Claire Young, an apprentice finalist and youth enterprise trail blazer, is launching TeenBiz in November.
TeenBiz is the UK’s first business start up scheme aimed at teens 13-18. It will launch 1st November, to coincide with Global Entrepreneurship Month.
From the 1st January every month one student will receive up to £500 funding (they must match what we give them), a mentor and a start up pack. TeenBiz calls it’Business in a Box’ because it equips students with the items they need...
James Layfield and Steve Pette are founders of a new entrepreneur support solution called Central. We decided to interview them about their new venture and the solutions it brings to business owners in the UK.
1. How did you come to start your business?
James Layfield, serial entrepreneur, says “I started out in advertising working with brands such as Absolut Vodka, Sony Playstation and Virgin. Headhunted at 23 by Virgin, within 3 years I was Virgin’s youngest ever MD. I left...
As many of you who follow our activities will know, we decided to begin to reach out beyond the UK’s borders last year. We invited interested parties from a number of nations to join us at the MADE Festival in Sheffield and followed up with those groups that showed the most interest.
Without a doubt, the Post Privitization Foundation (PPF) led by the notable Peter Barta was the most pro-active and ambitious. We had a working agreement within a month...
Chester Mojay-Sinclare
Chester Mojay-Sinclare is a university student who founded AliveandGiving.com, a website that helps connect people to exactly the right charity.
What is AliveandGiving.com? Is it a charity that helps people find charities? A charity that gives to charities and social enterprises? A social enterprise?
AliveandGiving.com is an innovative charity fundraising and comparison website that helps you find charities that you can trust. You can search for and donate to thousands of registered UK charities and easily access their financial information...
Amanda Ruiz has a remarkable ethical fashion line, and her company is quickly finding it’s market. Check out what this featured entrepreneur has to say about starting and growing a successful business.
What does your business sell, specifically? Ponchos, cardigans, hats . . . do you have a catalog online?
The garments we sell are all ethically made in Peru (my husband’s country) by skilled artisans in the Andean region of Arequipa. The fibre we use is the amazing alpaca, which is...
If you want to be successful in business, one objective must rise above all others. Your products and services must absolutely sell themselves. This means that for every sale you make to a customer, that customer must actively work to generate one or more additional sales.
School for Startups Featured Entrepreneur Lizzie Fane's success with Third Year Abroad, just announced as a Smarta100 company, demonstrates that entrepreneurs profit by turning problems into solutions.
Mike Beech, Ross Williams, Guy Harrington (pictured left to right) and Tom Packer (not pictured), demonstrate that it takes very little in the way of hard cash investment to found a successful business.
