CELEBRATING

ENTER P R I S E 2014

ARRIVAL OF GUESTS: 12.30

OPENING OF EVENT: Master of Ceremonies Mark Craddock

WELCOME The Lord Wei of Shoreditch, Ruth Lowbridge, Executive Chair, SFEDI Group

AWARDS PRESENTATION: Enterprise Learning Provider presented by Nic Preston Winner: The Manchester College

Enterprise Educator presented by Leigh Sear Winner: Professor Andy Penaluna

Enterprising IOEE Member presented by Nathan Hardwick Winner: Hak Salih

Enterprising Learning Product presented by Tony Robinson OBE Winner: SureTrax

Enterprise Policy Influencer presented by Michele Roberts Winner: Jason Holt

IOEE Centre of Excellence presented by Jenny McDowell Winner: Manchester Metropolitan University

Get Started Award presented by Sarah Trouten Winner to be announced Enterprise Mentoring Champion presented by Jackie Jenks Winner to be announced

Enterprise Ambassador presented Ruth Lowbridge Winner: Jackie Jenks

Enterprising Learner presented by Malcolm Trotter Winner to be announced

IOEE International Lifetime Achievement presented by Lord Wei Winner: Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Paduka Dr Lim Kok Wing

IOEE Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Toni Mascolo Winner: John Timpson, CBE

FINAL REMARKS: Nathan Hardwick

CLOSING OF EVENT: Mark Craddock

NETWORKING: 2.15

I am delighted to host this celebration of enterprise and welcome enterprising people from across the UK, and the world, who have made a difference through teaching enterprise skills or using their newly learned enterprise skills to fulfil their entrepreneurial ambitions.

My own life has involved a mix of business, not for profits, and both together, and I will make no apology for seeking to bring both sides together. Increasingly, the worlds of social and charitable action and entrepreneurship are converging and it’s inspiring to welcome so many individuals today that are not only achieving tremendous success in their field of enterprise, but are also making time to give back, whether that’s through mentoring, championing a cause, ensuring their business delivers for their employees as well as themselves, or helping to bring enterprise skills to those who could benefit the most. All are doing their part to encourage better and more responsible businesses.

Congratulations to today’s award winners and everyone who is making a difference in the world of enterprise, which holds the key to achieving sustainable change for good across today’s global community.

The Lord Wei of ShoreditchHouse of Lords

Thank you for joining us today to celebrate and reward the very best in Enterprise Learning and Skills in the UK and beyond. We are proud to be working with a range of fantastic partners making sure that enterprise and entrepreneurship is at the heart of our global economic development and growth.

This year has seen us working with the farming community in the UK to help increase their business resilience through mentoring support and the creation of a Farming Resilience Tool Kit. This builds on the Get Mentoring project and provides a template for other sector specific mentoring projects. We have also ventured outside of the UK, travelling to Malaysia to see how enterprise and innovation in Higher Education is leading the way in terms of global enterprise and entrepreneurship taking IOEE into a global marketplace.

Everyone being recognised today is contributing in their own way to the growth and sustainability of the small and micro business sector forming the lifeblood of our growing global economy.

We are proud to be part of this celebration of enterprise and hope that you leave today’s event inspired to continue to do what you can to ensure all small and micro businesses have the right enterprising skills and knowledge to start, survive and thrive.

Ruth Lowbridge Executive ChairSFEDI Group

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WELCOME PROGRAMME

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Enterprising IOEE MemberHak Salih

Hak Salih is an inspiring example of how entrepreneurial experience and a willingness to share this with others can be a force for good for small businesses. After graduating, Hak set up a shop with a friend. The venture ended in the toughest of circumstances when it was damaged in the Bishopgate bomb of ‘93. Hak’s determination led him to then go on to have a long and successful career in the stock market. Taking time out in 2012, he wanted to give something back and spotted the Get Mentoring training. He has since mentored many small businesses met via Meet A Mentor or the IOEE community, on an entirely voluntarily basis and has become an invaluable source of support.

Enterprising Learning ProductSureTrax

SureTrax have designed an innovative new programme which helps learners understand how to engage with employers with confidence and better achieve their career goals. The programme helps learners become their own research, employer engagement and sales team, and gives them ownership for contacting employers in a confident and professional manner. The ‘activity and action programme’ which includes modules such as, ‘Selling Yourself in the Employment Market’, and ‘Preparation for Life & Work’, provides young people with a clear action plan enabling them to pursue work, education and self employment opportunities. The product has already reached 300 learners and has been adopted by many colleges and training organisations.

Enterprise Learning ProviderThe Manchester College

The Manchester College has won this award for their commitment and drive in working in partnership with SFEDI Awards to pioneer programmes to take enterprise learning into the prison environment. Their objective is to provide a structured progression journey for individuals who are interested in exploring and progressing self employment. Their work in this area is underpinned by their belief that enabling self employment will reduce the rates of reoffending. SFEDI Awards has worked with the team closely and been impressed by their passion for developing programmes that will both teach skills and build confidence amongst a community where self employment can provide a positive and sustainable future.

Enterprise EducatorProfessor Andy Penaluna

Andy Penaluna is Professor of Creative Entrepreneurship at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David (UWTSD). He has worked in FE and HE for over 30 years and first introduced enterprise into the curriculum in 1987. For the past four years he has helped to develop and contribute to teacher education; his university has the UK’s first fully validated PGCE / PCET module in entrepreneurship education. As a designer and entrepreneur who moved into teaching, Andy teaches both creativity for businesses and business for creatives. Andy now works closely with Welsh and UK Governments and also advises the European Commission and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development on enterprise education policy.

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Enterprise Policy InfluencerJason Holt

Jason Holt is CEO of the Holts Group comprising four businesses spanning jewellery manufacture and retailing (Holts Jewellery and Holts Lapidary), education (Holts Academy) and augmented reality emerging technology (Holition). The Holts Group employs 100 staff. Having championed Apprenticeships for many years, in 2012 Jason authored the published Government Review ‘Making Apprenticeships More Accessible to SMEs’. In 2013, Jason was appointed Apprenticeship Ambassador for SMEs by the Government to advise on how best to engage with smaller businesses and help increase the number, quality, impact, and reach of Apprenticeships. He was recently appointed Chair of the Government’s Craft Trailblazer apprenticeship initiative. Jason is Holder of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion, Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Goldsmiths Company.

IOEE Centre of ExcellenceManchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

Manchester Metropolitan University is creating the next generation of successful entrepreneurs and professionals through its creative and experiential approach to enterprise education. The university has developed the award winning ICE approach (Ideas, Creativity and Entrepreneurship) which has become the starting point for entrepreneurial thinking across the university. ICE units form an essential part of the business management programmes and are integrated into other courses, including Tourism and Hospitality. The Centre will be used to accredit programmes, units and commercial activity, recognise entrepreneurial talent across the university and offer development for budding and established entrepreneurs. The increase in the number of students engaged in enterprise learning is testament to its success with over 2000 students studying enterprise in 2014, up from 50 students in 1999.

Enterprise AmbassadorJackie Jenks

Jackie’s work in the field of enterprise mentoring has made her a driving force in the implementation of numerous programmes to train and deploy good quality enterprise mentors for new and growing businesses. This support has been a critical success factor amongst the businesses it’s reached. Her energy and enthusiasm has also led to Jackie creating the National Corporate Mentoring Network, which has the potential to enable hundreds, if not thousands, more small businesses to access this invaluable source of support.

Craig Matthew Clay & Taylor ReeceThe B Store

The B Store, launched this year in the creative quarter of Birmingham, is a cool city centre hub for the Casio G-Shock brand and custom single speed “fixie” bikes. It stocks a range of G-Shock watches, rivalled only by Harvey Nichols and Selfridges, and sells custom built bikes via Brick Lane Bikes. The pair plan to open more UK stores, set up an urban cycling events company, and launch ‘Bike Kitchen’ - a community based project teaching cycling awareness and bike maintenance.

Martin HillIndy Publishing

For over 18 years, Martin Hill has worked with big cats including lions, tigers and cheetahs. In 2013 Martin founded Indy Publishing to share stories about the animals he loves in a series of children’s books. His success in making his unique and educational books available in wildlife parks and national publishing channels, is a testament to his lifelong commitment to increasing knowledge about these fascinating animals and his hard work in setting up a business in this field.

Julio DunbarFORMinVOID

Architect and designer Julio Dunbar develops furniture, lighting and insulation designs for clients and boutique retailers. With a Master’s degree in architecture and years of experience in architecture firms, Julio was encouraged by a colleague to set up his business in 2012. The funding from Get Started helped him source quality materials and produce more impressive prototypes to attract more interest from retailers. Julio’s considerable talent and determination is helping the business go from strength to strength.

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Charles Richard BarkerThe Chocolate Cottage

Charles Richard Barker and his wife, Angela, returned to the Lake District to set up The Chocolate Cottage. With funding and mentor support from Get Started, they have created a strong brand for their range of high quality products, which has made them highly sought after both locally and further afield. Contracts have already been secured with local retail outlets and there are further plans to promote the chocolates to hotels and larger outlets.

Peter MedlicottPeter Medlicott Photography and Consultancy

Peter launched his commercial photography service after receiving support from from Get Started. With 20 years experience as a freelance photographer, his new business offers wider commercial photography services including advertising imagery, food and drink imagery, fashion photography, model portfolios, family and wedding services, event and PR photography and editorial commissions.

Pierre Remy & Victor Atiemo Secure On Site

Secure On Site started trading in 2013 to provide manned guarding security services. The business supplies SIA licensed personnel to a range of clients including offices, shops, construction and warehouse sites. Main services covered are the supply of security personnel such as door supervisors, CCTV monitoring staff, close protection and key holding staff, event managing and general security guards.

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Martin LewisNominated by the Lloyds Banking Group

Martin was one of Lloyds Banking Group’s first enterprise

mentors. As well as having many successful mentoring relationships of

his own, Martin has also helped to raise the profile of mentoring across the business by proactively supporting colleagues new to mentoring. He has a background in Key Markets and an extensive professional network, which has made him an invaluable source of support for mentees and fellow mentors.

Duncan WebsterNominated by the Lloyds Banking Group

Duncan has mentored an enterprise award winner since

he started mentoring in 2012. A specialist mentor in IT, he has

put years of experience into helping his mentees. He has also attended various events to raise the profile of mentoring to small businesses. Duncan and his mentee won the Excellence in Innovation Award at the Excellence in Enterprise Mentoring Awards in 2013.

Georgia Tims Nominated by Amanda Smallman

Georgia started her Apprenticeship with

her employer, Social Media Buz. With a passion and flair for social media and online communications, Georgia has used her Apprenticeship to focus on the specific needs of the business. She now works on a number of clients’ social media campaigns and also attends many local networking events, representing her employer and identifying new business opportunities.

Shannen Scott Nominated by Career Studio (Scotland) Ltd

Since starting her Apprenticeship in

Enterprise in 2012, Shannon has gone on to be the Chief Executive of a very successful youth led social enterprise called Apprenticeships in Scotland which specialises in youth vacancies. Last year it worked with key public and private sector bodies to help around 5000 young people into employment. Shannen has represented a youth leadership voice at many events and is a 2014 finalist for Young Scot of the Year. Shannen is a real example of what young people can achieve given the right support and opportunity through the development of entrepreneurial skills.

Paul Dolman Nominated by TCHC

Paul was made redundant after

spending 10 years working in a power station maintaining, repairing and rectifying faults. He decided to develop his skills and become a self employed plumber. He had never been self employed before so signed up for the SFEDI Awards Level 1 Award in Understanding Personal Enterprising Qualities which helped him develop a business plan, identify his skills gaps and get ready to set up his enterprise. Paul is outstanding in the way he has embraced learning by retraining in both technical and business skills.

Luana Poerio Nominated by The Sheffield College

Luana followed a BTEC in Art and

Design with a degree in Jewellery Making and Metal work at Sheffield Hallam University. At 25 years old and with no commercial experience, Luana struggled to turn her vision of becoming a jewellery designer into a reality. The SFEDI Awards Level 2 Certificate in Creating and Starting Your Business qualification enabled Luana to work out how she could commercialise her skills and develop a valid proposition for investment, and develop confidence in her ideas. Since the course Luana has secured £5000 of investment, sourced premises, and launched her business ‘Oro Jewellery’.

Jacqueline Hilson Nominated by The Sheffield College

Jacqueline is multi talented, having over

the last 20 years home educated her children and developed art and craft skills to create textile products that she’s now shaping into a successful business. Jacqueline completed the SFEDI Awards Level 2 Certificate in Creating and Starting Your Business course and soon after launched ‘Jacqui Hilson Textiles’. Since then her business has grown with her expanding the product range and exhibiting work locally. Jacqueline is not only a talented textile artist, but has the drive, determination and passion to make her business a success.

Jamie Stevens Nominated by A4e

When Jamie first began the SFEDI

Awards Level 2 Award in Preparing

to Set Up a New Business, he admitted that he was finding it hard to focus. His heart wasn’t in his business idea, odd jobs and home maintenance, and he felt he needed time to think. He then completed the SFEDI Awards Level 1 Award Understanding the Skills and Knowledge Required to Run a Business and instead decided to pursue his passion and open a darts supplies shop. He is now putting this plan into action using learning from both the Level 1 and Level 2 courses and has exciting plans for the future launch of his shop.

Laura Kaye TomlinsonNominated by TME Professional

Laura has a natural ability to coach and develop people. She provides support to many small

businesses, drawing on her 18 years of accounting expertise as

well as her experience of starting her own business. Over the past two years she

has mentored with the Prince’s Trust and the Cherie Blair Foundation. She has a passion for helping entrepreneurs realise their potential and thrives on seeing them succeed.

Michael RourkeNominated by the Lloyds

Banking Group

Since 2013, Michael has mentored via his mentoring organisation as

well as taking on direct mentoring requests. With a background in

Finance and a senior role in the business, he has taken time to champion the mentoring

work externally and speak about his experiences of mentoring at the Corporate Mentoring Network to other Corporates interested in implementing mentoring programmes.

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IOEE Lifetime Achievement AwardJohn Timpson CBE, Chairman, Timpson

John Timpson was born in 1943 and educated at Oundle and Nottingham University. After a Graduate Training Scheme with C & J Clark at Street, he joined the family footwear business William Timpson Limited, becoming the Director responsible for buying in 1970. Following the acquisition of the business in 1973, John became MD of another retail business, before being appointed MD of William Timpson, his original family business, in 1975. In 1983 he led a £42m management buyout of the company. In 1987 he sold the shoe shops and built up the shoe repairing and key cutting business, diversifying into engraving, watch repairs, dry cleaning and photo processing. Over 25 years the business acquired the Automagic chain, Minit UK, 40 Sainsbury concessions and 187 digital photo shops. Timpson now has over 800 branches nationwide, a turnover of £150m and profits of over £10m. It is a private business wholly owned by John Timpson and his family.John has been married to his wife Alex for 41 years. They have five children and have fostered over 80 children. John is a trustee at Uppingham School, was a trustee of ChildLine, and has been Chair of Governors for five schools. His book ‘Dear James’ passes on to his son the lessons learned in 30 years as a Chief Executive. For 10 years he has had a column in Real Business magazine and regularly contributes to The Daily Telegraph. John has gained a reputation as a paternalistic employer and runs a ‘Dream Come True’ programme for staff, which has paid for eye operations and reunited families. Staff get their birthdays off, bonuses for exceeding targets and he is determined to keep the final-salary pension scheme. It is, he says, “blindingly obvious” that if you treat people well, they will do a good job. The company has also recently set up a training school for young offenders in Liverpool. In 2004 he was awarded the CBE in the Birthday Honours List for Services to the Retail Sector.

International Lifetime Achievment AwardTan Sri Dato’ Sri Paduka Dr Lim Kok Wing Founder and President of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology

With campuses in Asia, Africa and the UK, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology is a pioneering institute that UNESCO has called a New Model University.

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Paduka Dr Lim Kok Wing has received accolades from around the world in acknowledgement of his extraordinary contribution to innovation and education. In 2010 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award with the title of ‘Malaysia’s Father of Creativity and Innovation’ from the Malaysian Government.

Early in his career he saw enormous value in Malaysian talent and left a high-flying career in a multinational advertising company to build a foundation to grow local talent. He established Wings Creative Consultants, an agency focussed on developing the creative thinking and capabilities of Malaysian students. He made it possible for them to attain diplomas in disciplines such as art direction, interior design, marketing and public relations that they would otherwise have had to leave Malaysia to study. What made them particularly useful to industry was the mandatory study of computer software.

Within three years this home grown talent was enabling businesses to take advantage of the commercial opportunities of the internet and e-commerce, which made a huge difference to the competitive capabilities of the Malaysian economy. Today many of those early graduates hold key positions in industry and run businesses of their own.

What began as a small institute with 300 local students in 1992 has now grown into a global university with campuses in six countries in three continents. Limkokwing University of Creative Technology created a new vision for education that aims to build a talent base equipped to meet the challenges of this new century. In 2007, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology was conferred a special award by the Ministry of Higher Education for its innovative approach and dedication to globalising Malaysian education.

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Originally the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative, the founding company SFEDI is now focused on raising the quality of enterprising skills by identifying and delivering programmes of support which increase start up and survival rates amongst small and micro business communities.

SFEDI Awards is the UK’s only specialised awarding organisation developing and delivering enterprise and enterprise support qualifications through its network of delivery centres. Its qualifications are built on extensive research and are designed for those who wish to start and grow their own business, and the business support professionals who work with them.

SFEDI Solutions works with a diverse range of organisations in the public, private and third sector to provide enterprising solutions for the challenges and opportunities faced in understanding and supporting enterprise learning and skills development. Its core services are standards setting and research, development and delivery of best practice enterprise learning and skills development solutions and advocacy.

The IOEE is the first learning institute dedicated to developing and recognising the skills of enterprising people. It respects and recognises everyone who takes the risk to control their own destiny by starting and running their own business. It also supports enterprise professionals in developing their skills and knowledge to a high standard to provide outstanding enterprise support.

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ABOUT US

Passionate about what we do, we are the government recognised Sector Skills Organisation for enterprise and business support. Established in 1996, we have earned recognition as the experts in skills and know-how development for small, medium and micro businesses. The group includes SFEDI, SFEDI Awards, SFEDI Solutions and the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE).

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We are delighted to have the support of our Advisory Council comprised of representatives from national enterprise and enterprise support membership organisations, government, financial institutions, policy influencers and private sector businesses.

The current Advisory Council includes:

ACCABBABISCBICOSLACREMEEnterprise Educators UK

Enterprise RockersFPBFSBIABICAEWIFALANTRA

Lloyds Banking GroupNBWNNENPRIMESkills CFAWinwebYoung Enterprise

We are proud to work with a range of partners who help bring our standards to life through the development of specialised enterprise related programmes, qualifications and learning resources. Current partners include:

ABOUT US ADVISORY COUNCIL & PARTNERSHIPS

Anglia Ruskin UniversityBBABritish Bankers AssociationBusiness Mentors South WestClimate Change NE and SEDept for Business innovation and SkillsEnterprise Educators UKHewlett PackardInnovateUK

Farming Community NetworkGovernment Equalities OfficeIngeusInstitute of Professional Will WritersInstitute of Supply Chain Management (IOSCM)Liverpool LEPLloyds Banking GroupNational Apprenticeship Service

Newcastle UniversityNorth East LEPPolicy Research Group, St Chad’s College, Durham UniversityReal Ideas Organisation (RIO)Skills CFAStart Up Loans CompanySureTraxToni & GuyWaitrose

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SFEDI runs a number of programmes and initiatives to support and encourage enterprise skills development, mentoring, and business growth amongst small businesses, these include:

SFEDI is one of the Government backed Start Up Loans delivery partners, and has a high quality programme called Get Started which provides finance, mentor support and learning to support new start businesses.

 

SFEDI runs a national mentoring initiative for the farming and agricultural sector which has trained 200 volunteer mentors in the sector and is currently matching those mentors with farmers, supporting them and helping their businesses grow and thrive. 

Run by SFEDI and supported by the National Apprenticeship Service, Apprenticemakers is a peer to peer mentoring community which raises the profile of Apprenticeships for small businesses and enables budding apprentice employers to connect with those that have already been through the process.

Lloyds Bank is delighted to be supporting the Celebrating Enterprise event at the House of Commons and we congratulate all the individuals and organisations being recognised today.

Lloyds Bank works with SFEDI and the IOEE to train, support and match volunteer bank mentors with new and growing businesses that request mentoring support.

Lloyds has pledged 20,000 hours of time to the Business Finance Taskforce’s mentoring scheme, led by the British Bankers Association, and has an exceptional breadth of mentors from across the company.

A big thank you to the sponsor for their generous contribution and to everyone that’s taken the time to come along to celebrate everyone’s enterprising achievements in 2014.

Congratulations to all of our award winners and runners up, wishing them well in their future enterprising journey.

And finally, thanks to all of the people who have worked with us over the years and continue to help us raise the quality and extent of our enterprising skills remit, helping hundreds of thousands of individuals become more enterprising.

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THANK YOU

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