establish how we can best achieve this and over what timescale."
Speaking to the Financial Times, Tom Bewick, the CEO of Enterprise UK, says he’s “extremely positive” that Enterprise UK has a future, independent of public subsidy.
“Philosophically, I’m on the same side as the government, in that we don’t want them to fund quangos,” Tom Bewick comments.
“We’ve got a fantastic track record and some assets, such as Global Entrepreneurship Week and Make Your Mark With a Tenner.”
Indeed, Vince Cable, the business secretary, and Mark Prisk, the small business minister, attended the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week just last month; hence the surprise around today’s announcement.
Enterprise UK was generally seen as a successful organisation, promoting a worthy cause. With BBC Dragon Peter Jones as its chairman, it acted as a strong voice for UK enterprise. Enterprise UK was also backed by other business groups, including the CBI, the Institute of Directors, the British Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses.


Statement from Tom Bewick, CEO of Enterprise UK
Tom Bewick, CEO of Enterprise UK, has released a statement to the organisation's stakeholders, confirming the government's intention to withdraw grant-in-aid funding from Enterprise UK from April 2011.


"While this news is disappointing to us in the context of the discussions we were having with BIS in the run-up to the Spending Review, it didn't seem as wholly a surprise, given the financial pressures on BIS.


"We have to be the change we have to see, and being so reliant on state funding is clearly not the way to go. The best way to achieve a more entrepreneurial culture is to be more self-reliant and innovative ourselves."
He added that Enterprise UK will continue to operate in its current form until at least April 2011. In terms of what happens afterwards, the organisation will first undergo an internal consultation process, Tom Bewick said.


What are your views on Enterprise UK? Was it another quango that deserved the chop, or is this a cut too far? Leave your comments below.

Young entrepreneurs face the badger

During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 young people from Hull pitched their business ideas to former BBC Apprentice star Ruth Badger. Young people from across the city entered the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge under four different categories and the winners  pitched their idea for the chance to double their winnings from the first round.

The competition had over 1,500 hits on the website www.hullbadgers.co.uk, which resulted in 112 enquiries, 42 entries and 21 projects that were shortlisted to 'pitch' to the judges. All the entrants had to present their idea to the first judging panel, made up of people from the public, private and community sectors. There were some fantastic entries, and many of them walked away with vouchers and sponsorship deals. 

The finalists were


Under 11 Team was Longhill Records UK, East Hull

Under 16 Team was Crazy Critters West Hull

16 - 18 Team was Xuro Computers East Hull

19 - 21 Team was Heista Fuels Ltd West Hull

The final judging panel took place on Thursday 18th  November and Ruth Badger was joined by Mark Jones, the council's Head of Economic Development and Regeneration, Neil Hudgell the Chairman of Hull Kingston Rovers, Richard Tuplin from the Institute of Directors, Phil Batty, Managing Director of Force-7 and Sarah Longthorn, Founder of Wedge Welly.

The overall winner was Crazy Critter World led by Bronwyn Wlson and her cousin Ben who overall secured £1,750 investment into their busness idea and the chance to develop a new website with the support of Ruth Badger.




A special merit award went to Longhill Records UK who secured £600 investment into their Xmas CD

Ruth Badger, said:

"I love visiting Hull as it is an enterprising city and I really enjoy sharing my journey with budding young entrepreneurs who really want to make a difference in the business world. I am really pleased that our partnership with the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank has bee such a great success and all those that reached the finals are a credit to the city of Hull."

http://www.hullbadgers.co.uk/

Liverpool's Hero of Enterprise! is from Hull

I'm very pleased to inform you that Hull's Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Dave Garbera KH Smilers and Garbera Enterprises has been selected by both the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) and the University of Liverpool as a Hero of Enterprise! Dave will be shocked that I am letting you all know for as you know he is not a self publicist!!


I have extend our congratulations on behalf of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership as it shows the success of our coordinated approach.


Dave gets the chance now with four other entrepreneurs a chance to promote their business to a network of over 20,000 students and graduates by agreeing to participate in one of NCGE's webinars to share his experience and expertise. Furthermore he will be given opportunity to contribute to a case study feature forming part of a book on 'Liverpool Enterprise Heroes'. The book will be available from bookshops and on Amazon and is another opportunity to raise the profile of his business.


They will run five webinars on Tuesday’s at 6pm (7,14,21, December and 4,11 January) which will last up to one hour. Each webinar will feature one of the ‘Liverpool Enterprise Heroes’. The entrepreneur will talk for around 20-30 minutes and then provide a Q&A session for the next 30 minutes. So no doubt he will mention the support he gets from us here in Hull



This is a fantastic opportunity for Dave to develop his personal network, but also to broaden the scope and profile of his business as well as promote us here in Hull.

Day 5 Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull

Day 5 of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull saw 190 young people and their teachers ( ncluding a delegation from Great Yarmouth College's  Enterprise Club attend an event at Staff House at University of Hull with the Lord Mayor of Hull Cllr Dave Gemmell, His Excellency The High Commissioner of Mauritius Abhimanu Kudasamy, Alan Johnson Shadow Chancellor and Ruth Badger. They also heard from Phil Batty MD Force-7 about CV writing and presentation skills that employers look for.

In the morning the young people came up with ideas for inclusion in the proposed Myplace facility and in the afternoon the teams were given a challenge to come up with an enterprising product from a range of random objects linked to the Olympic Games. The six finalists were My Torch - Sidney Smith who won £500, Can Cam - St Mary's college who won £250, Moo Moo/Country Collectables - Andrew Marvell Busness enterprse College who won £150 and following won £100 Nation Calls - Newland High School for Girls, PortoFresh - Archbishop Thurston and  Aid Olympics - Andrew Marvell

The schools taking part on the day and the number of students were:

Malet Lambert

Sir Henry Cooper

Hull Trinity House

Kingswood

Newland School for Girls

Andrew Marvell BEC

Sydney Smith

Winifred Holtby

Archbishop Sentamu

Hymers College

Hessle High

Sirius Academy

St Marys

Young Entrepreneurs Gt Yarmouth


Feedback from teachers included the following comments:


"The students enjoyed the event, particularly the networking aspect."

Peter Rhodes – Sirius Academy

"Once again an excellent event. Students learnt more about running a business and have gained some more team work experience."

Sharon Dunn – Kingswood College of Arts


"The speeches were all very interesting…The challenges were very interesting and pupils appeared to thoroughly enjoy these. Lunch was excellent. Thanks for a lovely day"

Jayne Nuttal – St Mary;s College

Ruth Badger also presenteded the winner of her Badger's Sett Enterprse Challenge competition, Bronwyn Wilson and her cousin Ben, with a £1,000 to invest in her business and Longhill School won a merit award and £300. The Dragon's Den-style competition was launched in the summer to reward the best business idea from teenagers aged 19 and under. Ruth told the audience that

"Bronwyn's idea was the most viable and she runs a genuine business and will make money and employ people." Bronwyn's business, Crazy Critters, makes handmade  business mascots.


Celebration Event

In the evening over 180 sponsors and supporters of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull 2010 attended the end of week Celebration Event at Staff House at the University of Hull ( sponsored by St Stephen's Centre)  including visitors from UK's most Enterprising Place 2010 Rotherham and from Bradford and Hartlepool.

At this event William Wilberforce and His Excellency The High Commissioner of Mauritius Abhimanu Kudasamy were awarded patron status for their past present and ongoing support to Hull's enterprising young people.

Also Lynn and Eric Hope were recognised for their many many years support and raising funds to support the city's young people. Also KH Smilers, Amanda's Blue Orchid, Mail News and Media, Force-7, University of Hull, Hull College, Xing Smoothies, Arco, St Stephen's and HWS Hosting were recognised for their support to the cause of supporting Hull's youth enterprise programme.

Venus Duo entertained the guests with two sets of 1980's and 1990's popular hits that was enjoyed by all the guests.

Day 4 and 5 Global Entrepreneurship Week In Hull

Day 4 Global Entrepreneurship Week

Saw 170 young people aged 16 - 19 year olds learn about enterprise and heard international business woman and BBC Apprentice star Ruth Badger talk about her business journey before and after the Apprentice at an event sponsored by the Bondholders, Business Link Yorkshre, University of Hull and Hull Traning.

They heard from Judy Ward about how the Hull Daily Mail considered itself as being at the heart of the community for the last 125 years and how the newspaper operates as a business. They also heard about the wide range of goods and services provided by the Co-operative from its Chairman Len Wardle. Three West Hull entrepreneurs Mally Welburn, Amanda Hartley and Phil Benson also outlined their enterprise journey.

The teams were given a challenge to come up with an enterprising product from a range of random objects linked to the Olympic Games. The six finalists were Binoculars from St. Mary's College who came third winning £150 , Moulded Souvenirs from Hull College , Streamers from Wyke College who came second winning £250, Torch from Hull Tec, Witi device Hull Training Catering and Ticket LCD from Hull Tec .


The winners came from the Catering section of Hull Training who received £500 made up of vouches and a cheque from the judges and the chance to spend half a day with Ruth Badger early next year and either breakfast or lunch.  Also Ruth Badger became a Patron of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership.


Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge

In the early evening the winners of each section who had won through to the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge competed with each other to present their enterprising idea the winner overall was 15 year old Bronwyn Wilson and her 13 year old cousin Ben of Crazy Critter World who won £1,000 worth of investment and will get mentor support from Wedgewelly founder Sarah Longthorn as well as advice and support from Ruth Badger. Longhill Records gained sponsorship for their business idea and Xuro Computers and Josh Wilson were congratulated on their excellent pitches and given some business tips to move their business forward.

The winners of Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge Crazy Critters World Ben and Bronwyn with Ruth Badger

Day 5 Global Entrepreneurship Week

Day 5 to-day Hull hosts an event for nearly 200 secondary school pupils sponsored by Arco, Hull Training and the Hull Enterprise Partnership with Abhimanu Kudasamy the High Commissioner of Mauritius, the Shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson MP and Ruth Badger as well as young entrepreneurs Phil Batty, Amanda Hartley and Phil Benson.


Like the Post 16 event the pupils will be given a challenge to come up with an enterprising product from a range of random objects linked to the Olympic Games and win prizes.


Charles Cracknell said

"I would like to thank all the sponsors in particular St Stephen's, Hull Training, Enterprise Partnership, the Co-operative as well as  members of the GEW planning committee, speakers for GEW 2010 in Hull including the young entreprenurs but most of all the young people of Hull who without doubt are very enterprising and with their leadership in the future we will be a enterprise zone with great potential in the coming years."


"My thoughts to-day as GEW 2010 comes to a close are drawn to two of our supporters of youth enterprise in Hull Lee Creamer and Jack Brignall MBE who have died this year and tonight I present youth enterprise awards in their name at our end of week celebration evening along with William Wilberforce and Abhimanu Kudasamy the High Commissioner of Mauritius."

Day 3 GEW 2010 - Hull

The third major event organised by the Hull Youth enterprise Partnership to celebrate Global Entreprenurship Week in Hull took place at Staff House at University of Hull for 19 primary schools.


The day was sponsored and supported by the Bondholders, Co-op, Business Link Yorkshire, Yorkshire Forward, Hull City Council and HWS Hosting at the event the young people undertook a range of activities to show how enterprising they are as well as learning about how a city works and look to see how planners help with the development of city's.

In the afternoon the Hull Daily Mail gave the young delegates a task to see how they would promote a restaurant to the media. When the young people went left the conference they were given the opportunity at school to develop their own newspaper based on their experience to-day.

Former BBC Apprentice star Claire Young worked with the young people through out the day and spoke about her career and her time on the Apprentice. Claire is seen as a great role model and this year was awarded the status of Patron of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and the Youth Enterprise Partnership because of the work she has done to support Hull's enterprising young people. At the event she announced a new enterprise competition with the Youth Enterprise Bank called The Rainbow Challenge.

At the end of the day a First Prize donated by Places for People Neighbourhoods was given Gillshill Primary School to the best team of the day of £500 and the opportunity to go bowling with Claire Young. Runner up prizes from the Co-operative Group and Andrew Marvell Business Enterprise College going to respectively St Nicolas Primary School and East Halton Primary School. The winners of the Championship Football competition was announced as Bellfield Primary as they correctly named players and the country they were born in that played in Hull City AFC's victory over Preston North End on 12th November.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide celebration of entrepreneurial people unleashing their enterprising talents, turning their ideas into reality and sowing the seeds of future dreams and aspirations and the young people on the day certainly showed how enterprising they are.

Claire Young certainly enjoyed her day in Hull meeting Hull's enterprising young people

The schools taking part during the day were:


Appleton

Bellfield

Bethune Park

Broadacre

Cleeve

Clifton

Collingwood

East Halton

Endike

Gillshill

St Nicholas

St Thomas Moore 

Stockwell

The Greenway

The Parks

Thorpepark

Victoria Dock 

Wold


Feedback from teachers included the following comments:


"A super day. Children enjoyed taking part in all of the activities and really enjoyed the day. Children gained and benefited from working together as a team."

Mrs Christine Dawson - Gillshill Primary School


"The event was well organised, both informing and inspiring the children. In the car on the way home, one child was outlining her plan to set up a small business when she is a bit older."

Maria Lusby – East Halton Primary School


"Thank you very much…The children thoroughly enjoyed the day."

Heather Hardcastle – Cleeve Primary School

Day 2 Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 in Hull

Day 2 of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull sponsored by Hull City Council, Hull Ready,  and St Stephen's (http://www.ststephens-hull.com/ ) saw four primary schools Gillshill, St Andrews, Victoria Dock and Griffin tell an invited audience of local and regional business and education leaders about their business in school and about the 13 Enterprise Skills - they also heard from motivational speaker Miles Hilton Barber ( sponsored by St Stephen's) who also happens to be blind and undertaken a range of dare devil challenges such as crossing the North and South Poles, flying across Australia and walking on the sea bed of the Red Sea and flying an aircraft.

The young people set the adults the task of coming up with a t-shirt that promoted Children in Need, World Toilet Day, Anti Bullying Week and Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011. The three winning designs came from the Blackbirds Team, the Ladybirds and the Squirrels. The team with the day's sponsors Ruth and Jim from St Stephen's was not considered good enough by the young people as they felt there table with representatves of HKR, HDM and the Council only demonstrated 9 of the 13 skills and felt they should have done better.

The winners t-shirts all focussed on anti bullying week though the winning design from a group of teachers also featured Children in Need. Funds provided by the Youth Enterprise Bank to support charities during the week were distributed to two of Ruth Badgers nominated charities Compton Hospice or Noah’s Ark Trust [ £150 each ] and in memory of Lee Creamer a member of the Youth Enterprise Bank's Management Group to the Royal British Legion [£200].

Miles Hilton - Barber was invited to be a Patron of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership. He said

" I felt very honoured indeed to receive your lovely award and trophy today and accept been a Patron of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership. The trophy is already in pride of place in our lounge display cabinet.

"I have very vivid memories of the young girl from Monday's winners in tears, along with lots of happy memories from both days"

The sponsors and supporters of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 in Hull Neil Hudgell of HKR and Jim Harris of St Stephen's received 'unique' business mascots designed and made young entrepreneur Bronwyn Wilson [15] of Crazy Critters.

GEW 2010 launch in Hull

To-day [ Monday 15th November 2010 ] saw the first day of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull which was sponsored by the St Stephen's Centre, Hull Training, KC, Arco, the Bondholders and Hull City Council when over 150 pupils from Malet Lambert School in Hull listened to explorer and motivational speaker Miles Hilton Barber www.mileshilton-barber.com .

The pupils also undertook the Hull 'Carbon' Enterprise Challenge that saw the pupils come up with environmental friendly products. Students in groups of 5 worked enthusiastically throughout the day and by the end of the activity many had come up with some great ideas.

They had all produced an ideas sheet, setting out what their idea was and how it was going to be successful, another page about the likely competitors in their proposed market place and also a money matters page, setting out how much money their idea was going to produce, taking into account both their costs and revenue streams. Finally, and most challenging of all, they had to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges from local organisations. The four top teams were awarded a range of vouchers from High Street Stores sponsored by the Insurance Partnership, Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce, Mail News and Media and Jenkins Shipping Port Services that could be spent in the St Stephen's Centre in Hull

Eleven groups were invited to present these were Turbo Turner, U-Bot, Super Stopper, Historical Trails, Dress The Earth, Gym Lectricity, Eco - Exchange, Green Queens, HVB Cars, November Enterprise Group and Branch Out.



Winners

1 Historical Trails

2 Gym Lectricity

3Turbo Turner

3 Branch Out

Overall the first day of GEW 2010 was a great success and the kids certainly seemed to enjoy the day and learnt a great deal about enterprise and the environment. All the pupils received a copy of Hull’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Dave Garbera’s new book Smilers Part Two Lessons in Enterprise


The pupils were joined by a delegation from the Institute of Directors (IoD) led by Alex Mitchell, the Head of Influencer Relations at the IoD and Alex Charlotte Britton Chair of IoD YDF who were very impressed by what they saw

Miles Hilton Barber said


"It was a privellege to launch Hull's Global Entrepreneurship Week Celebrations with pupils from Malet Lambert School who certainly were very innovative and enterprising throughout the day"


Stephen Logan Business Champion Malet Lambert School said


" As a school we think its very important to take part in the activities that take place every year in Hull to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week and we was very pleased to be the school that launched the week the pupils were very creative and enterprising."

Jim Harris St Stephen's Centre Manager said

" St Stephens were pleased to sponsor the first two days of Global Entreprenurshp Week in Hull and I am very impressed how enterprising the young people at this event were"


Sponsors of day One

St. Stephen's http://www.ststephens-hull.com/
Hull Training http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/
Youth Enterprse Bank http://www.youthenterprise.co.uk/

Alex Mitchell, Head of Influencer Relations IoD to visit Hull

Alex Mitchell, Head of Influencer Relations IoD is  to visit Hull on Monday 15th November to support Global Entreprenurship Week in the City he will attend the Hull Challenge with pupils from Malet Lambert school and international motivationall speaker Miles Hilton Barber.

As Head of Influencer Relations at the IoD, Alex’s role entails close liaison with IoD members and the wider business community on subjects ranging from leadership, entrepreneurialism and climate change to innovation, technology and global markets. Alex is the IoD’s representative on a number of groups and panels including the UKTI’s Asia Task Force, the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) for India, and an Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship Week. He is also one of the private sector representatives on the Volunteering England Employers Action Group, he is a member of the External Advisory Board and up until 2009 Alex sat on the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s Inspirational Leadership Steering Group.
Alex was formally at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), where he worked in roles ranging from International Researcher to briefing the Director General on FTSE 350 member companies.

We hope that Alex and his team enjoys his visit and sees how we are trying to develop an enterprising culture in the City.

Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge

During the process the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge backed by the City's Youth Enterprise Bank, the Co-operative, HWS Hosting, Force-7, GH Events, Hull Training and former BBC Apprentice star Ruth Badger issued over £6,000 in cash prizes and vouchers were issued and there are plans to produce a DVD of some of the contestants in action including the final which will be chaired by Ruth Badger herself on 19th November Staff House at the University of Hull, joining Ruth as judges will be Neil Hudgell the Chair Hull Kingston Rovers, Mark Jones – Head of Economic Development and Regeneration, Richard Tuplin of the Institute of Directors, Phil Batty Managing Director Force-7 and Sarah Longthorn Founder of Wedge Welly.

The first round of the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge in Hull that had four different age groups under 11, 11 -16 year olds , 16-18 year olds and 19 -21 year olds for those in informal or formal education has ended. The competition had over 1,500 hits on the website www.hullbadgers.co.uk That resulted in 112 enquiries 42 entries and 21 were short listed to 'pitch' to the judges over 3 days which resulted in four winners:-

1) Longhill Primary got £300 towards the production of an Xmas CD to be released in December and an order of 50 CD's from Hull City Council and chance to pitch to Ruth Badge to double their winnings on 19th November.
2) 15 year old Bronwyn Wilson and her 13 year old cousin Ben won a £650 cash injection into their business Crazy Critters a soft furnishing business mascots and novelty products and cards as the winner of the under 16 section and the chance to pitch to Ruth Badger to double their winnings on 19th November
3) Former Malet Lambert school pupils Andrew, Alex and Oliver and their computer hardware business Xuro Computers won the 16 - 18 year old section and got £1,000 to invest in their business and chance to pitch to Ruth Badger to double their winnings on 19th November.
4) West Hull and University of Hull student Josh Wilson won £1,500 and the 19 to 21 year old section with his proposed product the waste wacker and chance to pitch to double his winnings on 19th November.

Other prizes went to:-

1) Griffin Primary Schools company Muffins to Go won £100 worth of Co-operative vouchers and a £75 cash injection into their Muffin business that will see some of their ongoing profits to be invested into a school project in Kenya.
2) Gillshill Groovy Gardeners won a £200 cash injection into their gardening business in order they could purchase a Polly tunnel and linked up with Hull's young entrepreneur of the year 2010 Dave Garbera MD of KH Smilers.
3) Instinct from St Andrews won £50 worth of Co-operative vouchers and a £75 cash injection into their Tuck Shop idea
4) Com - Mac from Trinity House school with their new on-line ordering concept. They gained support from three of the City's young entrepreneurs to and a cash injection of £250 to further develop their idea. They also will get support from Yorkshire's Women's Enterprise Champion and the Chair of the City's Enterprise Board.
5) Members of three teams from Andrew Marvel Business Enterprise College were awarded co-operative group vouchers.
6) The members of Stationary Explosion and Robotics from Malet Lambert School were awarded co-operative group vouchers. At the same time Stationary Explosion are going to see if they can help us during Global Entrepreneurship Week and create a 200 conference packs.
7) Kristel Tuul based at the University of Hull and Offbeat Productions a social enterprise / co-operative to support unsigned musicians and possible other artistic talent was offered £500 sponsorship with the offer of a member of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership supporting them at management board level.

Ruth in Action giving her story in Hull GEW 2010 at the University of Hull November 2009

The line up for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010.

The Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership is excited to announce the line up for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010.

Soap actors, business gurus and BBC One Apprentice stars are amongst those that will join events during the week, as well as a world-renowned explorer and the High Commissioner of Mauritius who will be flying in to join the celebrations.  Starting on 15 November, the week-long initiative is aimed at young people across the world and is designed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor and engage young people. During the week young people of all ages will hear inspirational speeches and take part in different activities and competitions.


Mark Prisk MP, Minister for Business and Enterprise, said:


"As Minister for Business and Enterprise, I am delighted to endorse Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010. Now in its third year, Global Entrepreneurship Week brings together university students, school pupils, teachers, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, employees, non-profit organisations and many others to celebrate and promote entrepreneurship across the globe. And this global movement is growing every year, with more and more countries and organisations involved.

"We want to make the next decade the most dynamic and entrepreneurial in the UK's history. The work carried out by organisations such as Youth Enterprise Hull will help us achieve this, and is testament to the dedication across the UK to support and encourage young people to get involved with enterprise and entrepreneurship."


Councillor Christine Randall, Portfolio Holder for Education and Children's Services, said:


"Global Entrepreneurship Week is a great opportunity for young people in Hull to develop their enterprising ideas and learn new skills.

"We want to invest in the future of our city and encourage young people to set up their own businesses to grow Hull's economy and attract further investment. I know that we have lots of talented youngsters in the city and I am looking forward to meeting some of them."


Former BBC Apprentice finalist Ruth Badger is also making a guest appearance. She said:

"I love visiting Hull as it is an enterprising city and I really enjoy sharing my journey with budding young entrepreneurs who really want to make a difference in the business world.

"I hope my visit helps encourage the next breed of business success that the city boasts."


The week's events at a glance:


Monday 15 November: Make Your Mark Challenge

150 pupils from Malet Lambert School will attend the Guildhall to develop their enterprising idea and pitch it to a judging panel, which includes actor and former pupil of the school, Andy Newton Lee who is flying in especially from America.

A competition will also be launched to design a new logo for the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership through Facebook. The logo should symbolise the global importance of enterprise and the winner will receive £500 to invest in their enterprising idea from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank.

Tuesday 16 November: Hull Ready

Primary school pupils will tell business and community leaders about their £5 Blossom Campaign, which saw 28 schools pay back loans after making £26,000 in profit. At this event junior 'dragons' will also invite the audience to make a pitch for funding for their favourite charity. The guest speaker is Miles Hilton-Barber.

Wednesday 17 November: Hull Our City

At the University of Hull, 180 primary school pupils and their teachers will hear about the positive image of Hull and work with representatives from Mail News and Media on a project to develop a PR and marketing plan to promote a business. Former BBC Apprentice Claire Young will be a guest speaker.

Thursday 18 November: Post 16 Enterprise Masterclass 150 16 - 19 year olds will hear from the Chair of the UK's fifth largest retailer Len Wardle of the Co-operative. They will then have the opportunity to present their business idea to Hull's Badgers Sett and be in with the chance of winning £500, chaired by BBC Apprentice finalist Ruth Badger.

Friday 19 November: Secondary School Enterprise Masterclass An Enterprise Masterclass for 180 secondary school pupils will be held at the University of Hull. The guest speakers are Ruth Badger, Alan Johnson MP and Abhimanu Kudasamy, the High of Commissioner Mauritius. They will be joined by local young entrepreneurs Simon Long, Philip Benson from Xing Health, Richard Myers of HWS Hosting, Phil Batty of Force - 7 and Amanda Hartley of Blue Orchid.

In the evening there will be a celebration and awards evening in order to both recognise and raise funds around supporting Hull's enterprising young people. Guests will include William Wilberforce, Ruth Badger and Abhimanyu Kudasamy the High of Commissioner Mauritius as honorary Patrons of the Youth Enterprise Partnership in Hull and the City's Youth Enterprise Bank.

All the main speakers at the week's events will receive a Crazy Critter made by one of Hull's young entrepreneurs Bronwyn Wilson (15) that will have a framed photograph of a well known location in the city as a memento of their visit to the city in Global Entrepreneurship Week.


http://www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk/

Hull's Global Challenge

It's nearly Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, and Hull is throwing down the gauntlet to the creative minds across the globe.

We're asking young people everywhere to express their experience and understanding of the word 'enterprise' through a unique logo of their design.


1) The logo must include the word 'enterprise' or the letter 'e' in it's design, and/or 'enterprise' in it's strapline and feature a symbol that represents the world.

2) Logos must be submitted in electronic format (preferably JPEG or EPS) via email to charles.cracknell@hullcc.gov.uk


3) Designs should not include any offensive... language or content that might be perceived as rude.


4) All entries must be received by no later than midnight on Monday 22nd November 2009


All entrants must be aged 25 and under (entrants under 16 years old, must name a responsible adult)

Entries will be judged by a panel of entrepreneurs and the prize is £200 for the winning logo overall to develop an enterprising idea. The winning logo overall will be used to promote enterprise activity in Hull throughout 2011.

Last years winners came from Macedonia, Great Yarmouth and Yorkshire. Please encourage any young person to enter.


Good luck, get creative and dare to dream dangerously!

Hull's Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge

Hull's Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge has identified 21 entries that will be interviewed  from applicants ranging from aged 6 to 21. I do think for its first year the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge has proved to be successful so far. To think the winners of each section will get to face Hull's answer to Lord Sugar our very own Ruth Badger

Excitement Mounts at the Fourth Blossom Event

All attention was focussed on what the schools taking part in the fourth round of the Make £5 Blossom scheme will do with the £150 loaned to them when they attended the launch event in October at the Guildhall. The fourth round of this challenging scheme saw ten primary schools and ten local businesses meet for the first time in October to discuss their collaboration. At the launch, contact details, a formal contract and the all important £150 loan was exchanged between each school and their business partner. The months leading up to the February celebration in 2011 will see the business investors’ act as mentors for their respective school partners. They will be invited to the school on a regular basis to see what ideas the children have come up with to make a profit on the loan and help them with their ideas.


“The enthusiasm shown by the children involved with this element of Hull Ready is great to see.” commented Hull’s Youth Enterprise Manager Charles Cracknell. “The children benefit by having to use their enterprising skills to the limit whilst the businesses feel inspired by the pupil’s creativity and the satisfaction of seeing their initial investment help develop the young people’s ideas.”


This round again is supported by St Stephen’s, Hull City Council, Hull Truck, Rotherham Ready and Hull’s Youth Enterprise Bank, and will see the children develop a wide range of enterprising activity. All will be hoping that their idea is lucrative enough to allow them to pay back the loans and leave a tidy profit on top for the school so watch this space!!

The ten schools and businesses involved this time around are:

• Cavendish &  KC

• St Andrews &  St Stephens

• Neasden &  PLW Company

• Brandesburton &  PWC

• Endsleigh &  KC

• St Richards & Co-operative

• Bricknell & Golding Computer Services

• Maybury & KFM Recruitment

• Griffin & Mail News & Media

• Gillshill &  Simply Gardening

http://www.hullready.co.uk/

Co-operative sponsor for Global Entrepreneurship Week

With just over three weeks to go until Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, Hull City Council has attracted support from another big organisation. The UK's fifth largest retailer and banker, the Co-operative Group, have signed up to be a platinum sponsor and will part fund two events during the week in November. This includes the primary school event and an enterprise masterclass for over 16s.

Len Wardle, Chair of the Co-operative, who will attend events during the week, said:

"The Co-operative Group is delighted to sponsor and support this exciting initiative in Hull. The society and its family of businesses has a long association with enterprise around the world and hopes that Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull is a great success, especially as more and more young people are considering the co-operative model of business.

"As part of our support to youth enterprise in Hull, there is also the opportunity for us to get involved with the local community. Our staff are planning on going out into schools with the Hull Ready Team to meet children and young people, which will be really rewarding for them as well as linking to Andrew Marvell School which is supported by the society."

The council is working with Force-7 to deliver a week full of enterprising events for children and young people across the city from 15 - 19 November. The week is all about embracing innovation, imagination and creativity. It showcases enterprise and opens up new opportunities for young people across Hull, the UK and the world. Already Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 has secured financial support from a range of companies and organisations, including St Stephen’s shopping centre.

Maureen Foers OBE, Yorkshire's Women's Enterprise Champion and Chair of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership said:

“We are delighted that the Co-operative has come onboard to support this exciting week to show how enterprising our young people are. Their support will enable us to bring the aims of the co-operative movement to young people.

“The support of the Co-operative clearly demonstrates that Hull is able to attract, because of its status as Europe's second most enterprising place, people who want to help its enterprising young people to dream dangerously.”

http://www..co-operative.coop/

Dave invests in future young entreprenurs in Hull

One of Hull's most successful young entrepreneurs, David Garbera, hosted a book launch yesterday night. Mr Garbera has published his second book, Smilers Book Two: Lessons In Enterprise which features his story about setting up his successful business KH Smilers. The book contains a number of tips for young entrepreneurs hoping to follow in his footsteps. Dave set up KH Smilers as a young enterprise company while he was a student at Kelvin Hall School in Hull.

Whilst studying at Wyke College he turned KH Smilers into a limited company and then whilst studying medicine at the University of Liverpool he set up Garbera Enterprise.

Last year, in the Spotlight Awards, he won the title of Young Entrepreneur Of The Year. Most recently, Mr Garbera has been shortlisted for the Mail News & Media Business Awards 2010 for Outstanding Young Achiever in Education & Business Award.

He is donating £1,000 towards the Youth Enterprise Bank and Global Entreprenurship Week in order to give something back to the fund which allowed him to develop his business when he was only 17 and to promote enterprise to young people in the city.

http://www.khsmilers.co.uk/

Hull's Enterprising Young People: Lunch with BBC Apprentice Claire Young in Enterpri...

Hull's Enterprising Young People: Lunch with BBC Apprentice Claire Young in Enterpri...: "Have you ever wondered what Lord Sugar and the BBC Apprentice series is really like not to mention what its like to reach the final two not ..."

Lunch with BBC Apprentice Claire Young in Enterprise Week

Have you ever wondered what Lord Sugar and the BBC Apprentice series is really like not to mention what its like to reach the final two not win but still be a successful entrepreneur as well as a national champion for enterprise and apprenticeships than this event is for You! University of Hull will host a talk and lunch with well known former BBC Apprentice Claire Young . The tickets are only £16 each of which £5 will be going into the city's Youth Enterprise Bank.



Further information from moreinfo@women-entrepreneurs.co.uk or by ringing 0845 15 129 8376

New platinum sponsor for Global Entrepreneurship Week

With just over five weeks to go until Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull, the organisers have attracted support from St Stephen's shopping centre, which has become a platinum sponsor for the event.  Hull City Council is working with Force-7 to deliver a week full of enterprising events for children and young people across the city from 15 - 21 November.

St Stephen's sponsorship will go towards an event for primary school age pupils to celebrate the Make £5 Blossom scheme, as well as a competition for youngsters to enter their logo designs via Facebook.

Lucy Stabler, Account Director at Force-7, said:

"We are delighted that St Stephen's has come on board to support this exciting week to show how enterprising our young people are. Their support means that the total raised is up to £40,000, which will enable us to put on a range of different events and attract a number of high profile speakers to the week."

Jim Harris, Centre Manager, St Stephen's, said:

"We have been involved with youth enterprise in Hull for the last three years and are really impressed with everything that the team does. There are lots of different opportunities available for young people in Hull and we decided that this year we wanted to become a major sponsor.

"There is also the chance for us to get involved with the local community and our staff have been going out into schools to meet children and young people, which is really rewarding for them."

Global Entrepreneurship Week is all about embracing innovation, imagination and creativity. It showcases enterprise and opens up new opportunities for young people across Hull, the UK and the world.

Dave Garbera, Hull's Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, said:

"Attracting support from a range of local businesses is great news for raising the profile of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull. It clearly demonstrates that Hull is able to put on a series of activities that is second to none. Hull truly is striving to be a place where entrepreneurs like me are celebrated and recognised as a driving force in our economy, and that our young people play an important part in that."

If any other companies would like to get involved in the week or can offer any sponsorship please contact Charles Cracknell on 612 983.

For more information go to www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk or www.gew.org.uk.

Last chance to enter your enterprising idea - 29/09/2010

Organiser's of an event that pits the talents of young Hull entrepreneurs against the sharp business mind of a former BBC Apprentice have been inundated with enquires.  Over 100 young people from across the city have come forward to take part in the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge - named after successful business guru and television star Ruth Badger.
And with the 22 October deadline fast approaching, there is still time for the next generation of Alan Sugar's and Michelle Mone's to take part in the competition, which could see one person scooping a top prize of £3,000.
Maureen Foers OBE, Yorkshire's Women's Enterprise Champion, said:
"I was amazed at the high level of interest with over 100 enquiries already. We have high hopes to find Hull's most enterprising young person and I am looking forward to hearing what the young people have to say.
"I would also like to thank Force - 7 for sponsoring a new category for the under 11's and for all their consultation work. As a result we have now increased the age level entry up to 21 years old for those who are in formal or informal education, which is great news."
There is less than four weeks left to enter their enterprising idea and business plan, which can be based on anything from a new business venture to a community project. There are different age categories for youngsters to enter, and they must live in the HU1 to HU9 postcode area or attend a Hull school.
Independent panels will asses the business plans and then draw up a shortlist for each category who will then come face-to-face with the 'badgers', including Ruth Badger herself, to pitch their idea. The winners of each category will then be invited back to compete against each other - with a chance to double their winnings as part of November's Global Entrepreneurship Week.
For more information visit www.hullbadgers.co.uk

Game Sett And Challenge

The Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge  that pits the talents of young Hull entrepreneurs against the sharp business mind of a former BBC Apprentice have been inundated with enquires. Over 100 young people from across the City have come forward to take part in the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge - named after successful business guru and television star Ruth Badger.
And with the October 20th deadline fast approaching, there is still time for the next generation of Alan Sugar’s and Michelle Mone’s to take part in the competition, which may see one person scooping a top prize fund of £3,000 - if they win both major rounds. As part of the scheme, a panel will asses business plans to draw up a shortlist covering a number of the age categories to give every one a chance to win.

Lucky participants will move on to the next stage and pitch their ideas – which will see them come face-to-face with the ‘badgers’, including Ruth Badger. The winners of each category will then be invited back to compete against each other - with a chance to double their winnings as part of November's Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Maureen Foers OBE Yorkshire's Women's Enterprise Champion said: “I was amazed at the high level of interest with over 100 enquiries.

“We have high hopes to find Hull's most enterprising young person and I am looking forward to hearing what the young people have to say”.

She added: “I would also like to thank Force - 7 for sponsoring a new category for the under 11's and for all its consultation work.

“As a result we have now increased the age level entry up to 21 years old for those who are in formal or informal education, which is great news.”

Mrs Foers explained that judges will be looking at how entrants are going to use the prize money. Ideas may include employing people or putting something back into the local community. Successful applicants may have the most innovative idea or, with a small cash injection, make their business dream a reality.

Phil Batty Managing Director Force-7 said: “We are delighted to support the Challenge by sponsoring a new section.”

For more information, please visit www.hullbadgers.co.uk or contact 0799051021

Co-operative Group support Hull Ready

The  Co-operative Group have agreed to support the Hull Ready £5 Blossom Campaign and donated £350 in vouchers as extra prizes so we will now have backing from a retailer, banker, farmer, insurance, pharmacy, membership department etc etc etc to work with our young people in primary schools to develop their enterprising idea - The Third Way or Big Society in Action.

http://www.co-operative.co.uk/

http://www.hullready.co.uk/

Hull invites Peter Jones to see Enterprise in Action and Embedded

Following the recent article in the Daily Telegraph titled "Peter Jones claims youth enterprise schemes 'put good money after bad'.  In which Peter Jones labelled the Government's youth enterprise initiatives a waste of money and appeared to be critical of Make Your Mark and Young Enterprise in Particular, The Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership  have invited him to visit Hull to come and see how we all work together to support our enterprising young people and how they both are integral to this fitting the government’s localism agenda. There is a lot of good work going on in Yorkshire's schools in embedding an enterprise culture to name Rotherham,

Sheffield, North East Lincolnshire, Scarborough and Bradford ( three of whom were recognised as Enterprising Places  for  embedding enterprise into schools and amongst young people and communities as just  five areas supported by a range or organisations including  Young Enterprise, Make Your Mark  and the Young People's Enterprise Forum.


I would urge people to check out the folllowing websites

http://www.rotherhamready.org.uk/

http://www.enterprising-people.co.uk/

http://www.enterprisingyorkshire.co.uk/

http://www.hullready.co.uk/

http://www.force-7.co.uk/

Smilers Book 2

Dave Garbera has signed off the proofs for Smilers Book 2 yesterday so will go into production soon. He hopes to receive copies of the book in about three to four weeks and will be ordering 500 for Global Entrepreneurship Week for delegates. Certainly shows why he was rightly identified as Hu...ll's Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010. Cost is only £8.99, further updates will be issued later later.

the future is entrepreneurship!!

As the Hull's, UK and  Global economy continues to undergo changes  even more young people will choose to take the plunge into entrepreneurship. Changes to corporate mindsets, downsizing and other upheavals in the “safe” world of formal employment are forcing many to embrace entrepreneurship, and start their own small businesses. Add to those young people with the burning desire to “be their own boss” and you have plenty of new entrants into the wonderful, frightening, exciting and exhausting world of being a business owner. Whatever your reasons for considering entrepreneurship instead of formal employment or training, there are a few traits you will need to cultivate in order to succeed.

1. Passion

It sounds like a no brainer, but the most important factor in your success in entrepreneurship is passion for your business. We’ve all had jobs we hate, and let’s face it – it doesn’t inspire you to work incredibly hard, or give your all, does it? Don’t think just because you are working for yourself, that will change! If you’re bored to tears or just plain hate working on your business, you’re unlikely to give it the energy it needs to succeed. So find something you love doing, and you will have a solid foundation for building a successful new business venture.

 2. Plan, Plan, and Then Plan Some More

‘Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.’ That’s never been more true than when applied to entrepreneurship. You need concrete, quantifiable goals, as well as a 30, 60, 90 day strategy on how to get there. Having a plan provides a framework, something fixed to work toward, which will help keep you focused. A handy trick is to imagine your goal is already achieved, and then think back through the steps it took to get there. Get your eyes on the prize and a plan onto paper before you start trying to set up your new business.

                          3. Be Disciplined

It sounds romantic and exciting to “be the boss,” doesn’t it? Trust me – it’s not, especially at first anyway. In fact, before you get to that fancy corner office with five assistants, there is going to be a lot of blood, sweat and tears poured into your entrepreneurship dream. You need to work harder for yourself, and your business goals, than you ever would for any boss. That means an unlimited and indefinite amount of hours dedicated toward achieving your goal – keeping your nose firmly to the grindstone. Remember, luck is an accumulation of hard work.

4. Be a Cheapskate

Whether you have a big budget or not when you first venture into the game of entrepreneurship, you need to learn the value of frugality – bootstrap your way to success. Most small businesses fail to take time to break-even, let alone become profitable. Thus, when you’re starting out, finding cheaper and more innovative ways to accomplish tasks is one of the best skills you can learn. Think outside of the box and in terms of leverage. The longer you can stretch your capital, and the more you can save – the better for your business and your mental sanity.

5. Understand That You Are Always Marketing and Selling

Always Be Selling. Most of us think that marketing and sales is a task. However, when you jump into the wonderful world of entrepreneurship – more than at any other time in your life – everything is about marketing and selling. Don’t be shy to network, discover what your clients want, and broadcast to others that you want their business. Treat every moment as a selling opportunity, and you will see results:

* Carry business cards with you everywhere

* Have a thirty second pitch ready at all times

* Make a point of meeting people who are your target market – those who should buy your product/service

6. Know That Your Client Is the Most Important Person in

 Your  Business

Success or failure in entrepreneurship hinges on your ability to make your clients want to do business with you. Since repeat business is the backbone of any successful business – your client’s happiness should be priority number one. Remember the little things. Something as simple as calling a customer back can swing the balance in your favor. Always, always, always put your client first. Build relationships, and you will see your business grow right alongside them.

7. Remember That In Business, Image Is Importa

You need a professional business image, but you haven’t got the budget. Luckily though, projecting the right image is not all about flashy cars and the right business address. With the information age, you can work from your living room and still have a professional image.

All you need to do is:

* Make sure you are always well dressed and well spoken

* Have a professional looking (not necessarily expensive) website and email address

* Have professional looking business cards

The fancy business address can come later, but make sure to get the basics right first.

And….. Now for the Good News

If you’re reading this and wondering where to start on your quest for entrepreneurship, there is one good piece of news for you. Entrepreneurs are not born – they are made.

If some of these things seem beyond you, learn them. Take a course in selling if you have to. Download planning software if you need some help becoming organized. Figure out where your weaknesses are, and work on them in small bits each and every day. In the aggregate you will achieve an exponential return on your investment.

Everyone has the capacity for entrepreneurship in some respect, if you want it bad enough (and you can), success will undoubtedly find you. Get ready for 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Week - Hull from 15- 19 November 2010 check http://www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk/  or http://www.youthenterprise.co.uk/ for info. Many thanks to my colleagues in Ghana for developing these ideas with us.