Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2013

Events in Hull are underway for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 and young people are gearing up to pitch their business idea to former Apprentice star Ruth Badger. Young people from across the city entered the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge under three different categories. The competition had over 1,000 hits on the website www.hullbadgers.co.uk, which resulted in 100 enquiries, 50 entries and 16 projects that were shortlisted to 'pitch' to the judges.




The winners of each section will now get the opportunity to go on to double their winnings during Global Entrepreneurship Week on Thursday the 21st f November and Ruth Badger will be joined by Laura Booth of Wedgewelly, Jim Harris of St Stephens, Jamie Macaskill, Assistant Editor of Mail News & Media, Anna Millar of KC and last year winner Loui Fowler from Malet Lambert School







The winners were



Primary section Gillshill ( to further expand their gardening business) and Griffin ( to build a greenhouse from recycled bottles) Primaries who each won £250 for their ideas, third prize of £150 went to Victoria Dock Primary for their new healthy Tuck Shop



Secondary School Section was won by Harry Hopkin of Malet Lambert School for hid Hull Top Trips card game who won £500 and will be supported by engaging education to further develop the idea and Example from Newland School for Girls won £150 who will be supported by Young entrepreneur Year 2009 Amanda Hartley also the panel agreed to sponsor the Memorial Garden for teachers at St Marys College following Penny Lowe’s presentation.



The Post 16 section was won by Tom Arran for his photography business he won £800 and Liddell Personal came second and will receive £400 to further develop their branding in partnership with Jenko.



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 from the co-operative and or sponsorship deals and business opportunities.







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 and undertaking the final judging for the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge.



“I have very high hopes that this year’s shortlisted entries are as good as previous years building on the success of Bronwyn Wilson, the Gren Queens and Loui Fowler."



Ross Bennett Managing Director Engaging Education and Chair of Hull’s Young Entrepreneurs Network said



“We had some wonderful business ideas from all the different age ranges and all the young people from primary school or looking to set up in business were very inspirational, there is no doubt in my mind that Hull is leading the way in nurturing future entrepreneurial talent and all the winners will sell their ideas in a clear and enterprising way to Ruth Badger in Global Entrepreneurship Week.”

The City Plan and Enterprising Teachers

Hull faces some big issues and challenges – but now has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to regain its status as a dynamic and thriving European port-city.




The developing City Plan is about tackling these issues and seizing this opportunity. It’s about bringing the whole of Hull together to set out -

• a clear goal and ambitions for the city over the next 10 years

• what needs to happen, when it will be delivered and who’s involved

• how the lives and opportunities of local people will be improved as the plan is delivered

• what it will mean for the city as a whole and wider region



Therefore it has set up a group for education practitioners across Hull who want to ‘Be Enterprising’, to come together and share their fantastic ideas – inspiring our future generations and helping to embed the Big 13 Enterprise skills into all our young people’s lives and is supported by the Regeneration and Partnerships Team of Hull City Council. It is Chaired by Stephen Logan Assistant Headteacher of Malet Lambert School.

A key focus of this group is the promotion of The Big 13 - 13 enterprise entitlements devised to cover the spectrum of entrepreneurial skills through the curriculum that were developed with partners in Rotherham. The Big 13 are a range of enterprise skills and capabilities that are utilised during, and the outcome of, good quality enterprise learning. They were devised through the award winning enterprise education programme, Rotherham Ready, which now operates nationally as a not-for-profit social enterprise Ready Unlimited. A key part of the Ready Unlimited approach is to make learning about and applying enterprise capabilities part of children’s enterprise learning entitlement.

• Team Work

• Risk

• Negotiating and Influencing

• Effective Communication

• Creativity and Innovation

• Positive Attitude

• Initiative

• Organising and Planning

• Problem Solving

• Leadership

• Making Ethical Decisions

• Financial Literacy

• Product and Service Design

So far 135 Teacher have registered as members. Thee have been 2 meetings so far with 52 teachers attending. CPD session booked for January and March 2013. This is a group for enterprising teachers to develop their network of like minded people and also encourage an enterprise culture. It has also commissioned a DVD featuring 13 businesses and four schools showing how they use the Big 13 Enterprise Skills. The meetings saw teachers to start developing new curriculum materials linked to the Big 13 Enterprise Skills that will be shared across all educational phases also each teacher has been given £50 from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank in order to make it grow within their schools with the profits split between the individual schools and the Be Enterprising group in order to commission new enterprise education materials linked to the City Plan.



The CPD sessions for 25 teachers each time will feature young entrepreneurs who set up whilst at school and young people from primary schools who have achieved the Warwick University National Standard in Enterprise Education in order to show how important is that teachers use the 13 enterprise skills in order to develop young people with a range of enterprise skills and want to be young entrepreneurs of the future as well as enterprising students and employees of the future.



8 secondary schools 48 primary schools and 3 special schools are members along with 4 training providers. In Hull 62 businesses and organisation support the enterprise skills agenda ranging from national companies such as the Co-operative to young entrepreneurs such as Thomas Arran Photography who has received support from the City’s youth enterprise bank which also supports enterprise within schools such as Loui Fowler and the Green Queens who are at Malet Lambert School.







www.beenterprisinghull.co.uk

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Hull - Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013

Hull City Council in partnership with Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership has organised a series of events, which will take place from 18 – 22 November 2013 to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. Hull is putting its weight behind Global Entrepreneurship week a campaign run by the Kauffman Foundation and Youth Business International in order to show how enterprising its young people are. Every day in the UK people talk about making a change in their life and consider starting up a business. By connecting individuals to practical support and those who have done it already, Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 will help turn these exchanges into the businesses of tomorrow. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's largest celebration of innovation and enterprise, active in 150 countries across the world. Global Entrepreneurship Week inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.




Although Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 has a grand sounding name, the reality of the week is that it's all about the small things, and as the small acorn develops into a mighty oak, so it hopes that the ideas and activities put on during the week for many young people in Hull will one day take root and go on to become something much bigger.



The week in Hull is sponsored by a number of small and large private, public and charitable organisations including Malet Lambert School, St. Stephens, Spencer Group, Hull Training, KC, Mail News & Media, The Co-operative, Sangwin Group, Cityworks UK, Jelf Insurance Partnership, Hull College and British Land and the week as a whole by Hull City Council.



Blair Jacobs Chair Hull Youth enterprise partnership, said:



"Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull is always a huge success, and this year sees the tenth year has attracted over 50 organisations to support our enterprising young people.



"We believe that not everyone will become an entrepreneur, but everyone needs to be enterprising and you should start at a very young age, so this year there are two events dedicated to Hull's primary school pupils."



Chief Executive of Youth Business International, Andrew Devenport said:



"There is a great need to provide opportunities today that help entrepreneurs pursue their dreams and build the businesses of tomorrow. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 is kick starting the conversations that are needed to make this happen. We are pleased that as a City Hull gives its full support to the campaign to enable its young people to celebrate "



“We hope this sets an aspirational agenda for today's young people in Hull and the Humber sub-region to set up their own businesses, start social enterprises to improve their communities and be innovative employees themselves."







Further Information



Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 in the city will drive five major events throughout the week for encouraging, improving and supporting entrepreneurship and enterprising behaviour.



On Monday, The Environmental Enterprise Challenge will involve 100 students from Malet Lambert School who will be given a secret brief. They will have to develop a product or service based around a set of instructions linked to the theme of the City's green economy and the City of Hull. Former BBC Apprentice star Ruth Badger will be awarding prizes as well as sharing thoughts on her own enterprise journey. The winning team will receive a special prize of £200 in vouchers courtesy of Straight plc



Tuesday is all about celebrating the Hull Ready programme, with presentations from primary school children about how they've spent their £150 loan from a business as part of the Make £5 Blossom project. This will be followed by the invited audience of education and business leaders being given their own entrepreneurial task to complete which will be set by the pupils from Victoria Dock Primary School.



On Wednesday, primary school pupils taking part in the "Hull Our City and the Mail at the Heart of it" event at the University of Hull will be practicing planning, promotion and delivery as they consider how they will handle an emerging news story in the city with the assistance of students from Hull College and reporters from the Hull Daily Mail. Watching closely and available to support young people on the day will be senior executives of Mail News & Media and former BBC Apprentice star Claire Young. The winning team will receive a special prize of vouchers of £400 from KWL and a special science event run by young entrepreneur Katie Norman of Labrascals



The Post 16 Enterprise Masterclass on Thursday will see Ruth Badger again heading up the judges who will be examining in detail the results of a group activity to come up with a marketing concept from everyday discarded items given to each group. The judges will decide who will walk off with a cash prize for best concept and pitch sponsored by Hull Chamber of Commerce



Bringing the week to a close on Friday is the Secondary Enterprise Masterclass, which will again see young people taking on the task of devising a convincing product and marketing concept set by Sangwin pitching it to Ruth Badger and fellow judges. The winning team will receive a special prize of £400 in vouchers courtesy of Hull Training and the opportunity to produce their product. Young people will also hear from Abhimanu Kudasamy High Commissioner of Mauritius.



Further stimulation is guaranteed with a wide ranging group of speakers which include several young entrepreneurs including Phil Batty of Force-7, Ross Bennett of Engaging Education, Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners. Amanda Hartley and Phil Benson of Xing as well as established entreprenurs like Jonathan Straight of Straight plc and Ian Sallis a Trichology Consultant.



Budding entrepreneurs on Twitter can use # GEWfwd to share anxieties, post queries about starting a business and get support back from others.



Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership works year-round to encourage and support entrepreneurship, including running the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge, Hull Ready, Youth Enterprise Bank, Lee Creamer Youth Enterprise Suite and the ILM Award for Business and Enterprise.

On the Spot in the Hull Daily Mail Business Section

Q) What was your first job?


A) An exploited paper lad in all kinds of weather



Q) Describe your career in 25 words.

A) Student to unemployed, working in museums, Councillor on Humberside County Council & Hull City Council, Chief Executive Humberside Partnership than to my present job which I Iuv



Q) If you were...n't in your current position what would you be doing?

A) I had a job lined up as a trainee legal executive in Winchester but came back to the City I love



Q) If you could hire one person - who would it be?

A) Lord Sugar as not only is he a great entrepreneur, I could laugh at him been a Spurs fan and who knows on the day they should manage to beat Manchester City I could say You’re Fired!



Q) What's your ideal day away from the office?

A) Spending time or getting updates about my “enterprising” god daughter Imogen and her brother Rowan, walking the dog Paige or with our Jade and Ben



Q) What's your biggest passion in life (excluding your family - that's a given!)?

A) As a Manchester City fan since 1969 and season card holder it would be watching them home and away when I can and even watching them on TV, especially when with our Ben who is a United fan and we beat them



Q) What animal best reflects your personality and why?

A) Springer Spaniel – as always bouncing about with new ideas and uncontrollable but hope with passion and style

Sponsors of @10thgewhull @gewuk

Here is the current list of sponsors of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull - a big thank you from Hull's enterprising young people.

John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank
Hull City Council
Co-operative
St Stephens
Spencer Group
Cityworks
Cityworks Training,
Insurance Partnership
Marfleet Councillors
Hull Colleges
Hull Training
KC Community
Straight plc
Engaging Education
Andrew Marvell School
Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce
GH Events
Womens Breakfast Clubik
Culture Creativity Place Ltd
KWL
Mail News and Media
GB8 Ltd
Society Soupçon
Lesley Hawkins
Harris Lacey and Swain
Jordan Smith
Caroline Skipper
Arco
The Cracknell Family I
Malet Lambert School
Jenko
IT Spectrum
Tega  
GH Events  
Blair Jacobs Communications  
Ruth Badger  
Claire Young
Sign Services

Shortlisted in GB Entrepreneurs Awards 2013

Two organisations from Hull have been shortlisted in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards which are set to become the recognised standard of excellence amongst entrepreneurs and those that support them This brand new set of awards are the only accolades solely dedicated to commending British entrepreneurs and the businesses around them. The winners will be announced on 19th November in Global Entrepreneurship week




The Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and Hull City Council have been shortlisted for the category Entrepreneurs Champion (This award is for an individual, organisation, city or company who supports entrepreneurs. The winner will encourage, nurture and / or provide solutions to entrepreneurs and their businesses and will demonstrate clear examples of assisting British entrepreneurs in their development. The winner may be an office provider, enterprise city, VC, a business support initiative, professional services supplier or a technology company)



Also one of Hull’s young entrepreneurs Katie Norman of labrascals of Hull www.labrascals.co.uk has also been shortlisted in the category most captivating entrepreneur of the year ( This award is for the entrepreneur who captures the public’s attention with their ongoing passion and drive to bring their ideas to life. They will have at least one successful entrepreneurial venture and be constantly looking for the next opportunity.

Ruth Badger BBC Apprentice and Patron Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, said:

“I am pleased to see that Hull City Council with the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership has been short listed in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, following on from them been highly commended in the Enterprising Britain awards 2013 for their work in developing an enterprise culture in the City and Katie Norman who has been shortlisted in the category most captivating entrepreneur of the year. I may be from Wolverhampton, not Hull, but I feel at home in a city that does so much to support its enterprising young people and am pleased that in its 10th year it is getting recognised for its work.”



Cllr Rosie Nichol Portfollio Holder, said:



“The Council is pleased to see the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and one of its young entrepreneurs Katie Norman Owner of Labrascals shortlisted in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2013



Hull City Council are committed to supporting its enterprising young people in partnership across the City as we are more than aware that our enterprising young people are the future of the city, I wish Katie all the best for the awards event and her great business idea of encouraging young people to become interested in science through a range of fun activities whilst she is still studying at University.”



Simon Burton, Founder of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, said:



“The entries we have received for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards can only be described as awe inspiring. The quality has been outstanding. The judges have had the extremely difficult task of whittling the great and good of the entrepreneurial community down to the very best and we are delighted by the companies that have made the shortlist.”

Shortlist for Hull Youth Enterprise 2013

Hull City Council in partnership with the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership are pleased to announce the shortlisted nominations of the various categories for Hull’s Youth Enterprise Awards 2013 the winners of which will be announced at Global Entrepreneurship Week’s Celebration evening to be held on Friday 22nd November at Staff House – University of Hull. There were over 40 nominations and these have been reduced to the enclosed shortlist.




In total there are seven categories



1. The shortlist for Hulls most enterprising secondary school sponsored by Hull College, are Malet Lambert, Andrew Marvell, Newland School for Girls and Archbishop Sentamu



2. The shortlist for Hull's most enterprising teacher sponsored by St Stephens Hull includes Stephen Logan of Malet Lambert, Katrina Johnson of Archbishop Sentamu, Chris Dawson of Gillshill and Denham Kite of Victoria Dock Primary



3. The shortlist for Hull's most enterprising primary school sponsored by The Insurance Partnership are Griffin Primary, Gillshill Primary, Victoria Dock and Clifton Primary School



4. The shortlist for Hull based companies/ organisations that have done the most to promote an enterprising culture in the City sponsored by Hull City Council are Xing Smoothies, Engaging Education, Mail News & Media, St Stephens, For Entrepreneurs Only and NET 315 Programme at Hull College







5. The shortlist for person that has done the most to support youth enterprise in Hull sponsored by the Co-operative are Sean Royce of KC , Blair Jacobs, Jonathon Leafe of Strawberry, Mike Notarantonio of Hull City Council , Stephen Logan of Malet Lambert School, Janet Brumby of FEO



6. The shortlist for Young Entrepreneur of Year are Thomas Arran photographer, Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners , Katie Norman of Labrascals, Ross Bennett of Engaging Education and Ashley Liddell of Liddell Personal fitness







Ruth Badger, BBC Apprentice star and businesswoman and Patron of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership



“It is always a pleasure and a privilege to support Hull in the way it supports its enterprising young people, your city and Council certainly believes in putting its energies behind its young people and not just paying lip service to enterprise. The work that partners are doing in your city is absolutely brilliant. I am pleased to see such a range of nominations that have been shortlisted in the different categories and I know it will be difficult to come to the eventual winners of each section and I look forward to working with Hull’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 in particular"



Steven Bayes Director of the Co-operative



The Co-operative are please to sponsor the 2013 Youth Enterprise Awards in particular the one for the person that has done most to support youth enterprise in Hull. Hull as a city has real commitment through its Youth Enterprise Partnership and the business community to develop the enterprising skills of young people, it never ceases to amaze me how with the right support and encouragement young people are truly enterprising, this is certainly something the Co-operative supports through its various co-operative enterprise programmes”



Sponsors of Youth Enterprise Awards - Hull 2013 are Hull City Council, St. Stephens, Hull College, the Insurance Partnership and the Co-operative

Message from Ruth Badger to Hull business community

Hi,


Could you use this please in the first person section of your Newspaper?I would like to bring to the attention of the business community the next celebration of entrepreneurship in the area following my involvement in the youth enterprise summit in Business Week, Global Entrepreneurship Week. I hope that you will consider getting involved in this week that will take place from the 18th – 22nd November in order to support a celebration of enterprise for Hull and East Riding schools and colleges, that will feature young entrepreneurs from Hull along with Claire Young, Jonathan Straight of Straight plc, Ian Sallis a Trichology consultant and Lord Haskins of Skidby.

Enterprise is a vital contributor to the health of our economy and to diversity of opportunity within our society. That is why I support your ambition to make your area the best place in the world to start and grow a business. As part of your ambition, I know the Humber is seeking to achieve a change in the perception of enterprise and entrepreneurship amongst its young people, ensuring that they have the information they need is an important tool in realising that change. During the week I am looking forward to working with young people aged 6 to 24 and their teachers and tutors as well as judging the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge that helps identify future entrepreneurs in the three years that it has been running we have given over £15,000 to young entrepreneurs in real cash as well as mentoring and general support.Whilst I maybe from Wolverhampton and not Hull, I feel at home in a City that does so much to support its enterprising young people.

I am an ardent supporter of your work in particular during Global Entrepreneurship Week, which aims to create a more enterprising culture amongst young people. My hope is that today's young people go on to aspire to set up their own businesses, start social enterprises to improve their communities and be innovative employees themselves. Your area is doing a great deal to support their enterprising young person which makes me proud to be associated with the City, I was pleased that Hull’s Youth enterprise Partnership was highly commended in the Enterprising Britain awards 2013 in the section relating to enterprise promotion. If you want to know more about the week please consider sponsoring or supporting the week and following it on twitter @10thGEWHull as its only with your support that we can ensure that your city’s young people become the enterprising employees and entrepreneurs of the future. So why not join St Stephen’s Hull, KC, the Co-operative, Mail News & Media, Hull College, KWL, Malet Lambert, Spencer, Cityworks, Insurance partnership, Sangwin and Force -7 in supporting this great culture of enterprise in your city.

If you want to see what happens during the week than please check out our YouTube site www.youtube.com/user/GEWHull2012 that features last years events and than contact Charles Cracknell via 01482 – 612983 or charles.cracknell@hullcc.gov.uk to discuss how you can get involved in this festival of enterprise.

Nominations for Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2013

There have been over 40 nominations for individuals and organisations for Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2013 that are organised Hull City Council, in partnership with the John Cracknel Youth Enterprise Bank that recognise how enterprising our Hull Schools and Businesses are and this years awards winners will be announced in Global Entrepreneurship Week at the University of Hull in November at its 10th anniversary awards and Celebration Evening.




1 The nominations for most enterprising Primary School in Hull sponsored by The Insurance Partnership are Griffin Primary, Gillshill Primary, Victoria Dock Primary, St Richards Primary, Wheeler Primary, Hymers College Jnr School, Clifton Primary School, Thorpepark

2 enterprising Secondary School in Hull sponsored by Hull College are Malet Lambert, Hull Studio School, Andrew Marvell, Hymers College, Newland School for Girls, Archbishop Sentamu, Winifred Holtby,

3 The nominations for most enterprising Teacher in Hull sponsored by St Stephen’s are Stephen Logan, and Jane Disbrey of Malet Lambert School , Denham Kite of Victoria Dock School , Katrina Johnson of Archbishop Sentamu Academy , Mike Gooch Hull Training, Chris Dawson of Gillshill Primary

4 The nominations for the business that has done the most to promote enterprise in a sustainable way sponsored by Hull City Council are KC, Engaging Education, St Stephens, Hull Esteem, Claughtons, Humber LEP, CatZeroOfficial, Hull Daily Mail, For Entrepreneurs Only, Xing Smoothies, Wedgewelly, Rollits, Hull City Council, Be Enterprising Group, Capability Mentors, Start up Humber, Hull University Enterprise Centre, Eskimo Soup,and Rollits LLP

5 The nominations for person that has done the most to support enterprise in Hull sponsored by the Co-operative are Kenton Robins, Sean Royce, Blair Jacobs, Jonathon Leafe, Maureen Foers, Janet Brumby, Phil Batty, Charles Cracknell, Mike Notarantonio, Stephen Logan

6 The nominations for Young Entrepreneur of Year are Thomas Arran photographer , Kallum Green of Mosh News, Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners , Katie Norman of Labrascals, Ross Bennett of Engaging Education and Phil Benson Xing Smoothies,



Stephen Logan, Assistant Headteacher Malet Lambert School, Hull’s Most Enterprising Teacher 2012



"It was a great honour last year to be announced as the recipient of the title of Hull’s Most Enterprising Teacher 2012 and that Malet Lambert was named as the City’s most enterprising secondary school. I am pleased that this year over 40 individuals and organisations have received nominations and I look forward to seeing the shortlist in September and the well deserved winners in Global Entrepreneurship Week so they can get recognition for the enterprising work they do in the City and continue to act as ambassadors for the City.



Claire Young Patron Youth Enterprise Partnership

There is no doubt that Hull as a city has real commitment through the Youth Enterprise Partnership to develop the enterprising skills of young people, it never ceases to amaze me how with the right support and encouragement young people are truly enterprising and whilst not all will go on to be entrepreneurs of the future they certainly will be more enterprising in their outlook and in the workplace, I know it will be a difficult choice but all nominations are winners and true ambassadors of Hull and Humberside.

Invite to £5 Blossom Celebration @10thGEWHull @GEWUK

Dear Friend,


On behalf of Blair Jacobs Chair of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, I would like to invite you to a special event taking place during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 ( which is in its 10th Year) that will involve some of the Hull primary schools that have been involved with the award winning Hull Ready project & Make £5 Blossom. Pupils from the schools will deliver presentations on how they utilised their £150 business loans for their projects and also showcase the ‘Big 13’ enterprise skills they used as part of the Make £5 Blossom scheme.

In the true spirit of Global Entrepreneurship Week the children will also set the adult audience a task by pupils from Victoria Dock primary School in order for you to show how enterprising you are. I enclose link to last years event as well as the other events during the week on our YouTube site www.youtube.com/user/gewhull2012

The event will take place on Tuesday 19th November 2013, in the Reception Rom and Banqueting Suite in the Guildhall Hull and will feature former BBC Apprentice and International Business Guru Ruth Badger (thanks to the sponsorship of St Stephens ) Along with Jim Harris Chair Hull BID and Centre Manager of St Stephen’s. It will be a morning event with registration between 9.15 am and 9.45am with a prompt start at 9.45 am to 1pm; lunch will be available at its conclusion. Please respond before the 26th September 2013 to confirm you would like to attend the event, if you have not confirmed by this date we will assume you cannot be attend. If you would like to know more about how you can get involved with Hull Ready ( www.hullready.co.uk) please do not hesitate to contact me

Charles Cracknell Charles.Cracknell@hullcc.gov.uk Tel 01482-612983

Loui Fowler - last day of work experience

On the last day of my Work Experience, I wanted to complete some of my own business work to be ahead and also start preparing for the holidays, but before this Mike had prepared a check list for me to complete. Which was to: finish off my letter to send to Hull FC, to choose 3 possible Icebreakers for GEW, finish off my blog, finish off my letter to send to all the Super League clubs, finish the project with Lee and finally send the final GEW Banner designs for Charles approval. I had quite a busy morning ahead of me, so I started it by finishing off the GEW designs for their own TRIPLE R Banner and sent them off to Charles. Then I began on my tick list of finishing off the two letters; which I also accomplished. I then was to finish my blog and make a start on the GEW Icebreakers. Half way through my Icebreaker document, Jon and Jamie (the owners of Yes Yes) was here for a meeting and Mike insisted I came along. The meeting for me was really good, as I’ve now got some great new ideas from Jon and Jamie but also they wanted to finish off my website, and make me a landline number for my business not only to make it look bigger, but also attracts more companies. So personally, I found the meeting very beneficial, and are looking forward for the meeting with Jon and Jamie and hopefully working with Yes Yes in the future. The meeting finish at roughly 1:15, so I quickly nipped out for my lunch to get back in time to finish of the last little bits Lee and I had to do for the GEW event. Unfortunately we didnt achieve what we wanted to on the last day but overall I believe we did pretty well for a week’s worth of work, and hopefully enough to give the GEW event a little more money. So after it all I went to back to the office, collected my belongings and ended a great week of Work Experience.

Day 4 Loui's Work Experience with Youth Enterprise

Day 4:- When arriving into the office the first thing I had to do was to start this Blog about what I’ve done over the week of my work experience. So I started with it so it could be published before 10 o’clock. At 9 Charles got me to go across to the Guildhall to go see his friend Mitch Upfold as he was going to get me some boxing tickets for Luke Campbell’s fight on the Saturday. So we went off to go see him to receive the tickets ( which I was grateful for), then we went to find one of Charles friends called Nathan Turner as had a very humorous and true conversation talking about my business and general things. Then as soon as we came back I was sent by Mike, to go deliver a cheque to Hullabaloon, which wasn’t very far just down the road. So when I got back I had to just finish off any of my own projects, which are the GEW banner design, My letter to Adam Pearson which all needed to be done and look for the Icebreakers for the GEW events. After I did this Lee turned up again to finish off any other sponsor money that we needed to collect as well as the raffle prizes which we were again very successful in as we received a Chinese Laundry T-shirt form Chinese Laundry, and we also received a £25 Lush beauty set for the bath to. We also started talking to the manager at Famous Memorabilia who was very willing to donate as he said that Enterprise is very close to his heart. So he said he would be willing to donate.

Loui Fowler - Work Experience Blog

Day 1 - When entering Kingston house I signed in and the came up to the Youth Enterprise office where I was greeted by Mike and Charles. After that I was shown around by Mike who showed me all of the fire exits and told me what precautions I had to take. When returning back to the office Charles had lined me up to attend a meeting with different sections of the Council and discussed the LEP and scrutiny which overall I found very boring and pointless. For me, I believed the meeting was not interesting but good for the experience. The meeting was very sophisticated and really I didn’t understand much of it. Subsequently, I went out for dinner and when I returned Lee Pearson from Malet was there who was attending to discuss a task that Mike had allowed Lee and I to do. The task was to try and earn more money for the GEW event in November. On that day Lee and I decided that the most efficient thing to do was to just go out onto the town streets and generally ask small businesses if they would like to sponsor any prises for the kids in GEW. On that day we wasn’t as successful as we wanted to be however, we did have many people interested, therefore we would follow this up on the following days.



Day 2 - On the second day I came in late due to having to attend a Vivergo Fuels meeting at the Saltend Chemical Park. Two other students and I were attending on behalf of Malet Lambert Students. When we get there we were met be Esther who told us what we were doing. We were handing out safety leaflets to the people getting onto the coach to travel up to the Vivergo fuels tent who were given a brief of what’s happening and how and where their money is going. After handing out the leaflets we travelled up to the tent and listened to the pitches and interviews that they had to offer. Personally I found it quite interesting but then started to bore me. The best thing was I actually understood what they were talking about due to the renewable energy project we did at school. After that I went to the Youth Enterprise office again where Mike has already had some tasks aligned up for me. The first one was to research another game / Icebreaker for the GEW events in November. I did think of some creative games however not all of them were suitable to play around a table. So we came up with the most creative and unusual games and just before the event in November I will be pitching them to the GEW organisers. After this I went to dinner and then was put up to another big task which was to clean up the store cupboard. That took me the rest of the afternoon in which I had been crushing boxes and also moving them so there was more space for more brochures.



Day 3 – On the third day I was set 1 task but then told that if I had some work for my business that I needed to be getting on with I should. The only task of the day must have been one of the worst as I had to clean 30 mugs for the Women’s Enterprise Meeting. It wasn’t bad that I had to wash the mugs; it was that in some of the mugs because they had been left so long there was mould on them. It was disgusting but my suspicion was that they all belonged to one person. Charles! So I got on with my tasks so they would be ready for the women to use at the meeting. I started at 9 and finished at 9:45. I actually took my time and tried not to think about the mould and finished 15 minutes before the meeting, which I was very pleased about. After that I got on with my business work and got on with the GEW designs, the Wigan Warriors designs and finally the Leeds Rhinos designs. From this for the GEW design as there was so many different colours I had to simple it down so they price would be less. So I tweaked the logo and tried to find out a price for them. Afterward, I went for dinner and arrived back just before Lee who was again helping me raise some more money for the GEW event. So we set off back the Brooks the shop that had told us to return when the manager had come back; so we did. Lee and I talked to the manager who was more than pleased to give something for the even so we received a £20 gift voucher for the Malet event. We was off to a god start. Then after being refused several times we thought we would go to Mad Dog Music who said they would give £20 for the event too. This is looking very good for the GEW event but even better we then went to The Uniform Shop who wanted to give the event £200 which Lee and I was very pleased with, and that was our day.

Fourth Year Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge

The Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge will take place again this year. The Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge is open to young people aged 24 or under, and has three age ranges - Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Post 16 - individuals or groups may apply. Candidates must be living in Hull or the East Riding and have an enterprising idea such as a new business idea, a co-operative, a community enterprise project or an enterprising school/college project. The deadline for entries is 1st October 2014. The winners of each section will get the opportunity to pitch at Global Entrepreneurship Week to double their winnings against a panel chaired by Ruth Badger

Prize money for the winners of each section is as follows:

Primary School section up to £500
Secondary School section up to £750
Post 16 - Business idea for 16 - 24 year olds up to £1500

Loui Fowler Malet Lambert School winner Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2012

“I was really pleased to win the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2012 with my idea of a retractable sports banner, it has encouraged me to take my idea further and I now have had my sports banners designed and manufactured in China. I have since held meetings with Hull FC who agreed to purchase some of the banners for sale in the official club shop and I have sold a number of them at matches. I am in the process of marketing the concept to other professional clubs as well as looking at developing one for school pupils, there is no doubt without the support of Ruth I would not have got as far as I have with my business idea”

Ruth Badger

“I am very passionate about enterprise and ensuring young people have the opportunity to engage in it! Out of all Cities and towns in the UK that I work with, I believe that Hull are the best at engaging real entrepreneurs & successful businesses in partnering up with future young entrepreneurs and that is why I set up this competition in your area with the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership four years ago.”

"I want to encourage young people in Hull and the East Riding , an area that I have adopted for its commitment to its enterprising young people, who possibly are not at the stage where they feel can develop their idea on their own or need some extra confidence with financial resource and mentoring”




Further Information

Entry information available

The competition is supported by a website designed by one of Hull's young entrepreneur Nicola McMullan of HWS Hosting and outlines what the competition is www.hullbadgers.co.uk also look at our Youtube link of last years final www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bIxqazL2hg

Ring 612983 for further details

Youth Enterprise Summit - June 6th 2013

On 6th June 2013, as part of Humber Business Week, Hull hosted the first youth enterprise summit in Yorkshire supported by international business guru and former BBC Apprentice Star Ruth Badger as well as young entrepreneurs in Hull at Malet Lambert School in order to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to the youth enterprise agenda. The event saw school based businesses, The Green Queens, who have developed primary support materials relating to the environment, and Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners, who has designed a range of sport fans hand held banners outline their enterprise journey. Also speaking was Oliver Wilson Managing Director of Xuro and currently an apprentice working with CityWorks, Hull City Council and Malet Lambert School helping the organisations to embed enterprise within their work with young people.

The event saw delegates coming together from all over Yorkshire as well as from the Department of Business Innovation and Skills to find out what support is available for young entrepreneurs in the area, ranging from start up advice, start up loans and start up grants and their own network of young entrepreneurs and how it is committed to developing the entrepreneurial culture at an early age by showcasing the partnership support for a number of enterprising pupils at Malet Lambert.

The Youth Enterprise Summit also held a question and answer session with the following on the panel Chaired by Ruth Badger, Sean Royce Finance and Commercial Director KC, John Gilbert Managing Director of eskimosoup &former pupil Malet Lambert, William Oxley Director Youth Enterprise Services, Nic Dakin MP and young entrepreneurs Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners and Ellie Taylor The Green Queens

The event also saw the launch of Hull’s Young Entrepreneur Start up Guide, developed in partnership with Enterprise Nation and a new patron scheme for the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank presented by Anna Millar of KC and Judy Ward of Really Worx, which was established over 10 years ago and has allocated £265,000 to over 300 of the City’s enterprising young people. The event also saw the launch of the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to Global Entrepreneurship Week Brochure and Ross Bennett of Engaging Director launched the city’s new enterprise education website. Over 500 tweets from 30 different tweeters were issued at the event using the hashtag #YES13

Anna Millar

Community Relations Manager at KC
“The Youth Enterprise Summit was a great way to bring businesses, young people and support organisations together to share best practice, ideas and hear some fantastic success stories from young entrepreneurs. It made me incredibly proud to be from a city that supports entrepreneurial spirit so well, we’ve just got to remember to shout about it.”

Ruth Badger
" If Hull is one of the most enterprising places in the UK for young people then Malet Lambert School is an integral part of that achievement and therefore I was delighted to work with Hull City Council and Hull’s young entrepreneurs on the summit and to raise the profile of what young people can achieve, as they are the lifeblood of our future economy and are integral to Hull achieving its aims under your City Plan”



Laura-Jane Rawlings
Founder Youth Employment UK
“I was inspired by the number of schools and businesses that have come together in Hull to support the City’s young people. Hull seems to really understand the need to invest in its youth generation; as the future labour market, entrepreneurs, consumers and residents young people are essential to the long term success of the City and the Hull business community gets that. The opportunities for young people in Hull are exceptional and I am confident that the students who benefit from these experiences will be very well prepared for their futures post education.”

Jackie Frost
Enterprise Projects Manager,
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
“It was truly inspirational to see and hear about the work of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, John Cracknell Youth Bank, Hull Ready & Make £5 Blossom, and to witness the business commitment and engagement that there was in the room. It was wonderful to listen to the students from Malet Lambert School talking about their enterprise learning and experiences. Congratulations to you all on holding such a great event, and I look forward to working in partnership with you for many years to come.”

Mike Notarantonio
Youth Enterprise Project Officer (Hull Ready)
“The whole Youth Enterprise Summit, from start to finish, had a thoroughly professional feel to the whole event and fitted perfectly into Business Week. It was good to see the business delegates and so many young people attending an event on an equal platform and the presentations from all the speakers showed a real enthusiasm and passion for enterprise, it was great to hear the young people telling their stories of running businesses whilst still at school and the support they have had from their school, teachers and Hull Youth Enterprise.

The launch of the Hull Start Up book, the Hull Youth Enterprise Bank Patron scheme and the Global Entrepreneurship Week brochure also showcased the kind of support and opportunities that is available to the young people of our City and it was fantastic to see so many people there to support the event.”

Jane Disbrey
Headteacher Malet Lambert School
“Particularly in challenging times students need the chance to see what is possible for their future. They need to be given challenge, respect and hope. The more we invest in our children the brighter the future for all of us. Our students rightfully expect and demand the best possible opportunities to empower them in life. Experience gained through the Youth Enterprise Summit is an essential component in their journey to successful , productive adulthood. We are proud to support and participate in this event and look forward to next year.”

Nick Sangwin
Managing Director
Sangwin Group of Companies
“Thank you for inviting me to the Youth Enterprise Summit, it was a fantastic showpiece event for the area and proves how we can achieve success with the students, teachers and the business community all working together. It makes me feel very proud that Hull is leading the country in this and we are already seeing the fruits of it with successful companies being set up and Global Entrepreneurship Week will no doubt continue this trend.

I was impressed by the professionalism of the young speakers standing up on the stage in a room full of strange faces and how they stuck to the task of telling us their story and the journeys they had embarked on. It was an excellent event and certainly appropriate to have it as part of the Business Week diary.”

Kate Brennan
Act the Facts, the educational script writing company
"Young people were in the driving seat at the Youth Enterprise Summit 2013, from the confident school students directing delegates through the venue to the youthful entrepreneurs, previous beneficiaries of YE funding and now running successful businesses; it was time for the older members of the business community to see what youth and energy has achieved in the Hull area.

Ten years of Global Entrepreneurship Week has created a ‘can-do’ environment in Hull, where young people are given support, encouragement and financial backing to turn their bright ideas into viable enterprises. There can’t be many other places investing this much faith and time in their enterprising youngsters.”

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Youth Enterprise Summit #YES13

On 6th June 2013, as part of Humber Business Week, Hull will host the first youth enterprise summit in Yorkshire supported by international business guru and former BBC Apprentice Star Ruth Badger as well as young entrepreneurs in Hull at Malet Lambert School in order to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to the youth enterprise agenda.


The event will see school based businesses, The Green Queens, who have developed primary support materials relating to the environment, and Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners, who has designed a range of sport fans hand held banners. Both of these businesses are previous winners of the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge and continue to get support from Ruth Badger. Also speaking will be Oliver Wilson Managing Director of Xuro and currently an apprentice working with CityWorks, Hull City Council and Malet Lambert School helping the organisations to embed enterprise within their work with young people.

Ruth Badger said:

"There has never been a better time to start a business and there is support on offer at every turn from peers and local support providers in Hull. That’s why I was keen to organise with my friends in Hull, Yorkshire’s first Youth Enterprise Summit, Hull is one of the most enterprising places in the UK for young people then Malet Lambert School is an integral part of that achievement”.

“I am delighted to work with Hull City Council and Hull’s young entrepreneurs on this summit and to raise the profile of what young people can achieve, as they are the lifeblood of our future economy and are integral to Hull achieving its aims under your City Plan, I am looking forward to hearing more about the success of the Triple R Banners and the Green Queens.”

Oliver Wilson, 19, co-chair of Let’s Talk Business, Managing Director of Xuro said:

“I was looking forward to the event as a new start up, in order that I can find out more about what is available to me as a young entrepreneur, then I was invited to outline to the delegates some information about my business and the support I have received and indeed will continue to need which is can be quite daunting.

After discussing with organisers what they are hoping to achieve from the summit I was pleased to agree to outline my journey so far and to join them in their campaign to raise the profile of youth entrepreneurship”

The event will see delegates coming together from all over Yorkshire as well as from the Department of Business Innovation and Skills to find out what support is available for young entrepreneurs in the area, ranging from start up advice, start up loans and start up grants and their own network of young entrepreneurs and how it is committed to developing the entrepreneurial culture at an early age by showcasing the partnership support for a number of enterprising pupils at Malet Lambert.

The Youth Enterprise Summit will also be holding a question and answer session with the following on the panel Chaired by Ruth Badger, Joanna Hill Head of Enterprise Education & Culture Dept Business Innovation and Skills, John Gilbert Managing Director of eskimosoup &former pupil Malet Lambert, William Oxley Director Youth Enterprise Services, Lord Haskins Chair Humber LEP and young entreprenurs Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners and Ellie Taylor The Green Queens

The event will also see the launch of Hull’s Young Entrepreneur Start up Guide, developed in partnership with Enterprise Nation and a new patron scheme for the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, which was established over 10 years ago and has allocated £265,000 to over 300 of the City’s enterprising young people and the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to Global Entrepreneurship Week.

www.youthenterprise.co.uk

www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk

New Hull Start-Up Kit - Young Entrepreneurs

On 6th June 2013, young entrepreneurs in Hull will have yet another tool to support them in starting a small business. The Hull Start-Up Kit is a comprehensive guide to starting a business in Hull for young people, with case studies, details of support services and funding streams available in the city.

The 170 page book has been backed by Hull City Council, Malet Lambert School , and KC, and contains quotes from BBC Apprentice stars Ruth Badger and Claire Young. Also supported by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, who will be announcing big changes in the coming weeks, young people applying for grants through the bank will have the opportunity to use the Hull Start-Up Kit through their first steps into entrepreneurialism.

The Hull Start-Up Kit also includes £500 worth of offers from Enterprise Nation partners.The Hull Start-Up Kit will be released during the Youth Enterprise Summit as part of Biz Week 2013 which will see 165 delegates at Malet Lambert School hear about the city’s successes.

Oliver Wilson, 19, co-chair of Let’s Talk Business, Managing Director of Xuro Limited, co-created the Hull Start-Up Kit with Enterprise Nation. He said:

“I went out to interview a number of young people who had been supported by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, Start-Up Loans and Let’s Talk Business for case studies. It was great to hear how they were getting on.

“In my opinion, Hull is home to some of the most enterprising young people in the country. It is such a great opportunity for our city’s young people to be able to tell their story.”

12 young entrepreneurs, aged as young as 14, feature in the Hull Start-Up Kit telling the story of when they started up, what support they received and where they are today.

Ashley Liddell, owner of Liddell Personal Fitness, said:

“I was so pleased when I was asked if I wanted to feature in the Hull Start-Up Kit. I am honoured to be able to tell my story to the young people in my city.

“The book is a great tool. I made great use of Enterprise Nation’s ‘Start-Up Loans Kit’ before I applied for my Start-Up Loan. I can see budding local entrepreneurs really benefitting.”

The Hull Start-Up Kit is a local adaptation of the book “The Start-Up Kit” created by Enterprise Nation with a greater, more concise wealth of information for the city’s young people.

Emma Jones, author and founder of Enterprise Nation, said

"There has never been a better time to start a business. There's support on offer at every turn; from peers and local support providers in Hull.

“We were delighted to work with the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank to produce this Start-Up Kit which we hope will see many more people become their own boss!"

The guide is not available for public retail, but will be available for free to applicants of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank

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Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2013

Hull City Council, in partnership with the Youth Enterprise Bank, are organising a series of awards to recognise how enterprising our Hull Schools and Businesses are and this years awards winners will be announced in Global Entrepreneurship Week at the University of Hull in November.


1 Most enterprising Primary School in Hull sponsored by The Insurance Partnership

2 Most enterprising Secondary School in Hull sponsored by Hull College

3 Most enterprising Teacher in Hull sponsored by St Stephen’s

4 The business that has done the most to promote enterprise in a sustainable way in schools and/or with a Post 16 provider sponsored by Hull City Council

5 The individual business person that has done the most to support enterprise education sponsored by the Co-operative

6 Special Enterprise Awards sponsored by the Youth Enterprise Bank and Cityworks

Stephen Logan, Malet Lambert School, Hull’s Most Enterprising Teacher 2012

"It was a great honour last year to be announced as the recipient of the title of Hull’s Most Enterprising Teacher 2012 and that Malet Lambert was named as the City’s most enterprising secondary school. I am pleased that this year the awards will go ahead thanks to the support of Hull City Council and individual sponsors. There is no doubt that Hull as a city has real commitment through the Youth Enterprise Partnership to develop the enterprising skills of young people, it never ceases to amaze me how with the right support and encouragement Hull’s young people are truly enterprising and whilst not all will go on to be entrepreneurs of the future they certainly will be more enterprising in their outlook and in the workplace”


Phil Batty MD Force-7 Young Entrepreneur Year 2012

“For seven years Force-7 has had support from the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership in the work that we are do and are proud to be associated with the work they do especially during Global Entrepreneurship Week, I was really pleased to accept the title of Young Entrepreneur Year 2012 from Councillor Danny Brown Lord Mayor of Hull last year on behalf of Force-7 as a whole and myself as an individual, I look forward to helping to identify the winner this year to represent Hull.”

Claire Young, BBC Apprentice star and businesswoman

“It is always a pleasure and a privilege to support Hull in the way it supports its enterprising young people, your city certainly believes in putting its energies behind its young people and not just paying lip service to enterprise. The work that partners are doing in your city is absolutely brilliant. I was pleased to see that the work of your Youth Enterprise Bank that links up with Teenbiz has helped in lobbying Government that has secured the Humber in having access to the Youth Enterprise Loan Scheme. I look forward to helping identify this year’s winners of your youth enterprise awards with my fellow patrons.”






Further Information

The deadline for the completed full entry forms will be 1st September 2013 and judging will be completed by 15th September 2013. The winners will be invited to receive their award at the Celebration Event we hold in Global Entrepreneurship Week on November 22nd at Staff House at the University of Hull. The winning schools will receive an engraved plaque and £200 to further develop enterprise activity.

The Judges are the Patrons of Youth Enterprise in the City former BBC Apprentice stars Claire Young, Ruth Badger, Alan Johnson MP, Abhimanu Kudasamy the High Commissioner of Mauritius along with Hull’s Young Entrepreneurs of the Year in Amanda Hartley 2009, Dave Garbera 2010, Bronwyn Wilson 2011, Phil Batty 2012
Nomination forms are available from charles.cracknell@hullcc.gov.uk

Sponsors need for 10th Anniversary of Global Entrepreneurship Week

GEW is an amazing event which inspires young people to take an interest in Enterprise. It helps them learn about the world of work and, for some of them, starts them on the road to becoming the next generation of Business Owners. Here in Hull we have a proud record of success with the event. You can see reports of each day www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk/GEW.php and short video showing highlights at www.youtube.com/user/gewhull2012


Like every other great event we need sponsors to enable us to inspire local young people to become enterprising. There are opportunities for local businesses to get involved and the cost is modest in relation to the impact you can make.

This blog gives an outline of the kinds of sponsorship packages available. One of the volunteers from the organising team can talk to you in more detail.

Please help us inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Platinum Package £5000

- Page Advert in GEW 2013 Brochure and Report
- 1 table (10 staff/guests) at the Hull Ready Event
- 1 table (10 guests) for GEW 2013 Celebration Evening
- Appropriate branding during the Week, including logo in your chosen day’s presentations and produced video
- Identification as sponsor via Social Media
- Identification as sponsor via Press Releases
- Invitation to judge/speak on your chosen day
- Invitation to lunch at all events
- Stand in Networking Village
- Web links from www.youthenterprise.co.uk

Gold Package £3000

- Page Advert in GEW 2013 Brochure
- 1 table (10 staff/guests) at the Hull Ready Event
- Invitation for 6 people for GEW 2013 Celebration Evening
- Appropriate branding during the Week
- Identification as sponsor via Social Media
- Identification as sponsor via Press Releases
- Invites to lunch at events
- Stand in Networking Village
- Web links from www.youthenterprise.co.uk

Silver Package £2000

- Half Page Advert in GEW 2013 Brochure and Report
- Invitation for 6 staff/guests to Hull Ready Event
- Invitation for 4 people for GEW 2013 Celebration Evening
- Appropriate branding during the Week
- Identification as sponsor via Social Media
- Identification as sponsor via Press Releases
- Stand in Networking Village
- Web links from www.youthenterprise.co.uk

Bronze Package £1,000

- Half Page advert in GEW 2013 Brochure
- Invitation for two people to attend the Hull Ready Event
- Invitation for two people for GEW 2013 Celebration Evening
- Identification as sponsor via Social Media
- Identification as sponsor via Press Releases
- Stand in Networking Village
- Web links from www.youthenterprise.co.uk


There are also opportunities to sponsor individual prizes that go to the young people at each of the events. We need to fund four sets as follows:


Monday Event with Malet Lambert

1st Prize £200
2nd Prize £150 
3rd Prize £100
4th Prize £50
5th Prize £50
6th Prize £50
Best Video £50
Evaluation Draw £20
Wednesday Event – Primary school Event

1st Prize £400 (£200 for school)
2nd Prize £200 (£100 for school)
3rd Prize £130 (£50 for school)
4th Prize £80
5th Prize £80
6th Prize £80
Evaluation Draw £20 

Thursday Event – Post 16 Event

1st Prize £300
2nd Prize £200
3rd Prize £150
4th Prize £100
5th Prize £100
6th Prize £100
Best Video £100 
Evaluation Draw £20

Friday Event Secondary School Event

1st Prize £400 (£200 for school)
2nd Prize £200 (£100 for school)
3rd Prize £150 (£50 for school)
4th Prize £100
5th Prize £100
6th Prize £100
Best Video £100
Evaluation Draw £20

Enterprise recognition for Hull Youth Enterprise and Hull Training from Warwick University

Hull City Councils Youth Enterprise department have been an associate of Warwick Universities CEI for a number of years and expressed the wish some time ago to be assessed as an enterprising and innovative organisation, alongside a CEI award program which is currently being carried out for apprenticeships and primary and secondary schools as part of the City enterprise education agenda. After the visit from two assessors from Warwick University, Youth Enterprise were able to demonstrate the enterprise competence of a local authority department, showing that the public sector can be as enterprising as business.

The recommendation of the assessor is that Youth Enterprise section of Regeneration and Partnerships at Hull City Council will now receive the CEI award for Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise, therefore the only local authority in the country to get it and that Hull Training will get the Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise for its Signmaking Apprenticeship Programme.


                                                         Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership Patron, Ruth Badger said




Ruth Badger



“I am delighted that the Department for Youth Enterprise within Regeneration and Partnerships and Hull Training at Hull City Council have been awarded these prestigious awards. Out of all the City’s in the UK this proves how hard Hull works to improve the lives of the young people who live there. The dedication and passion the enterprise and apprenticeship partnerships have in developing young entrepreneurs and apprentices is not only to be admired but to be used as an example of how it should be done. Well done to all involved.”

   Councillor Bayes, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration & Employment said

“Congratulations to the Youth Enterprise and Hull Training teams on this achievement; it really shows that being enterprising in the workplace is happening and this CEI Award acknowledges the fact. The City needs our young people to be enterprising either as apprentices or as entreprenurs, more so in the current climate than ever before, so the Youth Enterprise and apprenticeship support we have in place is crucial and it is important that they practice what they preach”

Craig Grewcock, Warwick University said


"The Department of Youth Enterprise in Hull City Council has been working with the Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick for a number of years, successfully developing and encouraging enterprise education within city primary schools. In recent months it has further supported the University by piloting a new series of awards. Hull Training as part of Hull City Council has now successfully gained the CEI award for Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise in Apprenticeship Training for its well-regarded Signmaking apprenticeship programme. Additionally, the Department of Youth Enterprise has itself gained a second and overarching award for Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise. The process has involved detailed analysis of the organisations with the provision of supporting evidence, associated case studies and an action plan for future development.

The University is currently talking to the government Department for Business Innovation and Skills who have expressed a particular interest in this new process and will be illustrating the process using the work which has been done with Hull. It is also hoped that the innovation and enterprise awards will be extended to other apprenticeship programs within the City Youth Enterprise Department”

Advice for retailers by Simon Xing Smoothies

I was recently asked for business advice from someone that loved the simplicity of the menu at our high street shop. He’d just become manager at a coffee shop that also made sandwiches and was thinking of being more of a restaurant. What instantly sprang to mind was focus. After launching a smoothie bar and redefining ourselves as a healthy fast food outlet, i could say with 100% confidence, that every area of a business will benefit from focusing on making the fewest things you possibly can. If you can be known for doing one thing, that’s perfect.

Your training will be easier resulting in increased consistency. Less equipment will improve the ergonomics of space and reduce the amount of costly sq ft wasted on prep space or stock. You’ll know exactly who you are targeting. And in return, customers will know exactly what you sell. They’ll assume you’re the expert – which you must live up to.

If you try to be a coffee shop, sandwich shop and restaurant, the chances are your coffee won’t be as consistently good as a coffee shop. Your sandwiches won’t be as good as a sandwich shop etc. You don’t get, and keep, customers by accident.

By doing one thing you can go to extreme lengths to do it perfectly, to award winning standard – not cutting any corners. Then you need to do a good job of communicating that. Your shop should be a theater – a celebration of your product and the process that goes into making it.

Some good examples of food and drinks companies in York and Leeds are the espresso bars like Laynes, La Bottega Milanese, Spring Espresso, they’re even more focused than a coffee shop. Or York Hog Roast with the hot meat joints in the window.

A personal favourite is the Luxury Ice Cream Company in York. By focusing on Ice Cream they can go to the trouble of pasteurising their own cream. With seating, the place is very popular year round, even though the core product is very seasonal. It’s a beautiful shop that celebrates ice cream and understands exactly who their target market is,

It takes balls to say ‘we only sell ……….’. But having a bigger menu doesn’t = more customers. Do your research first as to what product will be most appropriate for the location. Unlike the internet or market stalls and street food vans, location can’t be changed once you’ve signed that lease.

Decide what your perfect customer looks, and behaves, like. Plan carefully your complimentary products for changes in the seasons. Then jump in with both feet. As Steve Jobs famously presented, ‘focus is about saying no’. He knew a thing or two about business. And retail as it turned out.

Simon @SimonALong

et Lambert School and Hull Youth Enterprise to represent Hull at National Enterprise in Schools Conference

On Thursday 21st March 2013 Stephen Logan Business Champion, The Green Queens and Loui Fowler students in 10 both winners of the Badgers Sett in 2011 and 2012 from Malet Lambert School. Oliver Wilson Lee Creamer Enterprise Apprentice, Charles Cracknell Youth Enterprise Manager will be presenting at the Enterprise in School Conference in London at the Department in conjunction with the Enterprise in School Network. The event focuses on entrepreneurial activities, the support of enterprise education and demonstrates good practice on the national stage. Students will leading an enterprise workshop and will be explaining the skills they have learnt from taking part in enterprise activities and running their own businesses.

Stephen Logan Business Champion Hull Most Enterprising Teacher 2012

“At Malet Lambert Schoolwe’re committed to enterprise education and global careers ambitions for all our students. We believe having students better prepared for the world of work is a necessary part of being a good school. Our main aim is to enrich students’ experiences and develop enterprise skills that will help students achieve. We are very proud and pleased to represent Hull at this event. It is great to be able to showcase our work in partnership with Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and Hull City Council.

Charles Cracknell Holder of the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion
City Youth Enterprise Manager

"We are very pleased to be attending this event with Malet Lambert School. This demonstrates how enterprising a place is and its enterprising young people. Our main aim as partnership to secure a positive future for the city and its enterprising young people, partnership working and a commitment to empowering young people to develop their ideas either within school."

Loui Fowler
Year 10 Enterprising Student & Winner of the Badgers Sett 2012


"I am delighted to be attending this event and representing my city. Enterprise is very important to me as I have developed new skills, opportunities and a future business. I am very fortunate from the support I have received from Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and Ruth Badger."


Links

http://www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk
http://www.maletlambert.co.uk
Twitter @maletlambert  @hullsenterprise