To provide help for participants to start a business

Students from Forest School will be participating in the One BIG Idea competition

The One Big Idea competition is your chance to design the next One product. The competition will focus on the 3Ps – People, Planet and Profit, and will provide a practical opportunity for teachers and learners to be engaged in social enterprise activity.

Welcome to Mind of an Entrepreneur (MOAE) - UK’s leading and most diverse event for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small to medium size businesses.

Alexander Amosu made his first million at 25 and has continued the success until this date! Join this very rare business workshop with serial entrepreneur, Alexander Amosu to find out more about his decisions, ideas, and challenges and to find out exactly how he does it!

During this four week intensive course, you will learn to;

Develop winning ideas for your business Start-up a successful business from scratch

Personal and Business Planning - Start Up Workshop

It is essential to have a realistic, working business plan when you're starting up a business. This workshop shows you how to create a robust business plan Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 1 Aurora Avenue, CLYDEBANK G81 1XQ Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Seminars Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Basic Bookkeeping

An introduction to bookkeeping for small businesses including what records you need to keep, how to store information and simple practical exercises.

Date: 21 Nov 2009 Location: Enterprise Business Centre, Admiral Court, Poynernook Road, ABERDEEN AB11 5QX Organiser: Brian Welsh Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Marketing and Market Research - Start Up Workshop

Getting the marketing right for your business is crucial to its success. This workshop will help you to understand your competitors, identify your customers and understand the things you need to consider for effective marketing

Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 2 Speirsbridge Way, Spiersbridge Bus. Pk, THORNLIEBANK G46 8NG Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Personal and Business Planning - Start Up Workshop

It is essential to have a realistic, working business plan when you're starting up a business. This workshop shows you how to create a robust business plan

Date: 20 Nov 2009 Location: Business Gateway, 2 Speirsbridge Way, Spiersbridge Bus. Pk, THORNLIEBANK G46 8NG Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Marketing and Market Research - Start Up Workshop

Getting the marketing right for your business is crucial to its success. This workshop will help you to understand your competitors, identify your customers and understand the things you need to consider for effective marketing

Date: 20 Nov 2009

Location: Business Gateway, 1 Aurora Avenue, CLYDEBANK G81 1XQ Organiser: Marie McKean Event Type: Seminars Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Negotiating Skills

This course gives you the knowledge and skills to negotiate business deals. Learn how a structured approach can make your negotiations more successful and lead to greater cost effectiveness, increased and new business.

Date: 20 Nov 2009

Location: George House, 36 North Hanover Street, GLASGOW G1 2AD Organiser: Gordon Morgan Event Type: Workshops Cost: Free Business Sector: All industries

Despite the current economic climate, the global economy is still expected to nearly double by 2030. To take advantage of this the UK must continue to encourage its current and prospective entrepreneurs to make the most of their ideas, not least through international connections and the emerging global markets.

This event will be the official launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week with talks from high profile people including:

* Senior Cabinet Minister * Matt Brittin, UK Managing Director, Google * Peter Jones CBE, Entrepreneur and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den

Bay Radio will be broadcasting live from Furness Enterprise

Global Entrepreneurship Week at LJMU 16 November 2009 16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

Global Entrepreneurship Week at LJMU 16 November 2009 16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

Global Entrepreneurship Week at LJMU 16 November 2009 16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

Global Entrepreneurship Week at LJMU 16 November 2009 16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

Global Entrepreneurship Week at LJMU 16 November 2009 16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

16 November marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide event for entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.

To coincide with this week, the LJMU Student Enterprise team are launching their annual business idea competition – Brainwave 2009. We’re looking for LJMU students with great business ideas or inventions. The student with the best idea will win a £250 prize. To find out more and to enter go to www.ljmu.ac.uk/startup

The DediPower Digital Awards aims to promote young British entrepreneurs and digital excellence – with the internet at its core. It is providing young people with a platform to achieve their goals and ambitions and help change the online business landscape and promote British leadership.

How to enter

The banks may not be lending but QMGS will!

Pupils with business ideas are encouraged to apply for start-up loans to set up their own businessess.

Make your mark challenge