Enterprising Britain blog

The acheivements of the Lowestoft Energy Challenge were celebrated in a grand way last Friday 10th July at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft. The work completed over the past 18 months by students from Poplars Primary School, Denes High School and Lowestoft College was highlighted by student presentations, guest speakers, and film footage. The Lowestoft Energy Challenge was a [...] 0

I’ve been on a tour around the UK over the past few weeks to help our fabulous panel of judges find the most enterprising place in Britain (or rather the UK) and as always the nominees are as diverse as they are geographically disparate. Here at Make Your Mark we’ve been working closely with the BBC [...] 0

Jane attends the Hull Enterprise Academy Launch Event Last Friday 3rd July Jane Walton - Head of Region for Yorkshire and the Humber attended the fabulous launch of Hull’s Enterprise Academy. The Enterprise Academy was officially opened by Regional Minister, Rosie Winterton. With support from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Premier League, Yorkshire [...] 1

On Friday 3rd July the great and the good of Lowestoft came together to celebrate NWES being hailed the East of England Enterprising Britain Winner. As part of the official national judging day, Maurice Helfgott CEO of Amery Capital and former Executive Director of Marks & Spencer visited the town to find out about the enterprising [...] 0

Suzanne at the Big Lottery Fund just alerted me to a great resource - a report by the Young Foundation which maps rural needs across the UK. This could be useful for any entrepreneurs wishing to apply to be a Village Champion in the Village SOS project! 0

Role Models ……what it is all about. Well first of all I am the New Role Models Manager here at Make Your Mark. Here at Make Your Mark we will be sharing much more inspiring stories of the beginning of the enterprise journey. We will be exploring what it’s like to be a parent of an entrepreneur [...] 0

The HSBC’s Future of Business report has identified four new types of future entrepreneurs. 1) The Referral Economists: commercially-minded folk who have emerged from the social networking boom. 2) The Slash Slash Careerist: the product of the MySpace School of business who see themselves as brands and their customers as fans. 3) The Collaborateer: walks the [...] 0

At last I can share the details of a new project called Village SOS, a partnership between the BBC and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) which will challenge villages to come up with brilliant ideas for new businesses to help revive their communities. Village SOS will invite rural communities with lots of enthusiasm and a [...] 0

SUCCESS CAN BE LEARNED Last time I described how motivation plays a huge part in the process of success. Without a high level of motivation to do anything in life you will not achieve the end result you are looking for. This time, we move onto another component of success, which is Clear Aims. Component Number 2 – CLEAR AIMS People [...] 0

With talk of environmental impact, carbon footprints, and the current economic situation, tourism agencies have reported fewer people travelling abroad and a greater interest from UK residents in holidaying in the UK. This is a real opportunity for seaside towns to undergo a rebirth and rebrand and benefit from increased tourism to their area. The Olymipcs coming to London [...] 0

With Scarborough (previous winners of Enterprising Britain) being crowned best of Europe on Thursday we sat down with a few of the locals to get their thoughts on their winning town, check it out! Nick Taylor Adrian Riley Wendy Clews 1

My surname has long determined an association with the sea. Growing up in a small seaside town on the South Devon coast I developed an appreciation of a way of life that is often misunderstood and mocked with equal measure. However, the coast has very much swept back into vogue of late as waves (sorry for [...] 2

Scarborough, winners of Enterprising Britain 2008 has been crowned the most enterprising place in Europe at this year European Enterprise Awards. The awards run by the clever folks at the European Commission felt that Scarborough was a pretty creative and inspiring place and we couldn’t have agreed more! The seaside town was up against some cracking [...] 0

Hi all, my name is Phil Crowshaw and I am one of those weird folk, people call an Entrepreneur. I run a business called Experts Business Solutions (www.expertsbusinesssolutions.com) but I am probably best known as the founder of online business TV web site www.expertsonline.tv , which I started in 2004. All sorts of stuff runs through your mind when [...] 0