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.