BASED on conventional assumptions, Welsh higher education institutions account for around 2.3% of GDP and 2.09% of Welsh employment. When you include the spending power of students, these figures rise to 3.19% of GDP and 2.36% of employment. These are significant figures, and while a difficult period is upon universities in terms of core funding, around half of the output attributable to universities is from beyond the Welsh public sector.
THE best advertising agencies are entrepreneurial at heart, always looking for new ideas to increase profits. And with the annual results season having just finished, several themes emerge. Agencies say they are winning more business from clients in two key ways: by offering more marketing services across different disciplines -- not only advertising but also public relations, digital, social media, mobile and so on -- and more international territories.
Young entrepreneurs on Exmoor could get up to Pounds 3,000 to help them start a business. The cash is being made available in a new fund called the Pinnacle Award. It aims to help young people develop entrepreneurial ideas from Exmoor's landbased assets.
BUSINESS-minded teenagers have the chance to make their entrepreneurial ideas a reality. Exeter-based Young Entrepreneurs' Support Solution Project (YESS) is running a series of free workshops for 14 to 19-yearolds to help them pursue selfemployment through setting up their own business.
S TOCKTON borough families are exploring their entrepreneurial ideas and taking their first steps towards setting up in business. As part of Stockton Enterprise Week (November 14-18) they are challenged to come up with an "enterprising idea" to make as much profit as possible before November 11.
NOW is time for the real work to begin. Last week, 50 Scottish university students completed a week-long entrepreneurial "boot camp", where they were fed on a strict diet of brainstorming and tests of their motivational skills and business planning. By the end of the week, 12 teams had developed business ideas that they pitched to a Dragons' Den-style panel made up of members of the Entreprenurial Exchange. At the end of the programme, the exchange's founder James Barlow, chief executive of Scottish Institute for Enterprise, said: "The feedback we've had from members of the exchange has been very positive and the students have been raving. It has been great.
HESSLE: Businesses across Hull visited Hessle Sixth Form College to hear entrepreneurial ideas, in a Dragons' Den-style contest. The session, organised by Hull & Humber KC Cares, saw people from Hull FC, KC, St Stephen's shopping centre and Cooper Wilkin Chapman Solicitors listen to pitches from A-level business studies students.
BUSINESS-minded teenagers have the opportunity to make their entrepreneurial ideas a reality. Exeter-based Young Entrepreneurs' Support Solution Project (YESS), an initiative designed specifically for 14 to 19-year-olds who have an interest in running their own business, is running the Tenner Tycoon challenge, in association with Enterprise UK. The project is lending Pounds 200 to young entrepreneurs, Pounds 10 at a time.
cricket England v Sri Lanka, 1.30pm, Sky Sports 1 PUTTING defeat in the opening match behind them, Sri Lanka have since outclassed England in these one-day matches -- the format they're most comfortable playing. Stuart Broad's side will have to battle back to level the series at Trent Bridge today if they are to go to Manchester at the weekend with a chance of overall victory. bright ideas Dragons' Den Ireland, 7.30pm, Dave THE Irish version of the entrepreneurial contest begins. The more dramatic U.S. one (Shark Tank) follows tomorrow.
PLYMOUTH Enterprise Week, part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality. Last year, there were over 32,000 events run in 88 countries, attended by more than 7.5 million people. In the UK, over 529,000 people attended 4,812 events.
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