Young People Get a New Way to Talk Business

From early next year, young entrepreneurs under 24 in Hull will have a place to talk to peers about business and enterprise with the new entrepreneurs network “Let’s Talk Business”. The network is designed to be a collaboration of young people who face similar struggles. Let’s Talk Business aims to help young people in business by sharing anecdotes of problems they faced and solutions they found to them.

Let’s Talk Business will be operated on a private online forum where young entrepreneurs can post their own questions, news and anecdotes and receive feedback from the community. Partner businesses, established businesses run by young people up to the age of 30, will also be on hand to answer industry specific questions.

The network will be an extension of the offer of the Lee Creamer Enterprise Club, which already provides young people with business advice, a hot-desking facility and funding through the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. Let’s Talk Business members will also get special discounts from supporters, sponsors and members to help them make their business’ start-up cheaper as well as helping those businesses make their first sales.

Thomas Arran, owner of T Arran Photo and Let’s Talk Business member says;

"As a photographer, networking is essential for both producing business and creating new ideas.
“Being involved from the start, Let’s Talk Business is shaping up to be a fantastic opportunity to meet and communicate with other young entrepreneurs, provide support to each other as well as gain essential mentoring from already established young entrepreneurs."

As a network for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, every member is looking to raise the profile of the outstanding work and the passion shared by so many young people in the city.

Oliver Wilson, 18, MD of Xuro Ltd. and Co-Chair of Let’s Talk Business says;



“I wanted to start my first business at 13 and felt stupid for thinking it could be possible. It wasn’t until my voice was heard by Charles Cracknell and Hull Youth Enterprise that I realised that there were so many other people like me already trying to make their dreams happen.

“In my eyes, the two aims of Let’s Talk Business are to show young people the sheer number of success stories in the city and to help those interested in business become one themselves by giving them the skills, stories and contacts to push them along the way.”

Let’s Talk Business has received backing from a number of entrepreneurs, including local entrepreneur Phil Benson and former BBC Apprentice star and international businesswoman Ruth Badger.

Phil Benson, co-founder of Xing Smoothies and Xing Health and Let’s Talk Business patron says;

“The support I received when I started my business in 2008 was great but there was no one to talk to my age that had recently had experiences like mine.

“It’s fantastic to see entrepreneurial spirit in Hull still going strong and it is important that we nurture that as best we can. It’s hard for ideas to grow if you “go it alone” which is why having people around you is the most important part in starting a business.”



Along side great work already done in the city with events such as Global Entrepreneurship Week, the hope is that more young people will come forward as entrepreneurs as a result of the increased level of support available.

More information about Let’s Talk Business will be available early 2013 on the Let’s Talk Business website www.letstalkbusinesshull.co.uk and on Twitter @ltbhull and Facebook (www.facebook.com/ltbhull). In the meantime, for more information, call Oliver Wilson on 01482 778834 or email letstalk@letstalkbusinesshull.co.uk.

For more information about the Lee Creamer Enterprise Club and the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, please contact Charles Cracknell on 01482 612983 or email charles.cracknell@hullcc.gov.uk.

Supporters Perspectives GEWHULL 2012

Here are a few supporters perspectives of Global Entreprenurship Week in Hull 2012 clearly showing why many people think its a great event that helps with Hull's campaign to to develop an entrepreneurial culture amongst its young people.

“On recent visits to a number of schools, I have seen some excellent initiatives to promote enterprise amongst young people. It’s great to see more schools working with their partners to drive this agenda. I’m delighted that Hull’s Global Entrepreneurship Week is taking the message of enterprise and entrepreneurialism forward, encouraging pupils to consider how they might run their own successful businesses in the future. It’s important to recognise and to celebrate the success of pupils and schools and to promote greater involvement across the system.”
Rt Hon Stephen Twigg MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Education

“Global Entrepreneurship Week shows the country that the young people of Hull have got the ideas and aspirations that they need to succeed. Every year, these ambitious bright young people remind me why I am proud to represent Hull. They are lucky to have such a fabulous team supporting them and helping them to develop their talents and creativity.”
Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Patron Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership

“It is great to see so many young people in Hull with the skill and motivation to get into enterprise with aspirations to start their own business. It is vital that we are able to harness this enthusiasm and provide the support and encouragement to young people so that we can inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. I am pleased to offer my support to Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership as they drive forward their plans to give young, local people experience in enterprise.”
Rt Hon Vince Cable MP
Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills


“Global Entrepreneurship Week continues to be important in building connections between young people and business. I think it’s possible to nurture young people to develop some of the entrepreneurial skills that are needed to start up a business. Nurturing these skills supports the economic well-being of the country. Young people generally have the boldness and spirit of adventure that entrepreneurship can really tap into. Converting an idea or a product into a bottom line profit provides a buzz, a series of achievements, and, of course, more money!”
The Rt. Hon Eric Pickles MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

“At the University of Hull we are always encouraging our students to go beyond and develop their potential, and entrepreneurship is just one of those ways. Every year, hundreds of students choose to study a business start-up module as part of their degree and we provide a wealth of expertise and support to those who want to take the next step.

We are proud to be a sponsor of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, which brings together so many bright young minds and really shows the wealth of talent that exists in the young people of this city.”
Professor Calie Pistorius
Vice-Chancellor, University of Hull


“I strongly believe that such events held in Global Entrepreneurship Week not only help to foster an entrepreneurial spirit amongst all young people but also encourage school and college leavers to acquire the necessary skills to make them attractive propositions to a future employer – this is what the #FutureHull campaign is about.”
Mark Jones
Head of Economic Development and Regeneration, Hull City Council

“Cityworks was delighted to be involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012. The events and speakers keep getting better year on year. It’s great to see so many enterprising young people in the city being encouraged and inspired by these events, our young people enjoyed their experience on the Post 16 event and we look forward to getting involved next year.”
Tracey Dervey
Director, Cityworks

“Once again Global Entrepreneurship Week proved to be a massive hit across schools and colleges in Hull. Giving school and college students the opportunity to hear and gain inspiration from business people, allowing them the opportunity to use their enterprising skills such as innovation and decision making as well as gaining an improved understanding about how the business world operates can only be of benefit to them and help them in the future. It was great to see how enterprising your future employees and future business leaders are; Hull is no doubt in my mind a very enterprising city.”
Ruth Badger

“Once again an outstanding set of events in Hull as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. After spending a number of days in the region at events organised by the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, I'm astounded at the level of support and engagement that the young and future leaders of tomorrow both get and support in Hull; the events are testimony to the enterprising spirit that lives and breathes in Hull and this can only be a positive indicator for the future talent that has already and will emerge from the region in the future. More business leaders should support these important efforts in the region by taking part in the events and offer their expertise in the running of the events. I encourage all that feel they could offer insight, knowledge and support to contact the organisers for 2013.”
Kenton Robins
Regional Director, IoD Yorkshire & Humberside

“The week is a highlight of the year for those of us involved at the Hull Daily Mail. We have been involved with Global Entrepreneurship Week for three years now and each event has proved better than the last. The young people are inspiring and their depth of interest, ideas and imagination is remarkable. Whatever the current economic difficulties, these youngsters, through the terrific work of Global Entrepreneurship Week, are a shining light for the future.”
Jamie Macaskill
Assistant Editor, Mail News & Media


"Global Entrepreneurship Week was absolutely outstanding. It was a wonderful and extremely useful week which provided us with an insight into how young entrepreneurs work. I saw plenty of young people proving that they had what it takes to be an entrepreneur and their own boss, a brilliant week. The celebration event on the Friday to close the week was outstanding. I couldn't believe how many people were dedicated to turn up and show their support for the week. Massive thanks to everyone behind Global Entrepreneurship Week and I will definitely be there next year."
Kallum Green
Mosh News


"We attended two events @GEWHULL, both aimed at primary schools in Hull. The projects involved have clearly been successful in attracting considerable support from local business in terms of both finance and mentors who work with participating schools and support enterprise education events. In addition, there is well-planned and very effective participation from nationally known personalities such as Ruth Badger and Claire Young, both former contestants from The Apprentice. There was a very well thought out mix of speakers and activities, and both the venues and the presentations by guest speakers were excellent."
Jeff Jones and Alun Morgan
8-14 Consultants, Heads of Valleys Education Programme


“Being part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week was an honour and a privilege. It was personally rewarding to see the students working as a team in a professional manner and thinking through and discussing how they should bring to life their product and make it marketable and profitable. The decision processes and planning that went into the 30 minutes was a tough ask for them and they all embraced the challenge with vigour and commitment.”
Nick Sangwin
Managing Director, Sangwin Group

“Every year Hull surpasses everyone's expectations for Global Entrepreneurship Week with its five star deliveries of enterprise activity and 2012 was no exception! I work all across the UK with primary and secondary students and Hull has now established itself as a beacon for Global Entrepreneurship Week with many areas now waiting to see what the city is doing before they action their own plans. This huge compliment has been earned after years of hard graft, organisation, building strong relationships with schools and continually developing creative events to suit all ages.”
Claire Young

“The Global Entrepreneurship Week brochure was very informative and gave real insight and true reflection of the work which is currently happening across Hull. It has some interesting case studies which clearly highlight the enterprise journey from 4-19 in education and beyond. Many congratulations to you all in Hull, not only on such a successful Global Entrepreneurship Week but also on your continued efforts to drive and change the enterprise culture across the city thereby ultimately contributing to the long term economic growth of the region.”
Jackie Frost
Holder of the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion and Enterprise Projects Manager, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

"The challenges the students were set seemed impossible to me. However they attacked them with great gusto and came out of them at break-neck speed with amazing results. Those chosen to face the panel, which would be a daunting task for any adult, gave a great account of themselves and raised a few eyebrows at some of the answers they were able to give. They also put some humour into their presentations which goes a long way with judges. I had a truly great time on the four occasions I attended and look forward to next year."
Lynda Brown
Lady Mayoress of Kingston upon Hull


“We enjoyed our week in Hull; it was inspiring to hear about the enterprising activities that young people from your city have been passionately working on. It’s important to give these children real insight and practical skills for all aspects of working in and running a business. Hull has become a vibrant city and it’s important that you continue to encourage and promote entrepreneurship. We have some great ideas to take back to Wakefield and we are pleased to be working with Clifton Primary on Make £5 Blossom."
Ross Bennett
Tellatale Educational Productions

“St Stephens has been involved with Global Entrepreneurship Week for the last few years and one of our highlights is the Hull Ready event. It is so uplifting to see the great innovation, energy and presentation skills of some of the youngest members of our great local school population as they recount their enterprising activities of the last year. The school pupils seem to revel in the opportunity to meet and work with the business people of the city and everyone in the room is better for the experience by the end of the session. In fact I would advise anyone who is inclined to criticise the work-ready potential of our local youngsters to lend some of these kids a fiver and just watch how they make it blossom!”
Jim Harris
Manager, St Stephen’s Centre

Hull Youth Enterprise Charter Supported

With a startling number of young people in Hull and East Riding out of work, the provision of high quality enterprise support and learning for young people has never been so important. Support from the business community will allow greater opportunity for successful transition from education into employment.


This support can be given in all manner of ways and the Youth Enterprise Charter aims to bring this all under one banner and to recognise and share best practice in a way that benefits young people in helping them to develop their enterprising idea and how businesses and organisations can help them.

Since the Youth Enterprise Charter was launched in September 2012 by former BBC Apprentice star Ruth Badger and featured during Global Entrepreneurship Week we have seen 80 local and national organisations support the aims of the Charter. Many of these organisations already have a commitment to supporting Hull’s youth enterprise agenda such as the University of Hull, Cityworks, Hull Training, Hull City Council, Force-7, British Land, Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, KC, the Co-operative, St Stephens, Claughtons, Goldings and Xing to name but a few

Ruth Badger Patron of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership said                   

“Hull is one of the most enterprising cities in the country and that’s why I am backing the Youth   Enterprise Charter and this is clearly shown by the support the 80 organisations are willing to give to the City’s enterprising young people, though this is a great start we need many more in order to make a real impact and further develop the city’s entrepreneurial culture, so I would urge all the business leaders to find out more and support your future business generation ”

Blair Jacobs Chair of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership said

“ It is very pleasing that so many organisations have already agreed to support the city’s youth enterprise charter, there is no doubt in my mind as the city commits itself to becoming a more enterprising place to do business and the embedding of the Big 13 Enterprise skills within our schools and colleges after yet another highly successful Global Entrepreneurship Week than more and more young people are going to need support in developing their enterprising ideas”


If you would like more information, or to sign up to the Youth Enterprise Charter, please visit www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk or contact Oliver Wilson or Mike Notarantonio on 01482 612983.

Hull gains High Impact status from YBI

361 organisations that ran activities as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2012 have met the High Impact criteria set by The Princes Youth Business International, the organisers of the week, and the Hull City Council supported Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and its Making Changes for Careers programme was one of them. In order for the partnership to gain this nationally recognised award, it had to meet four out of six of the High Impact Criteria including:


1. Promote the Global Entrepreneurship Week campaign
2. Provide practical support
3. Provide role models
4. Share our success
5. Develop enterprise capabilities
6. Measure the effect we had on the young people

The Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership organised 19 events in November for Hull’s enterprising young people in the run up to and during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012.

Blair Jacobs, Chair of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, said;

“The partnership is honoured to be one of only 361 organisations to have gained this prestigious High Impact award for our series of activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012. The week is a true partnership effort and is only made possible by our many sponsors and supporters but most important of all the young people of Hull who constantly demonstrate how enterprising they are. This year saw the launch of the Start up Loans Humber programme which will complement the support given to young entrepreneurs by the KC supported John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank.

“We hope the young people that took part enjoyed GEW this year. We look forward to partnering with them along with our sponsors, old and new, next year to continue to deliver and promote Hull’s excellent enterprise activities and events! Next year GEW 2013 takes place between the 18 - 24 November.”

Andrew Devenport, Chief Executive Officer of The Prince's Youth Business International (YBI), said;

“I would personally like to acknowledge the staff in Hull for again delivering a fantastically vibrant and engaging series of events during Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2012. I was honoured to personally have the opportunity of participating in the Making Changes for Careers Post-16 Enterprise Masterclass and I was very impressed by the confidence, innovative ideas and engagement shown by the students. I can absolutely appreciate why the Hull campaign is regarded as a national leader. I look forward to working with HYEP and the entrepreneurial community in Hull for many years to come.”

Oliver Wilson, Owner of Xuro Computers, said;


“I’ve always looked at Global Entrepreneurship Week as a key part of any school year as it helps students to learn new skills that they often do not have time to practice in the classroom. When I was at college, GEW gave me the inspiration to start the business I’m still running today by having entrepreneurs give their real life experiences to students first-hand. So many young people in Hull have fantastic enterprising attitudes that will really take them far in the real world. I look forward to Xuro being involved in GEW 2013, our third year supporting the week of events!”


www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk/GEW.php

GEW 2012 Secondary School Entrepreneurship Masterclass

Young people from Hull secondary schools attended an Entrepreneurship Masterclass along with pupils from Hessle High School and Hull Studio School. The Masterclass is designed to challenge young people to think about starting their own business as a career and becoming an entrepreneur. This is achieved by introducing the young people to local role models, as well as inspiring them through presentations, activities and discussion centred on their own life experiences, vision and achievements. The event began with a welcome by BBC presenter Blair Jacobs who outlined what the event was about and talked about the importance young people play in the future of the city of Hull. As an ice breaker the students had to build a free standing tower out of string, spaghetti and tape and then place a marshmallow on the top, the winning team was the one that could produce the tallest tower with their limited resources.

The day’s main guest speaker, international businesswoman and runner up in the BBC Apprentice series, Ruth Badger, who focused on the importance of having the right attitude in business and in life, provided the first inspiration of the day. During her presentation Ruth praised the city’s young people for their enterprising attitudes, in particular those that she had met whilst judging the Badger’s Sett Enterprise Challenge the day before, including the winner Loui Fowler.

As proof of this, the young people then heard from a variety of young local entrepreneurs including Bronwyn Wilson of Crazy Critter World who set up her business aged 14, Hull’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Amanda Hartley of Amanda’s Blue Orchid,, Phil Benson of Xing Health also told of how discovering ‘smoothies’ had provided the inspiration to develop their business he also said they were now opening a Smoothie Bar in partnership with pupils from Winifred Holtby School that was sponsored by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. All of these young entrepreneurs had received funding for their businesses from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. Also speaking and helping out on the day was former BBC Jnr Apprentice Emma Walker.

By the afternoon, it was time to put some of the ideas from the morning’s presentations into practice. They were asked to develop a marketing concept for a random object given to them and to pitch this to the Badger’s Sett. Each group had 45 minutes to come up with the name of the product, the retail cost and suitable marketing material. It was then time to present to the Chair Ruth Badger and her fellow judges.

Six teams were identified to present to the Badger’s Sett, with Ruth and her Badgers giving each team a real grilling before retiring to make their deliberations. Top of the pile came Eco Buddy from Malet Lambert School who won £400 donated by Arco. Second place and £200 courtesy of Hull College Group went to Hydro of Hessle High, whilst behind them came Solar Comb from Malet Lambert who won £130 donated by Malet Lambert School, Fourth and fifth spots went to Hydro Bath Experience from Sirius Academy and Waterwonder from Winifred Holtby School and Solar Dog from Malet Lambert taking sixth place. These three prizes of £80 worth of vouchers were donated by some of the city’s young entrepreneurs Force-7, Build life and Xing Smoothies.



Best Video £800 – sponsored by CityWorks went to E Accessorise from Newland School for Girls

Evaluation Draw £20 – sponsored by CityWorks went to Declyn from Trinity House School

At the end of the event, all teachers, students and business volunteers were asked to complete an evaluation, the results of which clearly showed that the event had been a success. Teachers in particular felt that the event had significantly developed students’ enterprise capabilities as set out in Hull’s Big 13 Enterprise Skills.





Comments
“Another excellent day as part of GEW 2012 well planned, informative and enjoyable. I saw the pupils from our school interact with confidence with some of Hull’s well-known young entrepreneurs as well as ‘The Badger’ who was great again!
Kerry-Ann Burrell
Andrew Marvell College
“Once again an excellent event with Ruth Badger. Students learnt more about running a business and have gained some more teamwork experience. “The speeches were all very interesting especially Ruth’s and the young entrepreneurs, as were the challenges which the students appeared to thoroughly enjoy, she even made a joke about the badger model we as a school had presented to her.”
Stephen Logan
Business Champion, Malet Lambert School

Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2012

The winners were announced during Global Entrepreneurship Week's Awards and Celebration evening on Friday 16th of November at the University of Hull's Staff House.


In the six categories, the following won:


1. Hull's most enterprising secondary school is Malet Lambert with Andrew Marvell as runner up.

2. Hull's most enterprising teacher is Stephen Logan of Malet Lambert School with Chris Dawson of Gillshill Primary as runner up.

3. The Hull business that has done the most to promote enterprise education in Hull is St Stephens with Arco as runner up.

4. Hull's most enterprising primary school is Gillshill with Victoria Dock as runner up.

5. The Hull company that has done the most to promote an enterprising culture in the city went to KC with Arco as runner up.

6. Hull’s Young entrepreneur of the Year 2012 is Phil Batty, MD Force-7.

Also at the Award evening, held at Staff House at the University of Hull, Nick Hildyard Joint Managing Director of Arco was recognised for his on going support to Hull’s enterprising young people when he received who received the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Award as was Valerie Sprague . Lee Creamer Youth Enterprise Award

Ruth Badger, BBC Apprentice star and international businesswoman said:

"It is always a pleasure and a privilege to support Hull in the way it supports its enterprising young people. The work that partners are doing in your city is absolutely brilliant. I am pleased to see such a range of individuals, schools and businesses recognised for supporting your enterprising young people, Hull is a beacon of enterprise and I am proud to be the patron of your Youth Enterprise partnership”

Stephen Logan, Malet Lambert School Hull's Most Enterprising Teacher 2012 said:

"It was a great honour for the second year running to be announced as the recipient of the title of Hull's Most Enterprising Teacher and I am pleased that this year there are so many nominations in each section clearly showing Hull has real commitment through the Youth Enterprise Partnership and the business community to develop the enterprising skills of young people.

"With the right support and encouragement our young people are truly enterprising and whilst not all will go on to be entrepreneurs of the future, they certainly will be more enterprising in their outlook and in the workplace, I was also pleased that Malet Lambert School were announced as most enterprising secondary school."

Phil Batty MD Force-7 Hull’s Young entrepreneur of Year 2012 said

“I am pleased to follow in the footsteps of Amanda, Dave and Bronwyn as Hull’s Young Entrepreneur of Year and I am looking forward to acting as an ambassador for the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, in particular in promoting the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and the new start up loans programme for young people”


www.youthenterprise.co.uk

GEW 2012 Awards and Celebration Evening

To round off the activities during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership held a celebration evening at Staff House at the University of Hull featuring guests from the major sponsors and the Lord Mayor of Hull Councillor Danny Brown and his Lady Mayoress Lynda Brown. Guests listened and danced to the band Venus duo with their distinct brand of pop music. Amanda’s Blue Orchid provided the table decorations.

The aim of the evening was also to raise funds for the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and the Lord Mayor’s Charity, an initiative that gives grants to young people aged 21 and under to develop their enterprising idea. Just over £1,000 was raised via a raffle as well as a secret auction for signed shirts from the city’s three professional sports clubs, Hull FC, HKR and Hull City AFC. The whole event was a perfect ending to another highly successful week of events organised by Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership for the city’s enterprising young people.

Awards went to:

1 Most enterprising Primary School in Hull 2012 - Gillshill Primary

2 Most enterprising Secondary School in Hull 2012 – Malet Lambert School

3 The business that has done the most to promote an enterprise culture in the City 2012 - KC

4 Hull Ready Award for Enterprise Promotion in Schools 2012 – St Stephens

5 Young Entrepreneur Year 2012 – Phil Batty

6 Most enterprising teacher 2012 –Stephen Logan

7 John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Award – Nick Hildyard Joint MD Arco

8 Lee Creamer Youth Enterprise Award – Graham Henderson

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

Final Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2012

As events in Hull were well underway for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 young people were gearing up to pitch their business idea to former Apprentice star Ruth Badger and Patron of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership to win investment in their enterprising idea including mentoring and cash as well as ongoing support.

The judges of the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge had to judge three different categories and decide who the overall winner was for 2012.


The winners were:

Primary school category - Victoria Dock Primary for their stationary business idea, they won £500 for their idea

Secondary school category - T-Dye from Newland School for Girls won £300 which was doubled by Iain Bland of Paragon Data Services

16 - 24 year old category Core Cricket, a Cricket Coaching business won £300 worth of mentoring from capability Mentors and the opportunity of getting a further investment of up £750 from John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank


The overall winner was Loui Fowler (14) of Malet Lambert for his retractable educational and sporting banners he won £750 which was doubled by Ruth Badger as well as over £2,000 worth of mentoring support and the opportunity to supply materials for Hull’s £5 Blossom programme and Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013, Loui is already in discussions with Hull FC about his sporting banner promoting them.

Ruth said:

"All the finalists were very enterprising and were a credit to your Future Hull programme and the work of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, Loui’s idea was simple yet potentially very profitable and any young person who has the confidence to take on me and my Badgers deserves credit, I was pleased to attend Malet Lambert Awards evening to present Loui with his prize and meet his parents and pupils of the school”

"We had some fantastic business ideas from all the different age ranges and all the young people from primary schools or looking to set up in business were very inspirational, there is no doubt in my mind that Hull is leading the way in nurturing future entrepreneurial talent”

“This year the competition had over 1,000 hits on the website www.hullbadgers.co.uk, which resulted in 75 enquiries, 37 entries and 16 projects had to present their ideas so Loui certainly can claim to be a truly entrepreneurial young person and I look forward to working with him in the future”

Loui Fowler said

“ Its amazing to have won the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2012 and I can only hope that I bring credit to my City and family and I look forward to further developing my idea with support from Phil Benson of Xing, Fan Frames and Iain Bland and of course my teacher Stephen Logan.”

Young people show #FutureHull

Around 200 sixteen to eighteen year olds and their tutors from a range of post 16 educational programmes in Hull attended this inspirational day at Staff House at the University of Hull. As young people approach any transition point within their education it is vital that they are equipped with relevant information so they can make informed choices. For transition to post 16 and post 19 they need to be able to talk about their hopes and ambitions and to hear positive views from those around them. Taking part in Global Enterpreneurship Week enables young people to start exploring the skills they will need for their future; by listening to influential employers and mentors and working with others to explore and understand the information provided it will allow them to have a positive and beneficial experience which will assist them in making the right choice.

Inspiration was provided by a number of guest speakers who all gave personal reflections on their own unique journeys and the lessons that each had learnt from them. The highlight of which was international business guru Ruth Badger, who had featured prominently in the BBC Apprentice series. There were keynote addresses from three widely different local entrepreneurs. Hull’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Amanda Hartley told the young people how she had realised her dream of opening a florists only a couple of years after leaving school, defying some people who said she was too young and that the business would not survive the recession. while Phil Benson of Xing Health spoke about the development of his business, including the initial impulse to set up following a visit to America and on to the present with their opening of a Xing shop in the heart of the Shambles in York and their new school programme, he also said they were now opening a Smoothie Bar in partnership with pupils from Winifred Holtby School that was sponsored by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank

The young people then moved from the theoretical to the practical, working in teams to complete the Badger’s Sett activity. Each team was set the challenge of coming up with a marketing concept for a product or service using an object placed on each group’s table as inspiration. Each group then had 45 minutes to come up with the name of the product, the retail cost and suitable marketing material, all of which had to be linked to the opportunities offered relating to renewables industry

They were then thrown into the Badger’s Sett, meaning they had to give a dynamic four -minute presentation to a panel of senior heads of local organisations. One person from each team was also allowed to make a one minute pitch to a video camera.

The Judges were:

1 Andrew Devenport Chief Executive of Youth Business International
2 Nick Sangwin Sangwins
3 Mike Pennington Publisher (MD) Mail News & Media
4 Jonathan Leafe MD Strawberry
5 Keith Madeley MBE Chairman of the Yorkshire Society
6 Kenton Robbins IoD Regional Director Yorkshire & Humberside
7 Ruth Badger
8 Sam Whitaker, CEO of Esteem

The Winning Teams

• First Prize £300 worth of vouchers donated by Hull Training went to Wilberforce College
• Second Prize £200 worth of vouchers donated by Hull Studio School went to Hull University
• Third Prize £150 worth of vouchers donated by Institute of Directors went to Franklin College
• Fourth Prize £100 worth of vouchers donated by KH Smilers went to Hull College
• Fifth Prize £100 worth of vouchers donated by Co-operative went to City Works
• Sixth Prize £100 worth of vouchers Chamber of Commerce went to Hull Training
• Video Pitch winner£100 worth of voucher sponsored by CityWorks went to £100 - Sirius Academy
• Evaluation winner £20 worth of vouchers donated by sponsored by CityWorks went to Laura from Hull College

Quotes

“I enjoyed the speech from Ruth Badger; she is vey inspiring and makes me want to start up my own business. To improve, maybe not put the speakers at the end because by then lots of people had left or lost interest, as a team we was pleased to win and I know that I am ready to run my own business and will turn my college project into one called Mosh News”
Kallum Green, Wilberforce College


“I told the young people how important they are – they are the next business generation. They need to believe in themselves and actually get out there and do something and they certainly showed their entrepreneurial skills when they faced the judges at this event just like in Wolverhampton where I was born & Manchester where I work, Hull should be proud of its young people as they are truly enterprising.”
Ruth Badger
International Business Consultant


“The young people’s imaginations when presenting their product ideas was great and they clearly thought through what they intended saying to the judges and were not going to be distracted in putting over their case.”
Blair Jacobs
Blair Jacobs Communications


“I’ve been involved in judging young people’s enterprise skills for a few years and Thursday’s event definitely matched the excellent standards set over the years. Much credit goes to the students themselves and also to their tutors for the creative, off-the-wall ideas and for their enthusiasm in presenting those ideas. Not easy to face a panel of judges but they did it with a confidence that bodes well for future entrepreneurship in the city. We should also be very proud of the organisers.”
Kenton Robbins IoD Regional Director Yorkshire & Humberside

Other Highlights

Pauline Davis Interim LEP Director gave a presentation titled Hull: What Can My City Offer Me? So the delegates were aware of the employment, business and skill training opportunities in the City.

Andrew Devenport Chief Executive of Youth Business International the national organisers of Global Entrepreneurship Week outlined the importance of the week as an integral part of the UK’s commitment to youth enterprise.

Throughout the event young people were encouraged to tweet using hash tags #GEWHULL #GEWUK and follow @GEWUK @HullsEnterprise @GEWHULL

It was announced that thanks to support from Hull Training in partnership with Jobcentre Plus and Cityworks it was possible for young entrepreneurs to get FREE access to hot desking facility in the Lee Creamer Youth Enterprise Suite at Kingston House.

A vibrant Networking Village with stands from a range of different supporters of youth enterprise in Hull.

GEW 2012 Day 3 - ‘Our City – The Mail at the heart of it’

The day was titled ‘Our City – The Mail at the heart of it’. It was facilitated by popular BBC presenter Blair Jacobs and representatives of the Hull Daily Mail. The pupils were treated to a warm welcome from Councillor Danny Brown, the Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and Admiral of the Humber in his chains and robes of office.


At the start of the day Jamie Macaskill, Assistant Editor at Mail News and Media set the scene by informing the young people about the role of the local newspaper in the community before a group of students from Hull College played out short scenes written for the day by local playwright Kate Brenan of Act the Facts about how reporters gather news and develop advertising content for the Hull Daily Mail.

During the day pupils attended a press conference relating to a big local news story which was about the building of a statue to Luke Campbell local boxer who won a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games. The pupils got to play the role of journalists by listening and asking questions real life journalists in order to help them write a story for the Hull Daily Mail. Pupils also had to speak to local business owners who would like to advertise in the Hull Daily Mail in particular a florist and smoothie business who were having difficulties in attracting new customers, as part of this the pupils learnt how to question a business for the right information to create an advert.

The pupils than went on to take the news and advertising content they had gathered and had to write a news story or design an advert that would appear in the Hull Daily Mail. After lunch the pupils learnt about how the editorial content gets onto the newspaper page and on the website and how the adverts get onto the newspaper page and on the website. They than went on to learn how we get the newspaper into the shops and delivered to homes, whilst understanding what makes people buy a newspaper.


Certificates / Awards were given out by Claire Young and Jamie Macaskill, Assistant Editor at Mail News and Media for:

1. Most Creative Story £400 Cash and Vouchers donated by the Co-operative went to the team from The Parks Primary

2. Best Headline £200 Cash and Vouchers donated by Malet Lambert School went to the team from St James Primary

3. Most Creative Advert £130 Cash and Vouchers donated by KC went to the team from Gillshill Primary

4. Teamwork Award £100 Cash and Vouchers donated by Andrew Marvell School went to the team from St Nicholas Primary

5. Best Journalist £ 80 Vouchers donated by Victoria Dock Primary went to Ellie Harris of Appleton Primary

6. Team that most used the 13 Enterprise Skills £80 Vouchers donated by St Stephens went to the team from Bellfield Primary

At the end of the event, all teachers, students and business volunteers were asked to complete an evaluation, the results of which clearly showed that the event had been a success. Teachers in particular felt that the event had significantly developed students’ enterprise capabilities as set out in Hull’s Big 13 Enterprise Skills. The winner of £20 in vouchers sponsored by City Works at this event for completing the evaluation was Adele from St Richards Primary

The teachers in general thought that the day had been extremely positive, with most thinking that the session had given pupils an excellent introduction to how a city works and the businesses within them.

Other Highlights

Claire Young former BBC Apprentice gave an informative take to pupils and helped them with their enterprising day as well as encouraging them to tweet about their expperiences

A Networking Village featuring stands from a wide range of Hull companies and organisations.

Every young person received a delegate pack featuring information about the day and information on the Big13 Enterprise Skills and clapper each.

Mail News and Media prepared front page reports for each team of what the pupils had produced.

Every young person received a T-shirt provided by the sponsors Co-operative, St Stephen’s and Mail News and Media.


Comments

“The “Our City and the Mail at the heart of it” day at the University engaged and educated the children.

The opportunities and activities that you provided for the children throughout Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 were fantastic. It is a privilege for our school to be involved with the events organised by The Hull Ready Team.”

Chris Dawson
Gillshill Primary School

As always Broadacre Primary School feel privileged to be asked to be part of GEW, it raises much excitement amongst the children. It always amazes me when the children realise that they use the 13 enterprise skills everyday in their school work and how just one week can build up so much self esteem. Looking forward to GEW 2013 so book us in NOW!!!

Suzanne Moulson
Broadacre Primary School

Hull Ready Celebration GEW 2012

This event saw primary school pupils, teachers, business people, educationalists and local councillors all come together to celebrate the third year of the Hull Ready programme and hear how successful our young people had been in Making £5 Blossom. This programme aims to raise awareness of enterprise in schools in a practical and engaging way, both with teachers and pupils.


Popular presenter Blair Jacobs hosted the fourth anniversary celebration of Hull Ready. Initially, a group of children from four of the schools which had already been involved with the Make £5 Blossom project showcased their skills to the 100 strong audience of opinion formers in the city, telling them in detail what each had done with the £150 loans provided by their local business partners.

A group of children from Victoria Dock Primary, Neasden, St Richards and Paisley Primary Schools outlined to the business, education and political leaders about their enterprising activities. In the true spirit of Entrepreneurship Week the tables were then turned on the adults to do a bit of work and they were set a task by pupils from Longhill Primary School to see how each table could work as a team in building a “paper” raft in order to transport the coal in along a canal in 19th Century this had been developed as part of their places and people project in the school.

Each raft was than floated in a fish tank as the pupils from Longhill added weights to see how secure the raft was and to see how many weights it could carry. The adults clearly demonstrated a number of the Big 13 enterprise skills and the winners overall were  table 4 that was made up of Hannah Crookes from Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce Anna Millar of KC and Lynda Brown, Suzanne Moulson and Margaret Silcox of the Co-operative their raft managed to survive with 1.5Kg of weights added to it before it sank “Girl Power” . It just beat the team on Table 1, made up from John Millar Department Business Innovation and Skills, Sean Royce KC, Martin Craven Managing Director AAK UK Limited, Sarah Longthorn and Laura Booth of Wedgewelly, Debbie Page of Claughtons and Charlie Spencer of the Spencer Group who managed 3.5Kg of weights

Other Highlights



Ruth Badger gave a witty and informative presentation about her life and experience in the BBC Series The Apprentice. She also praised the city’s efforts in supporting its enterprising young people and commented how much she had enjoyed listening to the young people’s presentations.



John Meehan gave a typical witty presentation on what Meehan Media & Comms is currently up to and outlined his views on social media and its role in generating customers for a business whilst tweeting about @GEWHULL #GEWHULL at the same time

Sean Royce, Commercial and Finance Director, KC gave an outline of why they had established KC Invest and making available £660K investment in business support projects including the Youth Enterprise Bank. Sean also gave a brief overview of KC community support and the grants they give



Delegates were shown a video produced about last years activities in Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull alongside one featuring a range of international backers of the week.



Look North came down to film the event and interview Ruth Badger about the work Hull does to support its enterprising young people that also featured Young entrepreneur of Year 2009 Amanda Hartley as part of their feature on youth unemployment, the article also featured Hull Studio School.

Comments



“I thoroughly enjoyed the event. It was great to see so many local businesses give their time and money so freely in aid of such an innovative programme of events. The scariest moment was when we had to show how enterprising our table was. I am not sure that we impressed the pupils but we did our best.

Kerry-Ann Burrell

“The Humber Area of the Co-operative was delighted to support this exciting initiative. The Society and its family of businesses have a long association with enterprise around the world and hopes that Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull will go onto to inspire young people to become more enterprising, especially as this year is International Year of Co-operation – I fully enjoyed my time in Hull at the primary event.”

Lynda Brown

Member Humber Area Co-operative Committee

“I really enjoyed the Hull Ready event, especially as we are in the middle of Round 8 of the programme with Clifton Primary. It was great to see how each of the schools has really adopted the ideas of enterprise skills and how this concept is growing within their school curriculum leading to the children becoming involved in even more business enterprise activities, I only wish we had such a programme to work with in West Yorkshire.”

Ross Bennett  Tellatale

“All the children who attended and presented on behalf of their schools were excellent and should be proud of their efforts in developing enterprising activities both within their schools and their communities, I am sure their teachers and families are delighted with their achievements, it goes without saying that Hull’s future is safe in their hands.”

Valerie Sprague