Enterprise education continues to be on the horizon as Lord Young's review is due to report in June - September this year. Enterprise education focuses upon the development of learners' soft skills, such as resourcefulness, creativity and determination, along with developing their financial capability and economic and business understanding. These are all qualities which would help prepare generations, not only with their academic progression, but their ability to perform effectively in the workplace. As Entrepreneur, Doug Richard has stated; 'You don't have to become an entrepreneur to find an entrepreneurship education valuable. If we don't teach people the economics of society and how the world works, and that most of the value in society comes from entrepreneurial activity, then all we create is a group of uninformed citizens who are simply prey to be taken advantage of. ' About the Competition Tycoon in Schools is a nationwide campaign to get Britain's school children involved in enterprise and entrepreneurship.

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The competition, which runs during the autumn term, gives students a real opportunity to have a go at starting a business. By taking part in the initiative, schools are helping to stimulate an enterprising culture that will have a lasting impact on thousands of students across Britain. The competition is free to enter and open to all schools in England both public and private sector, and aimed at students aged 11-18 and those 16 and under in FE colleges. Spearheaded by Peter Jones CBE, and the Peter Jones Foundation, in response to repeated calls for a national enterprise challenge in schools, the campaign is driving forward Peter's mission to put enterprise at the heart of the education system in Britain. 'For too long schools across Britain have been calling out for an enterprise challenge to encourage their young people to dream big. You can't start early enough when it comes to learning about enterprise and through Tycoon in Schools I can't wait to see young people become inspired to realise their potential.

' Peter Jones CBE The 2013 Tycoon in Schools competition was a huge success. Over 600 children in over 120 teams from schools across the country competed, with business concepts ranging from developing a funnel for recycling fuel, 'upcycling' of records and other retro items, and oyster card holders. The awards ceremony was held at Buckingham Palace, hosted by HRH The Duke of York, KG, Patron of the Peter Jones Foundation. At the ceremony, Funnelling4Fuel from Avonbourne School in Dorset were crowned the overall winners for their innovative recycling of vegetable oil. Prizes were also awarded to outstanding teams for community engagement, achievement, sustainability and business concept. Tycoon in Schools 2014 Now in its third year, the competition is bigger and better following last year when Tycoon in Schools received support from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to help rollout the campaign further and encourage more school children to take part. Schools can register on-line now at www.tvcooninschools.com and will receive a registration pack to get students thinking about their business idea.

Schools must register on-line by 8th September 2014 to take part. The actual formal Tycoon in Schools 2014 competition starts in September when pupils will pitch their business ideas to their tutors, following a series of business planning sessions provided in advance by the Peter Jones Foundation.

A millionaire businessman has given the Labour Party a pounds 300,000 state-of-the-art computer system in return for being allowed to use and sell-on information stored on it. Ntlite Crack. Philip Jeffrey, the multi- millionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune from the Fads DIY chain, has set up a business to provide the party's new media centre with the latest computer hardware and software. In return for this, he will try to sell the information and the expertise his company has gleaned to other commercial organisations and political parties round the world. Mr Jeffrey's donation was kept under wraps by party officials when they launched their pounds 2m media headquarters earlier this year with the computer system - codenamed Excalibur - as its electronic heart. Dubbed 'Mandelson Tower' by some party activists, the centre, which is modelled on a United States-style presidential race headquarters, will be run by Peter Mandelson, head of the election campaign team. Until recently, Mr Jeffrey, a Labour supporter, owned the New Statesman and Society, the left-wing weekly magazine. The company that owns Excalibur is called New Statesman Database but it has no connection with the magazine, which he has sold to the wealthy Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson.