Young Enterprise launches company team and start up programme groups for new academic year
Summary
Young Enterprise North East has launched company, team and start up programme groups for schools taking part in student businesses in the 2019/20 academic year. Many student companies will trade at the Metro Centre, Gateshead, in February 2020 and take part in area showcase events and competitions from April onwards. The regional Northumberland, Tyne & Wear volunteer board comprises Jill Tinsley, Young Enterprise regional manager North East, Yorkshire & Humber, Chris Hyde, managing director, Flowing Rooflines, Gurpreet Jagpal, chief executive, Durham Group, Sarah Pavlou, programme manager, RTC North, Stuart Miller, director and company secretary at CECA, Emma Gillespie, account manager, Activ Technology, Mica MacInnes, head of learning development at RTC North, Suzanne Wright, former senior advisor at ACAS and Sarah O’Mahoney, director, Bradley O’Mahoney Public Relations. A high percentage of young people are not in education or employment and many leave school without the skills they need to succeed in the real world. The company, team and start up programme groups are central to so much of this activity and we are now looking for schools to come forward and take part in what, for the students, will be a challenging, highly rewarding and stimulating experience.” Gurpreet Jagpal, chief executive, Durham Group, said: “As Young Enterprise is a charity, we are always looking for local businesses who are keen to support our programmes and events either financially or through volunteering.