X Factor? Strictly? The finals to these two shows may be rapidly approaching, but here at Enterprise UK we prefer our competitions to have a more entrepreneurial slant.
That’s why we’re looking forward to the grand final of The Pitch, which will represent the culmination of a nationwide search for the UK’s most creative and innovative Read more…
Gary’s Social Media Count is a real time visualisation of social media’s ever-bubbling growth. Spend a few seconds staring at these flickering stats and you’ll realise why few entrepreneurs can afford to ignore its potential.
Mashable have just posted a nice guide to 10 of the Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs (hat tip to @neillyneil) Read more…
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Lord Mandelson was in the region last week attending the launch of a new publication called FutureStory Newcastle and the North East at the Discovery Museum. The book was commissioned by the Talent and Enterprise Taskforce to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and industrial skills that characterise the region.
FutureStory Newcastle and the North East forms part Read more…
Jane Walton, James Sandy and Phil Tulba represented Enterprise UK at Footsey 2009 one of the biggest gatherings of social entrepreneurs and support agencies in the country at Doncaster Racecourse today. They were there promoting the social enterprise toolkit for schools and colleges, the One Big Idea challenge, GEW and EPN. The contacts made were Read more…
The Yorkshire StepUP event ran for 2 days and involved 500 students from years 10 to 12 (drawn mainly from Calderdale and Kirklees schools).
The event was aimed at raising the aspirations of young people, particularly those who need motivating and re-engaging in school and college. Gerard Jones, Danny Matharu and Sabirul Islam supported the Read more…
Place your name in the hat to win a free HP notebook by completing the 2009 Home Business Survey. The Survey is being carried out by home business website, Enterprise Nation, with results being launched on Friday 20th November. Be sure to have your say!
Our Survey says …
Enterprise Nation produces the annual Home Business Report Read more…
What a great start to our GEW build up – awarding the accolade ‘UK’s Most Enterprising Male’ to a student from the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Ben Campbell, from Birkdale School in Sheffield, won the title after his teacher, Kathy McKay, recognised his entrepreneurial qualities and put him forward for the Make Your Mark Club Enterprising Read more…
The first North East GEW meet-up got underway with a bang yesterday with some amazingly creative and interactive sessions from Jane Shaw from People into Enterprise, Emma Farrell from Enterprise UK and Kari Owers from O Communications.
Kicking off the workshops were students from Jane Shaw’s People into Enterprise Trail Blazer’s programme leading the participants through a series Read more…
On Friday the Enterprise UK Further Education team paid a visit to Oldham College to meet two of the North West’s most inspiring educators.
Oldham is a town with an industrial heritage, still visible by the Victorian mills which surround the area. Now lacking in industry, the main employers are the hospital, council and College.
Aspirations amongst Read more…
Last night whilst at a prestigious Business Awards ceremony I got talking to a young man who had recently started his own software company. It must have been incredibly difficult to find investment for such a venture in this economic climate I remarked, to which he replied, “not really. We gave our bank manager some Read more…
Today – as you young technically-literate whippersnappers will know – is Blog Action Day. No, that’s not a day to highlight the myriad injustices perpetrated against bloggers the world over. No, it’s a day that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day.
This year’s issue is…climate change.
If you’re reading Read more…
We’ve all heard plenty of gloom and doom stories about the recession but here at Enterprise UK, it won’t surprise you that we’re quite upbeat about it all. It’s not just because we’re all ridiculously happy here at Enterprise UK Towers – it’s because we truly believe that the recession can be a time of Read more…
I have started a part time internship at Enterprise UK. Apart from gaining invaluable experience, it has set me thinking…
If you’re anything like me you would have left university being very scared of starting your career. ‘So what are you going to do with your life!?’ asked by all family members, whilst ‘There are NO Read more…
Since starting at Enterprise UK I’ve found myself wondering what an entrepreneur actually is. Talk to most people about entrepreneurs and they’ll talk about money, business, Dragon’s Den, Microsoft and even Reggae Reggae Sauce. They’ll come back at you with names like Alan Sugar, Peter Jones and Richard Branson. But what do all these people Read more…
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