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| Link Teacher and Volunteer Business Adviser Briefing - 24 August 2010Link Teacher and Volunteer Business Adviser Briefing
9 September 2010 6.00pm for 6.30pm
Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2GQ.
There will be a training and briefing session for all Link Teachers and Volunteer Business Advisers who will be involved with Young Enterprise Companies on 9 September 2010, 6.00pm for 6.30pm at Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2GQ. Light refreshments will be provided.
All visitors need to be booked into Unipart in advance of the event so it is important that if you are attending please email sarah.middleton@yese.org.uk to let Sarah know.
The evening provides an overview of the Company/Team Programme year for new Business Advisers and Link Teachers, updates more experienced advisers and link teachers of any changes and gives an opportunity for all to network with others who will be involved with the YE Company/Team Programme this year. |
| Business Adviser Of The Year - 24 July 2010
National Business Adviser Of The Year
Graham Varney from Benfield & Loxley building contractors was awarded the Young Enterprise Business Adviser of the Year Award. Supported by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the award recognises the role that Graham played in leading our team from Oxford High School to the Innovation Awards national finals.
Graham was delighted to win the award saying: “I’m honoured and really rather humbled with this award. The team made my job easy really because they were fantastic. All I did was help them with aspects such as time management, helping them to spot market opportunities and encourage them to think anything is possible. Their commitment, creativity and teamwork was amazing. I am proud to have been their business advisor.
John May, Chief Executive of Young Enterprise, said: “Volunteers are a vital part of the Company Programme experience and there is a real sense of pride and achievement when they are able to lead teams into the Innovation Award finals. Graham was instrumental in Oxygen’s success and has inspired them to nurture and unleash their enterprise and entrepreneurial talent. He is a worthy winner of this award.
Hazel Garvey, Director of Business Development at the ICAEW said: “The business volunteers that give their time and experience to young people taking part in the Company Programme are often the unsung heroes of Young Enterprise. The one word that Graham’s team kept saying about him was ‘frustrating’. But that is because he refused to give them the answers but did what the best advisers do and that is nurture their talents by guiding them and allowing them to make mistakes but then helping them to learn from these to grow and really develop and hone their business skills. He is a worthy winner and the Oxygen team I know are very proud to see him pick up this award.” |
| Oxygen Breeze Through - 25 June 2010Oxygen Triumph At Regionals
Congratulations to Oxygen who having won the county finals last month, and have now triumphed again at the regional finals in Maidstone, Kent.
Now Oxygen will go on to battle it out against 11 other regional winners in the national final in London next month.
Up for grabs is a trip to Sardinia to take part in the international competition.
Mike Gallacher, Oxford High School’s link teacher for Young Enterprise, said: “The girls were amazing and worked tremendously hard as a team. They were a credit to the school.”
Oxygen are following in the footsteps of another Oxford High School company, Eclectic, which won the regional final last year.
It is the fourth time in five years that an Oxfordshire company has taken the top honours in the South East.
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| County Final 2010 - 19 May 2010
Young Enterprise Oxfordshire County Final:
Oxford High School’s Oxygen takes top prize in a night of winners
Oxygen, the Young Enterprise company set up by students of Oxford High School, has scooped top prize as Best Company 2010 for Young Enterprise Oxfordshire. The team, which has produced a beautifully creative children’s guide book to Oxford, will now go on to compete in the Young Enterprise South East Regional Final in Maidstone in June.
Gordon Beach, Chair of Young Enterprise Oxfordshire County Board, presented the award, comments: “This year has been a close competition in every respect, and we applaud Oxygen for having the edge over a group of nine very strong companies. We wish them the very best of luck in the Regional Final.”
All of the nine teams competing produced innovative products with well thought-out business plans and good management. They had, after all, competed with 40 Young Enterprise Companies in Oxfordshire to win a place at last night’s final.
Here are the results in full:
Business Link Award for the Best Business Plan
Arc-Tec, North Oxfordshire Academy
Regenerated art and jewellery
The JSP Manufacturing Award
ZaZu Burford School
The Oxford Mail Media Award
Cloud 9
Ems2 Climate Change Award
ZaZu, Burford School
A range of clocks manufactured from recycled vinyl records
Best Display Stand
Kapow, Our Lady’ Abingdon
A recipe book for teenagers
Best Financial Report and Management
Cloud 9
Best Presentation
ZaZu, Burford School
The Challenge Cup for Marketing and Market Research
Azure, Oxford High School
Colour-changing mugs
The Unipart Automotive Cup for the Best Company Report
Azure
The Oxford Instruments Award for Innovation
Enigma
Automated text-response software providing school timetable information
The Oxfordshire Shield for the Best Company 2010
Oxygen
The judging panel were Dawn Brooks, Sales & Marketing Director, Oxford Instruments, Antony David, managing director, Solid State Logic and Ian Wenman, Chairman, Institute of Directors, Oxfordshire. |
| Area Finals 2010 - 02 May 2010YE Oxfordshire Area Finals
Twenty one companies from schools across Oxfordshire competed in Area Competitions for nine places at the Oxfordshire County Final of the Young Enterprise HSBC Innovation Awards to be held on 13th May 13th at the Said Business School in Oxford.
The nine successful companies were:
Arc-Tec from North Oxfordshire Academy
Azure from Oxford High School
Enigma from The Cherwell School
Cloud 9 from The School of St Helen and St Katharine
Kapow from Our Lady’s, Abingdon
Magama from The School of St Helen and St Katharine
Oxograph from Wychwood School
Oxygen from Oxford High School
ZaZu from Burford School
These nine companies will now compete for awards including the Best Innovation, Best Financial Management, Best Display Stand, Best Company Report and Best Presentation and Best Marketing. The winner of the Overall Best Company in Oxfordshire will go forward to the Young Enterprise South East Regional Final at Maidstone, Kent on 16th June.
Travel
The Said Business School is located at Park End Street OX11HP. Please note that there is no parking at the Business School.
If travelling by car use the Seacourt Park & Ride at Botley.(the bus stops opposite the Said Business School) or alternatively the closest car parks are Worcester Street Car Park, OX1 2BX or Oxpens Car Park next to the Ice Rink, OX1 1RX.
The Business School is adjacent to the Train Station.
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| Comapny Reports - 22 March 2010Company Reports
To enter the HSBC Innovation Awards send 5 Copies of your Company Report to
Sarah Middleton
Development Manager
Young Enterprise South East
1 The Green
Clanfield
Oxon
OX18 2SR
Reports must be posted by 1 April 2010 latest
Companies received a copy of the judging criteria in the Company Programme kit when they registered. These can also be downloaded from the YE company web-site.
All Oxfordshire YE companies are also eligible to enter the following Young Enterprise Oxfordshire competitions. Please note that the closing dates are 1 April 2010
* closing date 3 May 2010 |
| Trade Fair - January 2010 - 31 January 2010Trade Fair Success
The Oxfordshire Trade Fair for 2010 was a huge success. Twenty Companies competed for a range of prizes, with a wide selection of varied and imaginative products and services. The judges were very impressed with the exceptionally high standard of both products and stands, making their decison extremely difficult.
Prizes where awarded to...
Zazu, from Burford School for Best Trade Stand & Innovation
Azure, from Oxford High School for Best Customer Service
At the Trade Fair the winner of the Business Plan Competition was also annonced.
Congratulations to...
Art-tec, from North Oxford Academy
Many thanks to all the students, advisers & link teachers for their efforts on the day. We would also like to thank the team at Templars Square shopping centre for all their help both in advance of the event and on the day.
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| Deadlines Looming - 13 December 2009Business Plan Competiton & Trade Fair Entries
Companies are reminded that this Friday, 18th December, is the closing date for both entries to this years Business Plan Competition and for places at the Trade Fair in January.
Please see full details under Events and Competitons. |
| Christmas Card Tender Result - 22 November 2009CONGRATULATIONS
A very well done to Traditional Originals: UNEEK
at
Oxford School
who have won this years Christmas Card Tender.
The judges were impressed by all the entries and companies who entered should be very pleased with their efforts. |
| Christmas Card Tender - 28 September 2009 
Oxfordshire County Board Christmas Tender 2009
Never to early to think about Christmas with Young Enterprise.
The closing date for this years Christmas card competion is rapidly approaching.
By the 6th November your entries must be in.
For more details click here.
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| Northen Area Launch Event - 10 September 2009Young Enterprise North Oxfordshire
Invite you to our
2009 - 2010 Company Programme Launch
Marlborough School Business Centre, Woodstock
23rd September 2009
Link Teachers and Company Advisers
Young Enterprise North Oxfordshire Area Board is pleased to invite Link Teachers, Advisers and Achievers from our participating schools to this years Kick-Off event.
This is the first of our programme of workshops, we will have informative presentations and opportunities for group-working on the following subjects:
Company Programme
What to expect from the coming year
Board Roles
What the various Directorships in your YE Company are responsible for, and what makes them a success
Who Could You Sell To?
Identifying potential markets, and understanding what they want
Creativity and Innovation
Tools and techniques for generating and capturing great ideas
Our event will begin at 6:00pm Sharp! and we expect to be completed by 8:00pm. There is an optional Networking Buffet from 5:15 - 5:45pm, ideal for delegations where pupils would be otherwise unable to have an evening meal.
RSVP by 5:00pm on Wednesday 16th September
RSVP Please to yenorthoxon@googlemail.com indicating: Numbers of Achievers, Link Teacher and Advisers attending, and whether your group is coming at 5:15 for the Networking Buffet or 5:45 for the Main Event. |
| Link Teacher & Adviser Training - 12 August 2009Young Enterprise Oxfordshire Briefing for Central, South Oxfordshire & Vale Link Teachers and Business Advisers
7 September 2009, 6.00pm for 6.30pm
Unipart House, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG
There is a briefing for all Link Teachers and Advisers taking part in the YE Company Programme from September 09. The purpose of the session will be to provide an overview of the YE year including guidance on how to stay within the YE rules as well as outlining any changes.
There will be a speaker on how to facilitate the innovation process and help students to come up with innovative products.
Start-up packs will be given out and Link Teachers and Business Advisers will have a chance to meet, if they have not already done so.
There will be light refreshments at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start. The aim is to finish by 8.30pm
Please could you advise Dennis Robbins by email asap if you will be attending. For H&S it is a requirement that all visitors are booked into Unipart. dennis_robbins@unipart.co.uk
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| County Diary of Events 2009 / 2010 now available - 27 July 2009Dates and information on events and competitions throughout Oxfordshire are now available.
Further details are available from the drop down menu items "Events" and "Competitions".
View new calendar of events. |
| YE National Finals - 13 July 2009Congratulations to our very own Eclectic of Oxford High School for representing not just the county, but the whole of the South East, at the Nationals which took place in Park Lane, London during last week.
Eclectic's product was a story book (see trade stand above). The company is pictured below with Business Adviser Graham Varney (left) and Link Teacher Mike Gallagher (right).
In fact, Eclectic got down to the last 12 companies out of 3000 in the UK! |
| Success at Regional Final - 23 June 2009Congratulations to Eclectic from Oxford High School who managed to take both the Innovation Award and Best Company at the South East Regional Finals.
They will now go on to the National Finals in London, so the very best of luck to them.
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| New Chair for YE Oxfordshire's Northern Area Board - 17 June 2009 |
| Fees - I am a little shocked! - 08 May 2009Link teachers - do you have any questions or worries about the new fee structure for Young Enterprise Company Programme? View FAQs for the new charges. |
| Northern Area Winners! - 01 May 2009Congratulations to RoXSolid of North Oxfordshire Academy, Atom of Bloxham School, Polkadots and Bobs of Chipping Norton School, Plant Tots of Bicester Community College and Julie Stodart-Cooke of Kingham Hill School, who all took home special prizes at the Northern Oxfordshire Area finals on 30th April 2009.
Congratulations to our other finalists, all of whom were presented with framed finalist certificates; Cokethorpe Corp of Cokethorpe School, Fuse of The Warriner School, Click 12 of Kingham Hill School and Jack of All Trades of Bartholomew School.
More details ... |
| Northern Area Finalists Announced - 17 April 2009This year, the number of finalists competing at the Young Enterprise Oxfordshire Northern Area presentations on 30th April is double last year's number.
Companies from Bartholomew School, Bicester Community College,Bloxham School, Chipping Norton School, Cokethorpe School, Kingham Hill School,North Oxfordshire Academy, and Warriner School all submitted Company Reports and will go head-to-head for the two coveted places in the Oxfordshire County Finals in May.
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| North Oxfordshire Academy win Mayors 400 Charter Shield - 02 March 2009Congratulations to Roxsolid of North Oxfordshire Academy for winning the Best Trade Stand at the Northern Oxfordshire Board Trade Fair this Sunday 1st March 2009 in the Castle Quay Shopping Centre, Banbury. More details... |
| Snow joke! - 09 February 2009The Company Reports and Great Presentations seminar and Trade Fair have both been rescheduled because of the heavy snow in the North of the County.
- The Seminar will be on 26th February,
- The Trade Fair will be held on 1st March.
All other details remain the same. Send your numbers to Bill Brown! All dates are updated on the Calendar of Events on the Northern Area web page. |
| DATE CHANGE: Northern Area Finals are now Thurs 30th April - 29 January 2009All schools in Northern Oxfordshire please change your diaries to keep 30th April free for the Northern Area Presentations.
Up to 8 Schools who have successfully submitted a 10 page Company Report before the Easter holidays will be invited to present their experiences in a 5 minute slot at St Mary's Church, Banbury. Judges from the local business community will choose one or two companies to represent the Area in the County Finals at the Said Business School in May.
Other local prizes will be awarded - see the Northern Area pages of the website for more information. |
| Welcome to our new Area Development Manager - 12 January 2009Sad though we are to see Jeff Lloyd go, Young Enterprise South East has appointed Sarah Middleton as our new Area Development Manager.
Welcome to YE Oxfordshire, Sarah! |
| Pearls of wisdom for MDs! - 21 November 2008Calling all Managing Directors.
Experienced YE business adviser, Graham Jones, has put together some gems of advice for you based on his experience of advising YE companies. |
| Northern Area Calendar of Events - updated - 17 October 2008Please check out the dates for the Calendar of Events in the Northern Area. read more ... |
| Registering your YE Companies - 14 October 2008 |
| Northern Area Calendar of events - BEING UPDATED - 13 October 2008The Calendar of Events for the Northern Oxfordshire area is being updated.
NEXT EVENT: 18th November: Media Seminar - Bloxham Mill |
| Northern Area kickoff - 13 October 2008 |
| Sophie's blog begins... - 07 September 2008Sophie Kilmister, new link teacher at North Oxfordshire Academy, talks about her students' first YE meeting with adviser Kath Bonner Dunham. read more ... |
| September Training - 02 September 2008 |
| YE Alumni survey show true value of Company Programme - 20 August 2008YE Alumni survey shows true value of Young Enterprise in later life. read more ... |
| South East are National Runners Up! - 17 July 2008
The South East Regional winner,'The Green Footprint Group', scooped 2nd place in the National finals on 16th July at The Park Lane Hotel. read more ... |
| Chantilly wins CISCO Award - 16 July 2008Oxfordshire YE year 10 group, Chantilly, win National Award
read more ... |
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