Business leaders backing young entrepreneurs by promoting benefits of mentoring

A pioneering youth enterprise project in Hull is appealing for help from the regional business community to increase the support for young entrepreneurs who are trying to turn their ideas into action. Hull City Council's Youth Enterprise Team is looking to add to its network of business mentors to help young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 29 who are current or former participants of its Making Changes...

Young entrepreneurs call on mayoral candidates for action to help microbusinesses

Four mayoral candidates and three rising stars of business joined forces at a hustings organised to promote microbusinesses and youth enterprise in Hull and East Yorkshire. Victoria Smith, David Carter and Ellie Green all walked away with cash prizes to boost their business finances as a result of the THUD Yorkshire event. Anne Handley (Conservative), Kerry Harrison (Green), Margaret Pinder...

HEY LEP shares start-up stories to inspire new entrepreneurs

Stories of start-up firms have been compiled by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP) to help inform and inspire people tempted to take their first steps in business. The case studies feature ventures ranging from the launch of a brewery in a converted dairy to the journey of one man and his van growing a building services company with more than 200 staff. A chef who...

Entrepreneur and author welcomes business award as ‘better than a Bafta’

An entrepreneurial business consultant and author who picked up the lifetime achievement accolade in the region’s newest business awards declared the honour as “better than winning a Bafta!” Professor David Hall, whose achievements include advising construction giant Keepmoat for 40 years as it progressed to a sale worth nearly £800 million, said the Hull and East Yorkshire People in Business...

Hull web design firm to be ambassadors for nationwide entrepreneurs movement

A Hull-based web design company has been selected to be part of a nationwide roll-out of events designed to give the UK economy a major boost as it recovers from the pandemic. Nic and Sarah Johnson, who run it’seeze websites, will be the local ambassadors of Entrepreneurs Circle, which has thousands of members across the UK. Entrepreneurs Circle is led by Nigel Botterill, a Sunday Times...