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Win The Opportunity To Be Crowned The Mayor’s Entrepreneur 2017

London students are invited to submit an innovative idea to address issues facing the capital and win the chance to be crowned the Mayor’s Entrepreneur 2017.  The Mayor’s Entrepreneur competition is also looking to award the winning student entrepreneur a £20k start up fund to support their business. Categories for entry are: Air quality Water Energy Transport […]

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Top Five Organisations Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship

For those thinking about starting a business as an alternative career path, we’ve put together a list of organisations in the UK helping young founders to start and grow their startup.  These carefully selected organisations offer mentoring, funding and networking opportunities to help youth entrepreneurship flourish. Check out our pick of the top 5 organisations: 1. […]

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Young People Vs Entrepreneurship

Google’s recent survey into UK’s entrepreneurial ambition says that 78% of young people are turned off about entrepreneurship – But what about the other millennials running their own ventures. Millennials are those born from 1980 up to the millennium, including those in the university age up to the mid-thirties. Some of the reasons, noted in the survey, […]

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Editorial Spotlight – Timothée Le Quesne’s Energysquare Invention

This week’s editorial spotlight falls on Timothée Le Quesne’s Energysquare invention reforming the way we charge our smart devices. The technology behind Energysquare charges multiple smart devices at the same rate as a traditional plug – It is also water-resistant and shatter-proof. The user simply access the energy via a sticker at the back of their device. Timothée Le Quesne, 22, […]

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Editorial Spotlight – Eve Lodge’s Barmy Bunting Bespoke Business

This week’s editorial spotlight falls on Eve Lodge’s Barmy Bunting bespoke business – Can be spotted on the set of Coronation Street. Eve was only 14 years old when she started her own bunting business, while a student at Horizon Community College. Her passion for bunting led her to enter and win several awards from the ‘I […]

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NACUE’s Varsity Pitch 2016

This year’s Varsity Pitch competition for student and graduate entrepreneurs in the UK will be opening their application for the 2016 round in May. NACUE’s Varsity Pitch is a national business pitching competition organised by the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs, exhibiting and celebrating the best early-stage business ideas to come out of colleges and […]

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Funding Competitions for Student Entrepreneurs/SME 2016

Young entrepreneurs are most likely to struggle for funding, according to a recent growth report from Albion Ventures for small businesses.  The survey of over 1,000 companies revealed that 28% of entrepreneurs aged under 35 were having problems accessing funds in comparison to 15% of those over 55’s. Albion Growth Report also found a growing […]

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Universities Supporting Student Entrepreneurship

Click image to start gallery 80,000 University students are either planning to or running their own business whilst studying for their degrees. The research, from Santander Universities UK, revealed that around a quarter of these students were also looking to continue their business ventures after graduation. Universities are often the first place for top companies to attract potential talents into their […]