Economic development

Promoting short courses for adult entrepreneurship that include skills training.

Norton College (Sheffield) opens its digital and creative industry facilities and business start up support services for the local community.

Sheffield College has a strategic commitment to enterprise and employability. We are opening a new Enterprise Gateway office in our City College. The Gateway, staffed by business mentors, is easily accessible to students and staff and will offer advice, guidance and practical help on business startups and all other aspects of enterprise. Our Gateway opening event is timed to fit around both Global Entrepreneurship a City College open evening, thereby attracting a high level of interest.

This event also included promotion of start up loans for young entrepreneurs.

Enter this fabulous competition to recieve access to our Business Plan Writing Programme.

We know that getting started with a business plan can feel overwhelming. That’s why we developed this course, taking you through all the steps you need in order for you to turn your business idea into a winning proposition. The course is delivered via video tuition and resources, meaning you go at the best pace for you. You can go back to parts, pause, rewind and ponder.

The programme will cover: The basics – What is a business plan and who is my audience?

Learners from Derby College will attend the Skills Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Held at the NEC Birmingham from 15-17 November, The Skills Show is free to attend and will play host to a range of skills competitions, awards and activities. Visitors will be inspired by skills in action as the best of the nation’s young talent perform at the WorldSkills UK Competitions; they’ll have chance to Have a Go at new skills, get up to the minute careers advice, access Apprenticeships and real job opportunities from employers, to help them make that next important step!

Learners across Derby College have been invited to come along and speak to local Entrepreneurs on Thursday 15th November 2012 for a 'Cafe Style' Workshop. Entrepreneurs and representatives from local businesses will be able to share their enterprising skills and characteristics with learners, and learners will be able to ask questions in an informal atmosphere. Entrepreneurs and reprensentatives from local Businesses include S&A Foods, Cirena Ltd who operate Birchover Hotel Apartments and Bay Tree Apartments in Derby, Oviso, Make a Difference and McAndrew Utilities.

For free access to ten journals in Emerald's innovation and enterprise collection, including Journal of Social Enterprise, Journal of Family Business Management, and Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, visit www.emeraldinsight.com/tk/gew2012

All ten journals are in free access from 12 - 18 November 2012. Pass it on!

KENT

GET ON BOARD TO SEE HOW EAST KENT BUSINESSES ARE BLOOMING

12 November - East Kent will get its first chance to see the Grow for It campaign in action this week, with a four-day bus tour to harness the spirit of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Grow for It in East Kent is the new Kent County Council business campaign to showcase East Kent as an entrepreneurial and inspiring place to do business, emphasising the significant business and lifestyle advantages of locating in East Kent.

Urbano Network is London's most innovative business network, combining a diverse calendar of business networking events with unique online networking tools.

Urbano's networking breakfasts events are stripped down conferences and explore themes common to all companies regardless of size and sector: Business (strategy, management and growth), People (Employees, recruitment & training), and Finance (investment, funding & profit).

Year 12 career academy students travel to London - Canary Wharf

2 hour Coca Cola Business Challenge

Speed Networking event including business mentors from Santander & LBG - Year 12 Career Academy students

Solutions for the Planet - basic challenge for Year 8 students

Year 11 attempting a 2 hour challenge in business lessons - 30 students max

We are launching our enterprise and entrepreneur initiative across all our curriculum areas. The GEW week is acting as a launch pad to secure enterprise is fostered across the whole college.

We are asking for students to come up with ideas for a business which can be set up on line or through an app.

The students will have the opportunity to fill in an idea postcard, upload it through our website or visit our roadshow 'pod' and create a 30 second video.

The ideas will be evaluated and then final (20 students) will be expected to present their idea via a storyboard micro plan.

Before becoming Director of Research for the EMEA region in July 2012, Toby had been Head of Finance Intelligence at Mintel. He is a self-confessed geek when it comes to research and, in particular, using research to understand the often dysfunctional relationship that people have with their financial services partners. Toby is a key spokesperson for Mintel, and can often be heard pushing for a better understanding of the consumer at industry and client events. To win your lunch with Toby, just click here: http://www.getlunched.com/mintel

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS Mintel and Get Lunched are offering you the unique opportunity to win a lunch with a Mintel expert analyst in the sector of your choice. Over lunch you will have the opportunity to put questions to the analyst and discuss the latest industry trends and find out first hand how they might affect your business.

Entrepreneurs, angel investors and selected business representatives will meet to network, share their experiences and connect. Our launch event will be a fantastic evening offering stunning views of the city and St Paul’s. The format of the evening will be a relaxed and friendly open networking environment. Because we know who you are, we’ll do our best to introduce you to the people you are looking to meet.

Be sure not to miss it!

Update: Due to demand our launch event is quickly approaching capacity, so please RSVP or contact us as soon as possible to confirm your place.

Year 12 Business students will be set 3 Apprentice Challenges across the week. They will be set in teams and the challenges will be set by specified teachers and in secret locations! Students will have to present their ideas in the Boardroom and along with a winning team, there will also be a losing team; whereby someone will be fired!

Working in teams as a business, students will start out with an initial investment, which they will have to use to set up a manufacturing company. They will be producing basic 2-D shapes from A4 paper and selling them at a price that the stock market dictates. This price will vary at intervals during the activity. The winning team will be the one who make the biggest profit by the end of the session. Prizes will be given for beat team in each house and for the best team overall.