Last night I popped along to the first ever enterprise master class at the National Enterprise Academy, a skills academy established by Peter Jones and backed by the government. We heard a great talk from Make Your Mark Ambassador David Hathiramani from A Suit That Fits.com. It was really inspiring stuff, and I came away Read more…
Last year the number of new start-ups actually rose by 1%, according to figures from Barclays.
Interestingly it was female-only start-ups leading the way – with a 9% increase on 2007 – compared with just under 1% growth of male-only start-ups.
Even though the credit crunch only got properly underway in September 2008, its still an encouraging Read more…
I am seeing more and more projects emerging which give young people a voice, and allow them to put forward their view of the world. In a society which often seems intent on demonising young people, at a time when we need them most, this seems more important than ever.
Later this afternoon I’ll be popping Read more…
Warren and David of A Suit That Fits.com, Photograph by Rankin for the BT Business Essence of the Entrepreneur
Started by Make Your Mark Ambassadors Warren Bennett and David Hathiramani, A Suit That Fits.com is the world’s first online hand-tailored suit-making company, offering the largest range of quality suits in the UK. Warren recently managed to Read more…
As you may have heard on the radio, this week Peter Jones (Chair of Enterprise Insight which runs the Make Your Mark campauign) was asked to call Christian O’Connell on Absolute Radio’s breakfast show, for the “Who’s Calling Christian Competition” to be in with a chance to win £20,000 for a charity Read more…
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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 Read more…
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is proud to support the launch of Diaspora, the non-profit music foundation that will aim to ensure equality in music exists for everyone at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green on Tuesday 31st March 2009.
Chaired by UKTI’s International Business Specialist for the Music Industry and Diaspora ‘fellow’ Phil Patterson, the event Read more…
Well, as for all the negative press and comments about recessions and credit crunches, at the Women in Business event attended by fourteen entrepreneurs and MP, Yvette Cooper in Castleford today there wasn’t a single moan or groan in sight, just positive comments and the most tremendous inspirational stories.
Each person around the table had a Read more…
wefollow.com has started league tables of people tagging their twitter feeds with certain search terms. I had a look at the entrepreneur tag which we have and was very impressed to see ambassador @joeldrapper in at number 18 on the list (which isn’t just UK based) with an incredible 13,318 followers. How does he do Read more…
A report on the World Entrepreneur Society’s 2009 Summit, from Make Your Mark Ambassador Vernon Kerswell.
I had the privilege to attend this event as a Make your Mark Ambassador. Dedicated to entrepreneurs, it was organised by the World Entrepreneur Society, held at the prestigious Goodenough College, London. The theme… “What keeps you awake at night?”
This Read more…
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…
You may have read in the paper about the new appointment of the Tidjane Thiam. As head of insurance company The Prudential he will be the first black chief executive, and will now be the ‘The man from the Pru’. This is not only great news for Arsenal fans (he flies the Gunner flag) but Read more…
The four finalists in the live cook off were Summer Earnshaw from Ossett High School, Tori Jeffery and Nicole Stewart-Rushworth from Outwood Grange High School and Josh Angell from St Wilfrid’s R.C High School.
Keeping their cool in the final held at Gaskells Restaurant in Wakefield College the four finalists had an hour to create their Read more…
You know what we need more of? Great people doing great things.
People growing a global economy through knowledge sharing, fair trade initiatives and investment in community enterprises abroad.
People boosting our own economy through innovation and smart use of technology, creating local jobs, solving everyday problems and growing their business at an exponential rate.
Social entrepreneurs helping Read more…
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