Tenner Tycoon Campaign
Posted by Andrew Jones, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, at 16:29, Thu 3 March 2011:
At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday I asked the Prime Minister if he would join me in encouraging Harrogate and Knaresborough students to get involved in a landmark scheme helping to find the business stars of the future.
The Tenner Tycoon Campaign, spearheaded by Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones, will see the campaigning charity Enterprise UK loan hundreds of thousands of pounds to young people across the UK to encourage them to start up their own businesses. Participants in Tenner Tycoon will receive £10 and be challenged to make as much profit as they can in a month. As part of the scheme this year, the challenge is to also ‘give something back’. Participants are therefore being encouraged to donate some of their profits to charity and make a difference.
Tenner Tycoon is a great opportunity for students from our area to showcase their skills and gain practical business experience. With the challenge this year to also give something back to the community, students will learn to make a difference while making a profit. This means the whole area will benefit as a result of the campaign.
The aim of the competition is to generate excitement and enthusiasm for enterprise in our younger generation, and hopefully inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
I have written to all the local secondary schools encouraging them to take part and I am delighted to see that many are doing so.
Andrew Jones andrew.jones.mp@parliament.uk www.andrewjonesmp.co.uk 01423 529614
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