UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is proud to support the launch of Diaspora, the non-profit music foundation that will aim to ensure equality in music exists for everyone at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green on Tuesday 31st March 2009.
Chaired by UKTI’s International Business Specialist for the Music Industry and Diaspora ‘fellow’ Phil Patterson, the event will involve a panel of representatives from music associations and trade bodies across London.
This panel has been selected from some of London’s best musical minds in response to the needs of an audience including upcoming artists, record labels and music organisations who have the potential to become leaders within the music industry.
Laura and I were press ganged into acting as judges for a special fashion challenge this week by Progressive Educational Tools (PET) and we had a great time - as did the participants. Now you may think that Coventry isn’t a particuarly fashion forward place - eg Bex and her I love Coventry t-shirts, thanks Bex. But you’d be wrong.
The two teams had mixed pupils from Sherbourne Fields and Blue Coats schools to take part in the challenge to produce and original fashion brand, including designs, logo and radio ad.
Make Your Mark and the British Phonographic Institute today organised an opportunity for young people who wish to enter the music industry to network with industry insiders. There was a fantastic buzz in the room as the young guests seized the opportunity to learn what working in the industry is really like. Several of the industry insiders said that they wished they had had such an opportunity when they were first starting out.
In this video Richard Mollet the Director of public affairs at BPI talks about what sort of people the music industry is looking for.
You can find a full list of the events taking place for Global Entrepreneurship Week at www.enterpriseweek.org.uk but here is a few of our favourites:
Monday 17 will see a flagship event In the current economic downturn, can entrepreneurs change the world? taking place as part of Chain Reaction. This unique gathering of policy makers, government ministers including Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, young people, global fellows, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders will start a worldwide conversation.
The fourth annual Make Your Mark Challenge – the UK’s biggest live one day enterprise challenge for schools and colleges - will kick start activity for students. It has been awarded the Inspire Mark by London 2012, and over 55,000 students will be taking part.
If you love live music and cutting edge fashion, don’t miss Urban Works, an event being run by one of Make Your Mark’s partner organisations.
Urban Works is a fusion of live music and fashion, taking place on Thursday 30th October in central London.
Live music will be provided by The Loose Cannons, Zarif and the Kish Mauve. Fashion designers including Alison Gaukroger (www.coroflot.com/alisongaukroger ) Diana llorens (www.ddi-ddi.blogspot.com) and Morgan Barlow will be showcasing their collections.
To find out more check out: http://www.curiousgeneration.com/events.php?id=375
The North West Women in Business Awards 2009 have been launched!
If you are a woman entrepreneur Making Your Mark in the North West you can enter by downloading an application form from www.nwda.co.uk/women.
The awards are an opportunity to celebrate, recognise and reward the entrepreneurial talent of women in the North West and to inspire others and promote enterprise as an option to other women in the region.
Building on its success last year in introducing music industry representatives to young people with a a desire to break into the industry, the Back Stage Pass event is back for Enterprise Week 2008!
Run by the BPI (formerly the British Phonographic Industry) in conjunction with the Make Your Mark campaign, Back Stage Pass takes place on Wednesday 19 November, in central London.
The event introduces young people trying to break into the music business to people already working within it, across all levels and disciplines, from record company A&R teams and producers, through to publishers and licensing bodies.
Three Make Your Mark Ambassadors have been nominated for Juice fm’s Liverpool Style Awards in the Business Enterprise category. Tom Stanley - The Jamm Factory, Lucy Byrne - Dot Art and Phil Kirby - Brew Tea Bar have all been nominated and are looking for your votes.
The awards ceremony itself takes place during Enterprise Week on Saturday 22nd November at the Palm House in Liverpool so get voting and come back after Enterprise Week to find out who won!
Get charged up! and accelerate your business success at an inspiring group coaching circle.
This fun, stimulating, energy fuelled session is for young people with a business idea, or a start-up enterprise on Merseyside. The session will not only help you to achieve your business goals, but also provides a valuable opportunity to build strong referral relationships and broaden your contacts.
The FREE event is brought to you by Striding Out in Liverpool - a new scheme dedicated to supporting young entrepreneurs in Merseyside.
Over the past couple of months I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with some very enterprising young girls fromSavio Salesian College Specialists in business and enterprise. A group of their Year 11 girls organised an event at the South Sefton Partnership For Learning Centre to encourage more young girls at their school to become more enterprising.
When we heard about this we thought it was a fantastic idea as did some of our ambassadors who took part in the day which took place yesterday.
I caught up with a fair bit of enterprise telly over the weekend - Secret Millionaire which I always enjoy but sometimes think it doesn’t do enough to show how entrepreneurial ideas can change social problems, it’s more about pots of money being handed over which don’t get me wrong I think is admirable and I always get a tear in my eye during that part! Anyway this week’s was even better as the entrepreneur James Benamor not only handed over cheques to three very deserving groups but also gave much more. With one group of youngsters at the Manchester Settlement he motivated them by saying that whoever got one or more GCSEs would get the chance to come and work for his company for a month. You could see how it changed their attitudes to know that someone believed in them and would give them a chance if they worked hard in return. Should be inspiration to anyone else who is in a position to look at different ways of getting people out of the cycle of bad behaviour, crime etc.
The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards are designed to find a new generation of role models - whether they are new businesses, young entrepreneurs or social enterprises with vision and drive who are based in North Wales, Merseyside, West Cheshire, Shropshire and the Wolverhampton area . We are also looking for a special person or business that has overcome obstacles and succeeded ‘against the odds’.
In 2008 there is over £150,000 of prizes on offer, made up of professional services and £105,000 cash, split over 5 categories which include
A young man from Lowestoft has been chosen for the prime minister’s Global Fellowship - having found success during the Make Your Mark Challenge.
19 year-old Richard Miner from Lowestoft, is one of 100 young people chosen for the prime minister’s Global Fellowship - a programme designed to encourage and nurture oustanding talent and enterprise.
Make Your Mark has teamed up with live music promoters Curious Generation to offer aspiring young music promoters across the UK the chance of a lifetime.
When Make Your Mark in the Music Business launched earlier this year we heard from young people who were passionate about boosting the live music scene in their local area but didn’t have the financial backing, contacts or support to go it alone.
As we turn the corner of a new era, we need new people to help us continue with our enterprise message - As the new HR manager I am excited to have some great opportunities available to continue the enterprise message through our people. We are looking for people ready for new challenges and passionate about what we do - whether you are a self confessed enterprise junkie or want to embark on an amazing new journey you might just be in with a chance - so who’s in?
Vanessa
Enterprise Junkie - and - Make Your Mark HR Manager
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