With the new year starting for the 2012 Young Enterprise Company Programme we thought it a good idea to have get together for the business advisors to share good practice, hints and tips and help get the most out of the whole experience.

Young Enterprise – North Yorkshire
Business Advisor’s Network Opportunity

Wednesday 3rd Oct 17:00 – 19:00
York Science Park, Hesslington, YO10 5DG
www.yorksciencepark.co.uk

Message from the Chair:

As we enter into another exciting academic year for the flagship Company Programme and Team Programme, I would like to say a very big thank from the North Yorkshire Board to all our volunteer advisors for their continued ongoing support and a very big welcome to any advisors that are new to the young enterprise family this year.

It goes without saying that without the support and valuable time given by you our advisors we would not be able to do what we are doing here in North Yorkshire.

As I am sure you are aware, this year we have a record number of schools participating thanks to Jill Tinsley’s hard work and it promises to be a very exciting year and I look forward to the trade fairs and competitions.

This year the charity will be entering its 50th year of running and having a profound effect on the attitudes of young people towards work, this landmark birthday will provide an exciting opportunity to market the great work that Young Enterprise continues to do in North Yorkshire. With the current climate and the high number of young people who are now unemployed, it is even more important that we reach out and help change the attitudes of as many young people as we can over the coming months, giving them the skills to prepare them to cope with a difficult job market.

We thought it would be a great idea to start the year with a get together for our advisors, with the aim to network, help inform, pass on good practice and put us in the best position within North Yorkshire and give us the chance to showcase Yorkshire talent and resilience throughout the trade fairs and competitions.

With this in mind I would like to invite you all to a get together, kindly hosted by York Science Park on the 3rd Oct between 17:00 and 19:00.

The Format for the evening will be very casual;

• Short networking until 5:30 (refreshments provided)
• Opening from Chair.
• Brief talk from one of our link teacher on the benefits, hints tips and their personal experience.
• Brief talk from one of our experienced advisors, on hit’s tips and their personal experience.
• Open the floor for questions, debate and discussions.
• Closing from Chair at around 6:30
• Informal Networking until 19:00

I am hoping that this will be a great opportunity for all the advisors and I’m looking forward to meeting everyone.

Paul Marsh
Managing Director GSPK Design

Some of the North Yorkshire’s most talented young entrepreneurs went head-to-head as the Young Enterprise, Yorkshire & Humber, Company Programme Competition heats up. Four teams from schools across the county found out last week which of them had earned a place in the Young Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber Grand Final due to be held at the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York on June 15th. The teams, which have been taking part in the competition to set up and run a business since September last year, have all presented to a panel of highly experienced judges, undergone rigorous interviews and set up trade stalls to their companies. The prestigious awards ceremony was held at the Pavilion’s of Harrogate on Tuesday, May 10th. This year’s teams include Pearl from King James School in Knaresborough, which makes bespoke glass and bead jewellery; tourism business Magentaprize from South Craven School in Keighley; Chains from St Aidan's C of E School Harrogate, which also makes jewellery, and; Cutting Edge from St Peter’s School in York, which produced a Chair Yoga DVD, “Get Fit Whilst You Sit” for use with the elderly and people suffering with mobility problems. Paul Marsh, Managing Director, was MC of the Ceremony, Chair of Judges and presented an award which was supported by GSPK Design Ltd . GSPK Design supported the award for Most Innovative Product/Service. Presenting the award Paul said…….."Innovation is all about change and improvement, and this year all the teams showed this in great abundance. It gave us great pleasure to present the award for Innovation, GSPK Design pride ourselves in constantly looking to improve and innovate and we felt it important to indentify and recognise this within the competition." As Chair of the Judging panel and also as MC of the event Paul went on the say……"The competition is really hotting up and the finals are going to be difficult to judge. This year there are some extremely passionate and committed young people, with business skills and acumen that would rival a lot of their seniors. Good luck to them all." Jill Tinsley, Development Manager for Young Enterprise North Yorkshire said, “ GSPK Design Ltd have given Young Enterprise tremendous support over the years. Paul Marsh in particular has been a great advocate for Young Enterprise and I’m really pleased that he was able to lead the judges and be able to hand over an award to such an enterprising company as Cutting Edge.” The overall winners Cutting Edge will now go on to compete in the Yorkshire and Humber final on June 15th at Merchant Adventurers in York, and the winner of that will represent Yorkshire and Humber in the Young Enterprise national finals on 11th – 13th July.
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