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/2010/05/14/tenner-catches-media-attention/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/14/tenner-catches-media-attention/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 08:33:37 +0000 hbourne http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4786 Make Your Mark with a Tenner winners were announced yesterday and really caught the eye of the UK’s media. There is a piece on the BBC’s website and it was covered this morning by the Today programme and BBC Breakfast. And we’ve also heard from BBC Radio Five Live who would like to cover it on Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/14/tenner-catches-media-attention/feed/ 1 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/12/yorkshire-humber-schools-meet-up-to-make-their-mark/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/12/yorkshire-humber-schools-meet-up-to-make-their-mark/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 15:16:09 +0000 Diane Beckett http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4773 Held at Xscape in Castleford, Make Your Mark pupils and teachers had the opportunity to get together and celebrate the range of enterprise experiences they have been involved with including the Make Your Mark Club, Make Your Mark With a Tenner and the Make Your Mark Challenge.  Bringing together schools from across the region including Laisterdyke Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/12/yorkshire-humber-schools-meet-up-to-make-their-mark/feed/ 5 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/10/4761/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/10/4761/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 08:57:40 +0000 hbourne http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4761 As I mentioned in my blog post last week we can’t open a newspaper or switch on the TV without stumbling across a story of an entrepreneur these days. As if to prove my point two new series start on the BBC this week. Tonight sees the doyenne of candles and moisturisers, Jo Malone, helping Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/10/4761/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/05/respect-init/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/05/respect-init/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 10:38:46 +0000 Richard http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4732 Nationally we’re all of a quiver about the general election, the closest fought battle for many a year and like a good slap-stick comedy we’re all watching just to see who walks over the open man-hole next, or which guy ducks when the guy with the ladder over his shoulder spins round. We’re not nearly Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/05/respect-init/feed/ 1 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/04/07/north-east-students-get-out-of-the-classroom-to-make-their-tenners-grow/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/04/07/north-east-students-get-out-of-the-classroom-to-make-their-tenners-grow/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:14:55 +0000 Amelia http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4624 An entire school of enterprising students from Blakeston School in Stockton turned their assembly hall into a bustling marketplace for the day as part of the national Make your Mark with a Tenner competition, and I was there to witness the madness! During the last Friday of the Tenner Challenge Month all 585 students from Blakestone School were Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/04/07/north-east-students-get-out-of-the-classroom-to-make-their-tenners-grow/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/29/thrash-metal-meets-the-y-m-c-a-at-the-home-of-x-factor-winner-in-north-east-tenner-challenge-event/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/29/thrash-metal-meets-the-y-m-c-a-at-the-home-of-x-factor-winner-in-north-east-tenner-challenge-event/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:14:00 +0000 Amelia http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4594 Ten enterprising students at Newcastle College showed they have what it takes to be the next Simon Cowells by pooling their ten pound loans and holding a rock concert for their fellow students last Friday night. After receiving start up capital to the tune of £100 between them as part of the Make Your Mark Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/29/thrash-metal-meets-the-y-m-c-a-at-the-home-of-x-factor-winner-in-north-east-tenner-challenge-event/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/26/goole-college-students-make-their-mark-with-a-spark/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/26/goole-college-students-make-their-mark-with-a-spark/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:04:48 +0000 Diane Beckett http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4588 A group of ten engineering students from Goole College are utilising their metalwork skills and producing flower pot holder sculptures, wall baskets and bird feeders.It was a pleasure to meet the students who all demonstrated great pride and passion in their work. The students have been able to incorporate some of the time they Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/26/goole-college-students-make-their-mark-with-a-spark/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/24/how-do-you-make-your-mark-with-a-tenner-in-5-days/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/24/how-do-you-make-your-mark-with-a-tenner-in-5-days/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:43:13 +0000 Diane Beckett http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4552 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/24/how-do-you-make-your-mark-with-a-tenner-in-5-days/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/22/tenner-livens-up-break-times-at-st-bernards/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/22/tenner-livens-up-break-times-at-st-bernards/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:10:19 +0000 Jane http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/22/tenner-livens-up-break-times-at-st-bernards/ During a visit to St Bernards School in Rotherham today Diane and I saw the Tenner teams in action making the most of morning break to sell their wares. One team took the healthy option providing fruit kebabs to their peers whilst another group made a tidy profit selling individual chocolate digestives. Form tutors were Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/22/tenner-livens-up-break-times-at-st-bernards/feed/ 2 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/17/a-whistle-stop-tenner-tour-of-bradford%e2%80%a6/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/17/a-whistle-stop-tenner-tour-of-bradford%e2%80%a6/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:41:23 +0000 Diane Beckett http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4512 It’s been an action packed day here in West Yorkshire as Raheela and I went on a whistle stop tour visiting the schools in Bradford who are taking part in Make Your Mark with a Tenner. Starting off at Laisterdyke BEC we met a year 7 class who were buzzing with excitement and eager to take Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/17/a-whistle-stop-tenner-tour-of-bradford%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0