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/2010/07/08/the-adventures-of-sam/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/07/08/the-adventures-of-sam/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:14:55 +0000 martha http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4959 is an exciting new book series created by Make Your Mark Challenge regional finalists from Highcliffe School. The 6th form students from Dorset came third in their South West Regional Final and instead of being disapointed they hadn’t won they were encouraged that they had an exciting business idea and have spent the past few months Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/07/08/the-adventures-of-sam/feed/ 0 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/2010/04/07/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/2010/03/15/making-their-mark-in-malvern-the-chase-school-take-on-tenners/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/15/making-their-mark-in-malvern-the-chase-school-take-on-tenners/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:03:08 +0000 caroline http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4487 I had a Tenner-tastic afternoon at The Chase School in Malvern.  This group of young people are fairly new to Make Your Mark, but have opted to take part in Make Your Mark activity as part of their Young Chamber. Part of the group were regionally shortlisted in the West Midlands Make Your Mark Challenge final and Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/15/making-their-mark-in-malvern-the-chase-school-take-on-tenners/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/12/making-our-mark-at-venturefest/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/12/making-our-mark-at-venturefest/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:48:03 +0000 Diane Beckett http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4331 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/12/making-our-mark-at-venturefest/feed/ 0 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/08/a-few-words-from-the-tenner-guru-oli-barrett/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/08/a-few-words-from-the-tenner-guru-oli-barrett/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:15:59 +0000 martha http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4309 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/08/a-few-words-from-the-tenner-guru-oli-barrett/feed/ 1 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/01/3-weeks-and-over-170000-pledged/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/01/3-weeks-and-over-170000-pledged/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:52 +0000 martha http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4271 Registration for Make Your Mark with a Tenner opened on 11 January and we’ve already pledged to give over 17,000 students £10 for the month of March so that they can come up with creative and enterprising ideas to make profit and make a difference. That’s a lot of enterprising students but we’ve still got money Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/01/3-weeks-and-over-170000-pledged/feed/ 1 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/12/01/%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6and-the-winners-of-the-yorkshire-and-humber-regional-final-for-the-make-your-mark-challenge-are%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/12/01/%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6and-the-winners-of-the-yorkshire-and-humber-regional-final-for-the-make-your-mark-challenge-are%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:42:26 +0000 Diane Beckett http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4108 Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/12/01/%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6and-the-winners-of-the-yorkshire-and-humber-regional-final-for-the-make-your-mark-challenge-are%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6/feed/ 1 http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/27/polar-bear-invades-nissan-sunderland-at-mym-challenge-final/ http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/27/polar-bear-invades-nissan-sunderland-at-mym-challenge-final/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:29:13 +0000 Amelia http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/?p=4078 There were some confused faces around the Nissan Manufacturing Plant yesterday as their site was invaded by a Polar Bear! Lucky for them this one was harmless and in fact wanted nothing more than to tell them all about Global Warming and protecting the environment. Percy the Polar Bear is the main character in a series Read more...]]> http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/27/polar-bear-invades-nissan-sunderland-at-mym-challenge-final/feed/ 0