The lovely folks at Adnams Brewery have come on board to help potential entrepreneurs spark their ideas!
As part of a series of free events run by Enterprise UK, The King’s Head in Woodbridge and The Butt and Oyster at Pin Mill are both hosting events, aimed at people who want to start their own business Read more…
This weekend I went back to where I grew up to join the family business in celebrating their latest achievement. My parents and brother run a garden centre and this weekend they opened their new retail shop, an impressive 1200 square metres of barn-style building complete with underfloor heating and impressive ranges of giftware, clothing and garden furniture.
My Dad took Read more…
Enterprise with a social conscience was the focus of this event, with key speakers addressing both the purpose and benefits of setting up a social enterprise and instilling a social conscience in big organisations.
The two key speakers addressed different aspects of social enterprise. Robert Ashton, entrepreneur, business author and social activist, presented a motivating speech Read more…
Nominations for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010 have now opened. Lord Mandelson suggests that ‘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’ and that ‘they hold the key to unlocking Britain’s entrepreneurial talents Read more…
Maurice Helfgott, Founder of Amery Capital Ltd., discusses his experience as a judge for the 2009 Enterprising Britain competition
As founder of investment and advisory firm, Amery Capital, whose investments include clothing store, Long Tall Sally, I was appointed a judge in this year’s Enterprising Britain competition and it has been a fantastic experience. I Read more…
We’re busy putting out the message that Village SOS is open for applications – for villages with a population under 3,000 who have a community business idea, and for individuals who have run a successful business or project and think they have the skills to become a ‘Village Champion’, and turn the village’s business idea Read more…
The acheivements of the Lowestoft Energy Challenge were celebrated in a grand way last Friday 10th July at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft.
The work completed over the past 18 months by students from Poplars Primary School, Denes High School and Lowestoft College was highlighted by student presentations, guest speakers, and film footage.
The Lowestoft Energy Challenge was a Read more…
On Friday 3rd July the great and the good of Lowestoft came together to celebrate NWES being hailed the East of England Enterprising Britain Winner.
As part of the official national judging day, Maurice Helfgott CEO of Amery Capital and former Executive Director of Marks & Spencer visited the town to find out about the enterprising Read more…
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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 Read more…
As someone who grew up working on her parent’s garden centre in Essex I was delighted to see Howard’s Nursery in Norfolk winning Barclay’s Most Enterprising Family Award. My younger brother now works with my parents so I know how rewarding (and challenging) family businesses can be. If you can make it work it can Read more…
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 Read more…
Leaving Lowestoft at 5.30am, I was most anxious to ensure that my early start was going to be worth it. Upon arrival at The Royal Albert Hall, I knew I was not going to be disappointed. The organisation was spot on with 2000 delegates arriving, and a sense that all attending were impressed by the Read more…
Yes it’s here.. it’s big.. it’s record breaking.. it’s the best… What it is? (I hear you cry) … Yes it’s the “Enterprise Week 2008 in the East of England” film.
For all those who participated in Enterprise Week part of Global Entrepreneurship week last year – check it out and see if you can spot Read more…
A strange day today – with the good news including that Jamie Murray-Wells has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise and at 26 is the youngest ever recipient. Jamie is a great example of someone who saw a gap in the market and made his idea happen, entering an established high street market with 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…
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