Policy documents
Download key campaign policy documents here.
Taking Entrepreneurship Global
Published: July 2008This briefing paper highlights the need for a ‘global mindset’ amongst budding entrepreneurs to scale up business ideas, ambitions and make global connections. It provides some suggestions for nations to create an enterprise culture around the globe.
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Articulating Enterprise within the 14-19 Diplomas
Published: September 2007
The Make Your Mark campaign argues that the new 14-19 diplomas offer the biggest ever opportunity to equip young people for the future and this will only happen if they place enterprise education at their heart. We've published a reflection paper on this topic, with the aim of ensuring that current educational reforms deliver the skills needed for our future economy.
‘Mind the Gap’: from Youth Enterprise Aspirations to Business Creation and Growth
Published: August 2007
Increasing numbers of young people in the UK are demonstrating positive attitudes to enterprise. Despite this upsurge, there remains a major gap between young people who aspire to run their own business and those who actually do it.
Mind the Gap: from Youth Enterprise Aspirations to Business Creation and Growth suggests how we can move young people from thinking about enterprise to becoming entrepreneurs, moving from attitude change to behaviour change.
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You can also download the Enterprising England Map. This insert to the report provides a schematic representation of the enterprise support available to young people at the national level, and indicates where improvements are needed.
The Enterprise Report 2005 - Making Ideas Happen
Our major policy report on the state of enterprise culture in the UK sets out the role of education, employment, community and leisure in creating a new enterprise generation.
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You can also download individual chapters from this report: Introduction - Leading the world in enterprise | Chapter 1 - Unleasing the enterprise spirit - cultural challenges | Chapter 2 - What young people say about enterprise | Chapter 3 - Creating an enterprise culture - towards a social movement | Chapter 4 - Developing enterprise talent through education | Chapter 5 - Developing enterprise talent throught employment | Chapter 6 - Developing enterprise talent through community and leisure | Chapter 7 - Making ideas happen - the way forward
Creating an Enterprise Culture - Understanding the National Mission
This August 2004 position paper sets out the need for a broader approach to enterprise and Make Your Mark's perspective on key concepts that underpin the campaign. It explains how culture can be changed and the importance of taking action at different levels.