BBC Up for Hire Live was a 1 week programme following 4 young people through a series of work experiences starting from basic/minimum wage right the way through to being the CEO of multi-million pounds businesses.

Enterprise Lab’s Ketan Makwana featured on the show as an active participant of opinions regarding employability and young people, during the week Ketan also was a business mentor on the show providing advice to young people who applied to come onto the show and discuss their CVs, experience and future ambitions.

The Opening Doors event on 16^th November 2011 coincided with the release of the latest figures of young people currently unemployed in the UK. The event itself was run by SilverSkills a partner of Enterprise Lab in conjunction with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation.

1000 school children from schools across North and East London attended the event, Enterprise Lab launched their 100 free hours of free mentoring to schools offering 5 schools 20 hours of free mentoring.

Simon Jordan is a leading Marketeer who left a well-paid corporate world to start his own marketing company. 1 year in and wanting to work with clients internationally he setup his own online TV channel and then with 7 months he was speaking across the states and working with clients from California to New York, from Paris to Germany. Throughout Simon’s life he has taken massive action and achieved big results. He is the host of SimonJordan.TV the highly acclaimed online TV show where he shares his marketing hints and tips to a global audience. Simon is also the Amazon 5 star rated author of How to Sky Rocket Your Business (without burning your fingers).  He’s an international speaker offering business and marketing advice with a good portion of motivation and inspiration thrown in. He is also a marketing mentor to thousands of business owners worldwide via his mentoring groups, TV and radio shows. Simon has also setup the Simon Jordan Radio show where he interviews others with inspiring stories.

LIVE Discussion on Youth Employment

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Naomi Timperley Co-Founder of Enterprise Lab features in the Manchester Evening News talking about Enterprise Lab and giving advice working mums.

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