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…
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…
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…
It’s been an action packed day here in West Yorkshire as Raheela and I went on a whistle stop tour visiting the schools in Bradford who are taking part in Make Your Mark with a Tenner.
Starting off at Laisterdyke BEC we met a year 7 class who were buzzing with excitement and eager to take Read more…
Arriving at Airedale High School in Castleford this morning at 9am I was immediately faced with the buzz of Make Your Mark with a tenner activity where over 80 pupils are taking part. Posters created by the pupils advertising the various enterprises were displayed in the reception grabbing the attention of visitors.
Accompanied by Chris Read more…
The Yorkshire and Humber team had a great time attending Venturefest in York (a one day expo bringing together science, technology and knowledge entrepreneurs) this week as part of the Enterprise Inspirations exhibition.
Schools were very keen to find out about Make Your Mark with a Tenner and we look forward to receiving more Read more…
Hello to everyone registered for Make Your Mark with a Tenner (not registered yet? Make sure you do by Wednesday 17 February),
Wow! I can’t believe that over 20,000 places have already been filled for this year’s Tenner. It only seems like a few minutes ago that we opened for business! It’s going to be a Read more…
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…
Only 3 weeks to go before the deadline of One Big Idea, 12 Feb!!
We are looking for innovative, ethical business ideas which can be used to help solve a development issue in Malawi. This is all about the 3 P’s: people, planet, profit.
It could be something to do with energy, food, education or transport. You Read more…
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…
What a great start to our GEW build up – awarding the accolade ‘UK’s Most Enterprising Male’ to a student from the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Ben Campbell, from Birkdale School in Sheffield, won the title after his teacher, Kathy McKay, recognised his entrepreneurial qualities and put him forward for the Make Your Mark Club Enterprising Read more…
I have great pleasure in announcing that Chloe Peters from Beacon Hill High School in Blackpool won the Make Your Mark Club Most Enterprising Female Student Award 2009.
I went to visit Chloe and her team mates and was extremely inspired by all that the Fairtrade Fairytales have been up to. Fairtrade Fairytales are a group Read more…
Do you view celebrities as entrepreneurs?
Their are some very interesting views on this one in the Make Your Mark Forum, to find out what they are join in and have your say. From Rhianna umbrellas to Bill Oddie Binoculars.
Join in on the forum and wet your entreprenuerial appetitie with topics from your big idea to being networked.
See you in the Read more…
Everyone is talking about the very emotive words of wisdom from the parents of Make Your Mark Ambassadors. So for one of those my parents used to say moments
“A negative can nearly always be turned into a positive and if mistakes are made occasionally the golden rule is to learn from them and move on.”
For 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…
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