Young Enterprise Business Advisor
Overview
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Young Enterprise is a national education charity with a mission to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise. The organisation operates a number of programmes on a learning by doing principle. In the Company Programme Achievers aged 15-19 run their own company over the course of an academic year. |
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The company is formally established with a board of directors and shareholders and has to fulfil pretty much the same level of corporate governance as any other business. To find out more about Young Enterprise and see how you can support better business education for young people check out the website at www.young-enterprise.org.uk or give them a call at 01865 776845. Gareth Edwards, managing director of Arrowsmith Marketing Limited, has been assigned as a volunteer Young Enterprise West Midlands business adviser to King Edward VI college in Stourbridge, supporting YE link teacher Jeremy Panko. King Edward's is the top A level college in the West Midlands drawing in students from as far afield as Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Kidderminster. It has an excellent track record in regional competitions and always supplies enthusiastic teams. |
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2009 -2010 Perception
Perception have just been formed as the latest King Edward VI Young Enterprise company to be advised by Gareth Edwards.
The team got off to a great start by designing and publishing a student guide to King Ed's. This was sold during a series of open evenings in October and raised over £500! A fantastic start. Interestingly the team were successful in selling some advertising to local Stourbridge businesses such as The Sweet Jar, David's Deli and The French Delicatessen. Big thanks to them for their support.
The team then spent some time thinking about new product ideas that they could take forward to the trade fairs and regional awards. They came up with the "Movie Maniac" - a tray specially designed to allow film and TV watchers to have a selection of drinks and snacks with them at all times when goggling at telly.
The tray was a hit at the Stratford-Upon-Avon trade fair in March and will be the centre piece of the team's presentation at the regional heats in April.
Previous Company Activity
2008 -2009 Eco-Oce
2005 - 2006 Four