On Tuesday 24 February we held the second in our series of webchats focusing on money saving and finance. We spoke to John Davies, Marketing Director of Barclays Local Business who gave us his top tips:
Not all banks have stopped lending!
John Davies: Part of the reason why there is less supply of lending is because Read more…
Congratulations to Make Your Mark Ambassador Cyndi Rhoades, who has won two weeks’ free trading space as one of Make Your Mark in the Mall’s finalists.
Cyndi is the co-founder of Worn Again – recycled fashion made from materials like seat belts, post-Glastonbury tents, bicycle tires and parachutes. Their shoes and bags have been huge hits Read more…
As part of the ”Tenner Tour” I have been scouring the Eastern Region looking for budding entrepreneurs with ideas of how they can use £10 to start a business.
This week I have visited schools and colleges across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire and seen some inspiring, enterprising and entrepreneurial young people turning £10 into a Read more…
Don’t look to the Square Mile for budding business success – the real talent is at City of London Academy, Islington!
MYM visited the academy yesterday with campaign Ambassador, Vincent McKevitt. Vincent’s business is valued at £10m and has been built up over just three years. He is The Salad Man and he has set up Read more…
The Colleges-University of Leicester Network is hosting Investing for Success Conference 2009.
The conference will provide delegates with key information to develop successful foundation
degrees and accredited courses.
Keynote Speaker Louise Woodley
Personnel Manager, A-Level Options, Foundation Degrees and Students
Louise will be sharing Tesco’s experience of setting up and
implementing a Read more…
Our US founder buddies of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Kauffman Foundation, have published their annual Thoughtbook. It’s sort of like an annual report… if annual reports were thought-provoking, profound, engaging and creative collections of essays, with contributions from Nobel Prize laureates and jam makers extraordinaire.
If you’re interested in learning vs education, the evolution of capitalism, Read more…
Calling all female entrepreneurs. Do you want to be motivated to action? Are you looking for an event where there is laughter, great entrepreneurial spirit, fantastic networking , sense of community and real life stories of women who are making a difference and contribution to the world of business.
We have created a wicked cool resources for any keen enterprise bloggers out there…take a peek and let me know what you think!
Today I read an article that advised me that I should regularly monitor my competition to see what they are up to, to work out their sales strategy and showing me a few ‘back door’ ways to keep tabs on what my competitors are doing online.
I put down the article and said to myself “Absolute Read more…
Making your money work harder for you is one of the smartest things an entrepreneur can learn. In light of the current climate, we have drafted in John Davies, from Barclays local business to give us and you his top tips in managing cash flow. He’ll live from 1pm tomorrow lunch time to answer any questions Read more…
What can you do to get recognition for your entrepreneurial achievements, a fancy trophy, your pic in the paper and £1,000?!! Enter Enterprising Young Brits of course! There is just one week to go until the deadline for entries to this year’s awards.
So what is it all about? Well, its not just a pat on Read more…
Don’t take my word for it (hey I work here) but check out a lovely blog from one of our ambassadors Raj Anand which includes this rather cool pic…
Raj is a fine example of one of our brilliant ambassadors – he spreads the good word about enterprise on social media in particular, he ran a Read more…
When I found out that I was nominated for the Lambeth Business Award’s Best Young Entrepreneur category I felt reaffirmed. When you work hard all day every day, it feels so good to be noticed by others-especially when that recognition comes in the form of an award.
I think the Lambeth Business Awards, and others like Read more…
Extended closing date!!!!!!!
Closing date for Make Your Mark in the Markets is now 20th March 2009.
So if you or someone you know wants to win the chance to start or grow their business, win £1,500, win free nmtf membership and much more, then log on to www.makeyourmark.org.uk/markets
Or call Denise Ramsey on 0207 430 8047 – Read more…
A question for all you entrepreneurially-minded types – how can the modern newspaper be profitable? Or, is there a business plan that can save the printed word?
Went to a talk last night by Nick Davies, author of Flat Earth News, called ‘Bad News: What’s Wrong with the Media?’ Falls in standards, readership and income have Read more…
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