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		<title>EPN Think Enterprise &#8211; Cannock Chase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caroline</dc:creator>
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				  The Civic Offices at Cannock Chase was the venue for the latest West Midlands Enterprising Places Network.  It followed the theme of the first EPN during December &#8211; Think Enterprise &#8211; to look at the problems young people face and how to address them best, this time looking at the young people in the Cannock Chase <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/16/epn-think-enterprise-cannock-chase/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making their Mark in Malvern &#8211; The Chase School take on Tenners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caroline</dc:creator>
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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 <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/15/making-their-mark-in-malvern-the-chase-school-take-on-tenners/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tenner News from Wolverhampton</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charley Mellowship is one of our most enthusiastic supporters of all things Make Your Mark. She&#8217;s written an article for the SSAT magazine which has kindly shared with us first&#8230;
This year at Heath Park Business and Enterprise College over 500 students are taking part in Make Your Mark with a Tenner, a national competition which <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/10/tenner-news-from-wolverhampton/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not all doom and gloom&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt_B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/10/14/3467/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s your inspiration?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations for the Queen&#8217;s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010 have now opened.  Lord Mandelson suggests that &#8216;recipients of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion (QAEP) are outstanding individuals who are inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and giving them the skills and attitudes they need to succeed&#8217; and that &#8216;they hold the key to unlocking Britain’s entrepreneurial talents <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Mark Club Meet-ups &#8211; fantastic fun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha</dc:creator>
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				  I have had a fab week and that’s because I got to meet some of the enterprise groups which are part of the Make Your Mark Club!
On Friday 10 July, the Make Your Mark Club team were at The Studio, in Birmingham hosting a Club Meet-up for some of our budding entrepreneurial students. Enterprise groups <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/07/16/make-your-mark-club-meet-ups-fantastic-fun/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a teacher or a student &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/12/are-you-a-teacher-or-a-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vanessa_b</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are we want your feedback.
Make Your Mark is currently in the process of developing a student alumni scheme for young people who have taken part in the fabulous MYM activities such as Make Your Mark Challenge, Make your Mark Club and Make Your mark with a Tenner.
This is going to be the chance to support <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/06/12/are-you-a-teacher-or-a-student/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MET Academy launches in West Midands</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/20/2287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caroline</dc:creator>
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Last night saw the launch event of the eagerly anticipated MET Academy at Aston Villa Football Club &#8211; entitled Creating Young Stars. 
Head of MET Academy Debbie West and her Academy Manager Seta Bassi had done a sterling job of putting together the event, which was attended by over 80 Enterprise partners, ambassadors and businesses <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/20/2287/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastic Opportunities for Make Your Mark Clubs!</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/07/fantastic-opportunities-for-make-your-mark-clubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 10:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha</dc:creator>
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				  The summer term is well underway and here in the Education corner at Make Your Mark HQ we are very excited about all the great things we have on offer for our Make Your Mark clubs this term.
Firstly, we are holding our annual meet ups which are a great day out for our clubs, they <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/07/fantastic-opportunities-for-make-your-mark-clubs/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprising Young Brits winners announced!</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/24/1824/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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				  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 <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/24/1824/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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