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.