http://blog.enterpriseuk.org For people who have ideas and make them happen. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/06/29/business-awards-june/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/06/29/business-awards-june/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:24:36 +0000 jacqui http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4926 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/06/29/business-awards-june/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/01/06/shop-lift-in-scarborough/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/01/06/shop-lift-in-scarborough/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:41:49 +0000 Jane http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/01/06/shop-lift-in-scarborough/ Crescent Arts in Scarborough leads the way in creative collaboration and partnership through their project ‘Shop Lift’. Working with young and talented artists, designers and performers based in Scarborough to take the visual and performing arts to the high street, enlivening vacant shops and offices around the town centre. Shop Lift was Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/01/06/shop-lift-in-scarborough/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/16/a-rainy-day-in-newcastle-doesnt-dampen-entrepreneurial-spirits-but-wets-the-appetites-of-budding-business-people-of-the-north-east/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/16/a-rainy-day-in-newcastle-doesnt-dampen-entrepreneurial-spirits-but-wets-the-appetites-of-budding-business-people-of-the-north-east/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:57 +0000 Amelia http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=3671   It’s 10:30am on Monday morning, the first day of Global Entrepreneurship Week and I am on my way to the North East launch event, The Secret to Global Sales on a Shoestring. Set at the Baltic Gallery of Modern Art the setting is perfect for great photos, PR and a general buzz of excitement from Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/16/a-rainy-day-in-newcastle-doesnt-dampen-entrepreneurial-spirits-but-wets-the-appetites-of-budding-business-people-of-the-north-east/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:36 +0000 jonathan http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=2895 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/15/amazing-creative-opportunities-for-creative-13-19-year-olds/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/15/amazing-creative-opportunities-for-creative-13-19-year-olds/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:02:51 +0000 hbourne http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=2480 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/15/amazing-creative-opportunities-for-creative-13-19-year-olds/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/10/anyone-else-inspired-by-mary-portas/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/10/anyone-else-inspired-by-mary-portas/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:56:06 +0000 hbourne http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=2436 It’s very rare that I watch a programme which really inspires me but last night I was lucky enough to catch Mary Portas Queen of Charity Shops and it honestly left me buzzing. I’ve been thinking for a while that charity shops should be taking advantage of the recession and making it sexy to buy Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/10/anyone-else-inspired-by-mary-portas/feed/ 5 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/21/innovation-is-tee/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/21/innovation-is-tee/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 09:23:37 +0000 hbourne http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=2295 When Howies got bought out by Timberland I wondered if it would retain it’s ability to be entrepreneurial. Happily so far it doesn’t seem to have dented their enthusiasm for innovation and the latest to be launched is Teepay – a site where designers upload their t-shirt designs and, if they receive 30 orders, their Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/21/innovation-is-tee/feed/ 6 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/24/1824/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/24/1824/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:54:50 +0000 hbourne http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=1824 The winners of the 2009 Make Your Mark Enterprising Young Brits Awards were announced today (Tuesday 24 March 2009) at a very swanky ceremony at the Institute of Directors (IoD), London. They were each presented with a trophy and £1,000 prize money by Chancellor Alistair Darling, who made time to chat to finalists and hear their Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/24/1824/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/20/raphael-makes-its-mark-in-the-mall/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/20/raphael-makes-its-mark-in-the-mall/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:38:01 +0000 beccie http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=1775          This week I popped along to see Make Your Mark in the Mall finalist Benjamin Allen. Benjamin, who, along with his dad, run Raphael. With two shops already established and running in Norwich and Lowestoft, Benjamin saw the Make Your Mark in the Mall competition as a way of testing the water for some new Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/20/raphael-makes-its-mark-in-the-mall/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/09/fashion-students-free-parking-a-flat-tyre-and-some-%e2%80%98frickin%e2%80%99-good-chicken/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/09/fashion-students-free-parking-a-flat-tyre-and-some-%e2%80%98frickin%e2%80%99-good-chicken/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:37:02 +0000 Nadine Hill - The Dream PA http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/?p=1683 I am a Make Your Mark Ambassador and I was invited to speak to the fashion students yesterday at the Leeds College of Art! Being a women in business, I am often called upon to deliver talks to schools when they have an Enterprise programme or to take part in a Business Studies class. The fashion Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/09/fashion-students-free-parking-a-flat-tyre-and-some-%e2%80%98frickin%e2%80%99-good-chicken/feed/ 1