Welcome to this blog that shows how enterprising the city of Hull's young people are. The blog will feature up-dates about the work of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and its support for Global Entrepreneurship Week.
















Wednesday 29 May 2013

Youth Enterprise Summit #YES13

On 6th June 2013, as part of Humber Business Week, Hull will host the first youth enterprise summit in Yorkshire supported by international business guru and former BBC Apprentice Star Ruth Badger as well as young entrepreneurs in Hull at Malet Lambert School in order to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to the youth enterprise agenda.


The event will see school based businesses, The Green Queens, who have developed primary support materials relating to the environment, and Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners, who has designed a range of sport fans hand held banners. Both of these businesses are previous winners of the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge and continue to get support from Ruth Badger. Also speaking will be Oliver Wilson Managing Director of Xuro and currently an apprentice working with CityWorks, Hull City Council and Malet Lambert School helping the organisations to embed enterprise within their work with young people.


Ruth Badger said:

"There has never been a better time to start a business and there is support on offer at every turn from peers and local support providers in Hull. That’s why I was keen to organise with my friends in Hull, Yorkshire’s first Youth Enterprise Summit, Hull is one of the most enterprising places in the UK for young people then Malet Lambert School is an integral part of that achievement”.

“I am delighted to work with Hull City Council and Hull’s young entrepreneurs on this summit and to raise the profile of what young people can achieve, as they are the lifeblood of our future economy and are integral to Hull achieving its aims under your City Plan, I am looking forward to hearing more about the success of the Triple R Banners and the Green Queens.”



Oliver Wilson, 19, co-chair of Let’s Talk Business, Managing Director of Xuro said:

“I was looking forward to the event as a new start up, in order that I can find out more about what is available to me as a young entrepreneur, then I was invited to outline to the delegates some information about my business and the support I have received and indeed will continue to need which is can be quite daunting.

After discussing with organisers what they are hoping to achieve from the summit I was pleased to agree to outline my journey so far and to join them in their campaign to raise the profile of youth entrepreneurship”

The event will see delegates coming together from all over Yorkshire as well as from the Department of Business Innovation and Skills to find out what support is available for young entrepreneurs in the area, ranging from start up advice, start up loans and start up grants and their own network of young entrepreneurs and how it is committed to developing the entrepreneurial culture at an early age by showcasing the partnership support for a number of enterprising pupils at Malet Lambert.

The Youth Enterprise Summit will also be holding a question and answer session with the following on the panel Chaired by Ruth Badger, Joanna Hill Head of Enterprise Education & Culture Dept Business Innovation and Skills, John Gilbert Managing Director of eskimosoup &former pupil Malet Lambert, William Oxley Director Youth Enterprise Services, Lord Haskins Chair Humber LEP and young entreprenurs Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners and Ellie Taylor The Green Queens

The event will also see the launch of Hull’s Young Entrepreneur Start up Guide, developed in partnership with Enterprise Nation and a new patron scheme for the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, which was established over 10 years ago and has allocated £265,000 to over 300 of the City’s enterprising young people and the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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Tuesday 21 May 2013

New Hull Start-Up Kit - Young Entrepreneurs

On 6th June 2013, young entrepreneurs in Hull will have yet another tool to support them in starting a small business. The Hull Start-Up Kit is a comprehensive guide to starting a business in Hull for young people, with case studies, details of support services and funding streams available in the city.

The 170 page book has been backed by Hull City Council, Malet Lambert School , and KC, and contains quotes from BBC Apprentice stars Ruth Badger and Claire Young. Also supported by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, who will be announcing big changes in the coming weeks, young people applying for grants through the bank will have the opportunity to use the Hull Start-Up Kit through their first steps into entrepreneurialism.

The Hull Start-Up Kit also includes £500 worth of offers from Enterprise Nation partners.The Hull Start-Up Kit will be released during the Youth Enterprise Summit as part of Biz Week 2013 which will see 165 delegates at Malet Lambert School hear about the city’s successes.

Oliver Wilson, 19, co-chair of Let’s Talk Business, Managing Director of Xuro Limited, co-created the Hull Start-Up Kit with Enterprise Nation. He said:

“I went out to interview a number of young people who had been supported by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, Start-Up Loans and Let’s Talk Business for case studies. It was great to hear how they were getting on.

“In my opinion, Hull is home to some of the most enterprising young people in the country. It is such a great opportunity for our city’s young people to be able to tell their story.”

12 young entrepreneurs, aged as young as 14, feature in the Hull Start-Up Kit telling the story of when they started up, what support they received and where they are today.


Ashley Liddell, owner of Liddell Personal Fitness, said:

“I was so pleased when I was asked if I wanted to feature in the Hull Start-Up Kit. I am honoured to be able to tell my story to the young people in my city.

“The book is a great tool. I made great use of Enterprise Nation’s ‘Start-Up Loans Kit’ before I applied for my Start-Up Loan. I can see budding local entrepreneurs really benefitting.”

The Hull Start-Up Kit is a local adaptation of the book “The Start-Up Kit” created by Enterprise Nation with a greater, more concise wealth of information for the city’s young people.

Emma Jones, author and founder of Enterprise Nation, said

"There has never been a better time to start a business. There's support on offer at every turn; from peers and local support providers in Hull.

“We were delighted to work with the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank to produce this Start-Up Kit which we hope will see many more people become their own boss!"

The guide is not available for public retail, but will be available for free to applicants of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank

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