All Aboard For G E W

The campaign to attract support for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull in November is already a huge success after only one month with Force-7 and Hull City Council gaining support from Hull\'s business and education leaders in the city for a  week of celebration that shows why Hull is an enterprising place. The week is all about embracing innovation, imagination and creativity. It showcases enterprise, opening up new opportunities for young people across Hull, the UK and the world. It embraces big issues like innovating out of the recession, low carbon technologies and sustainable growth. The success of Business Week in June has certainly given the organisers of GEW 2010 momentum.

Already Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 has secured financial support from the following companies in Hull:  the Co-operative Group, Arco, BP, Kingston Communications, Jenkins Shipping, Hertz Web Solutions Hosting, The Insurance Partnership, Force-7, Amanda\'s Blue Orchid, GH Productions, Garbera  Enterprises, Mail News & Media, Vic Golding Computers, Lynn Hope Communications, Xing Smoothies, as well as negociating a major sponsorship deal with St Stephen\'s that  will enable us to attract a highly regarded motivational speaker during the week.

Funding has also come from Hull City Council,  Hull and Chamber of Commerce, University of Hull, The Warren, Hull College, Hull Enterprise Partnership, Hull FC, HKR and Tigers Sport & Education Trust, Places for People, Working Links, PROBE, Creative Minds, and the Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust.
Richard  Duxbury Deputy Managing Director Mail News & Media said,

"Mail News & Media is once again proud to be a major supporter of Global Entrepreneurship week. As a business that has been at the heart of the local community for over 125 years, we recognise the importance of young people to the future of our city.Encouraging young people to be innovative, creative and passionate, whilst providing them with the skills and understanding of running a business is key to a talented and ambitious future workforce."

Lucy Stabler  account director at Force-7 said:
“We are delighted that within one month of raising the profile of Global Entrepreneurship Week we have managed to raise over  £25,000 in sponsorship from the private and educational sectors in Hull to put on activities during the week and a number of potential high profile speakers have been approached to take part in the week.”
“All of which clearly demonstrates that Hull is able to attract because of its status as Europe\'s second  most enterprising place, people who want to help its enterprising young people to dream dangerously.”
If any company or organisagion wants to get involved in GEW 2010 or indeed sponsor parts of the week, donations and support of all levels will be gratefully received -  please contact  612983 or 07990 510211."

27, Aug, 2010