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NatWest provides women entrepreneurs support and advice through female Ambassadors based in local markets and via partners Everywoman and Athena Network.

For more information, please contact marina.wegorek@rbs.co.uk

For start ups RBS provides support through - 2 years free banking, free relationship manager, online web site setting tools, wealth of resource and mentoring via Smarta and business start-up hotline etc. - they help 2000 new businesses every week.

For more information, please contact marina.wegorek@rbs.co.uk.

28 local offices available to support local schools and the community in general. Coutts private bankers in the regions could go across to local schools and volunteer to teach children about finance. Private Bankers in regional offices are involved in supporting 'Dragons Den' style events in their local schools.

For more information, please contact Sapna.Kandukuri@coutts.com

Coutts support Cranfield Business School in their entrepreneur programme and have a bursary - every year, two entrepreneurs are chosen to go along to the program part funded by Coutts .

For more information, please contact Sapna.Kandukuri@coutts.com

Bankers voluntarily educate students in schools on basics of finance. Business and enterprise could be part of the main curriculum .

For more information, please contact Sapna.Kandukuri@coutts.com

Successful entrepreneurs mentor social enterprise start ups - it helps bring a focus and business perspective to the social angle.

For more information, please contact Sapna.Kandukuri@coutts.com

Coutts Women Programme celebrates entrepreneurship by way of successful entrepreneurs coming together and exchanging experiences around a topic as a community via an online magazine.

For more information, please contact Sapna.Kandukuri@coutts.com

Coutts is supporting RBS's Young Enterprise initiative (Oct 2011 till March 2012) by providing an opportunity for its clients (successful entrepreneurs) to volunteer and deliver lectures/workshops to 150 Universities across the country.

For more information please contact Sapna.Kandukuri@coutts.com

RBS and NatWest staff will be supporting around 60 schools across the UK during GEW. They are volunteering to run the MoneySense 'You're in Business' enterprise events. MoneySense is the RBS and NatWest financial education programme aimed at 11-19 year olds teaching them everything from managing their own money to running a business.

For more information, please contact Sarah.Cowie@rbs.co.uk

What’s it all about? Students societies in the UK are enterprising. You raise money during the year, recruit members and organise events.

We believe you should be recognised for your efforts!

The RBS Enterprising Student Society Accreditation (ESSA), sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and LinkedIn, is a national scheme launched this year, which will pro-actively reward and recognise your societies and the teams behind them. The ESSA certification will be the official stamp of achievement and recognised by potential employers.

SIGN UP: http://theessa.com/

Enterprising U is the world’s largest university business plan competition hosted by Find Invest Grow (FIG), in Partnership with RBS and LinkedIn WHO IS IT FOR? Have you found investment for your business ideas? At the Enterprising U final event, 10 finalists can pitch their ideas to a room full of potential investors. The best business ideas can win up to £40,000 to help kick start their company

Sign up to kickstart your venture at http://www.enterprisingu.com/