Teen Biz Launches
November 1st 2011

WITH UK YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT & CRIME AT RECORD HIGHS, APPRENTICE FINALIST & YOUTH ENTERPRISE TRAIL BLAZER CLAIRE YOUNG LAUNCHES “TEENBIZ” IN NOV 2011.

 “We need to drive aspiration, pride and a go-getting attitude amongst our young people.
The government is promising the most entrepreneurial decade to date, yet there is little action to reflect this.” 
Claire Young

What is Teen Biz?
The UK's first business start up scheme for under 18s founded by Claire Young. One student per month will receive up to £500 funding, a mentor and a start up kit.
Applications open 1st November 2011 for awards to start from 1st January 2012.

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Claire Young, 32, is the straight-talking, no-nonsense businesswoman who is well known for reaching the final of BBC1’sThe Apprentice. Now a successful young businesswoman in her own right, Claire has been using her vast experience and business acumen to trail-blaze a movement across the UK; promoting entrepreneurship and enterprise to our younger generation.  Claire is now gearing up to launch new youth initiative Teenbiz, which provides funding to entrepreneurs aged 13 to 18 years old.  Launching in November, across a backdrop of riots and growing disenfranchisement amongst British youngsters, Teenbiz is proving ever more urgent and necessary.

With youth employment is at an all-time high - over 1 million 16-24 year olds are unemployed, costing the UK economy £10 million a day in lost productivity - Claire works hands-on across schools and various government organisations; engaging and encouraging students to raise their aspirations, take off their blinkers and think big!   An inspirational speaker with a burning social conscious, Claire hopes that her own story will motivate others to realise that with hard work, drive and determination, anything is possible.

Driven by the recognition of a desperate need to support Britain’s would-be young entrepreneurs, Claire launches Teenbiz in November 2011.  A scheme for 13 to 18 year olds to access start-up business funding and support, every month Teenbiz awards one successful student with  £500, the services of Claire as a business mentor and a ‘start-up’ pack donated by Teenbiz sponsors; comprising of a website, company stationery and an official Companies House formation.

Claire explains the thinking behind Teenbiz:  “You can become a Company Director at 16 years old, but a person under 18 has no way to access start-up funding. We need to lead from the front and create enterprise schemes that are sustainable.  Plenty of people are talking about enterprise and doing nothing, I’d rather put my money where my mouth is and make something happen.”

For more information go to
www.teenbiz.org.uk