17th November 2009

Global Start Up Challenge

York Entrepreneur Society Committee member Louise Flower has secured a place in a global enterprise competition involving 8 entrepreneurs from up and down the country. The Global Start Up Challenge is run in conjunction with Alibaba, the world's largest online meeting place for Entrepreneurs and SME's.

For more information click here.

For a new article relating to the competition click here.

16th November 2009

The Pitch Starts Today!

The Pitch 2009 has started today, 8 teams are currently taking part in a week long challenge that will see them develop a business plan for a new commercial outlet on the New Heslington East Campus.

To find out more click here.

16th November 2009

Global Entrepreneurship Week

This week (16th-20th Nov) is Global Entrepreneurship Week. It’s a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality. Global Entrepreneurship Week is a shining example of Britain leading the world in enterprise and innovation. At this time of unprecedented global change.

2nd November 2009

YES launch latest event, 'The Pitch 2009'

The York Entrepreneurs Society have launched their latest event, called The Pitch 2009 the event will test students to their creative limits. Set to take place in Global Enterprise Week (Week 6, 16th Nov-19th Nov) the event will see a number of teams made of three persons each do battle for a prize fund of £600!

APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED

For more information on The Pitch 2009 click here.

For more information on Global Enterprise Week click here.

12th October 2009

Freshers

The York Entrepreneurs Society would like to welcome all the new students who have joined the University of York this week. York is proud to have one of the oldest and best University Enterprise Societies in the United Kingdom, after recently attaining an International Enterprise Award at the IEEC 2009 in Edinburgh. The YES have an ambitious plan of events and projects lined up for the upcoming year, entry to all of these is free and there is no membership fee to the YES.

The YES are traditionally an events based society, in this sense we organise and host business events for students to enter (free of charge), in which they will tackle a series of challenges against other teams for large cash prizes. Since it's establishment in 2004 the YES have awarded over £4500 to York students!

To find out more about the YES click here.

To find out more about the past events we have run click here.

9th October 2009

YES Attend Regional Training Day

The York Entrepreneurs Society attended the NACUE North Network Training Day on October the 9^th in the Manchester branch of the E-Office. Several committee members were present including Henry Coyle (President), Louise Flower (External Enterprise Director) and the NACUE North Regional Chair Matthew Freckelton. Also present was Scott Murphy, Chloe Milne and Katie Laing. The agenda for the training was an ambitious selection of workshops, speakers and networking sessions. Speakers included Paolo Barone who works as an Academic Evangelist for Microsoft and Rajeeb Dey, founder and director of ‘Enternships’. The YES made many new contacts and subsequently several plans are being developed with other enterprise societies around the region to allow more opportunities for students to take part in YES events and activities.

For more information on NACUE click here.

For more information on Enternships click here.

3rd September 2009

York Entrepreneurs Win International Enterprise Award

The York Entrepreneurs Society has been Awarded the ‘Society Award’ at the International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference 2009, which was held in Edinburgh over the past three days. The society fought off competition from universities all over the country including King’s College London and Cambridge.

The award was sponsored by NACUE and was given by the founder and president of NACUE Victoria Lennox. Along with the impressive glass trophy the society will also receive close support and advice on hosting better enterprise events. With this new status The York Entrepreneurs Society can proudly claim to be one of the best enterprise societies in the United Kingdom and Europe!

(From left to right) Matt Smith (NACUE), Matthew Freckelton (YES) and Victoria Lennox (NACUE).

For more information on the IEEC click here.

For an article regarding the event from The York Press click here.

27th August 2009

York Entrepreneurs Society secures internship for students

The York Entrepreneurs Society has established two internship places with Northern rail, transport operator of the year 2007. Jordan Abbott and Gordon Harrison took part in the Entrepreneurs event The Trader 2009, after coming second they competed with the winning team in an advertising challenge to secure a five week internship with Northern Rail.

There new marketing campaign which is aimed at getting students to travel more on the railways will be implemented next month across the 2,500km route that Northern Rail operate on. One of the ideas is to offer students free entry to Oceana Night Club in Leeds if they buy a Northern Rail ticket to Leeds on a Monday night.

If you would like to more about Northern Rail click here.

24th  August 2009

New partnership program

The York Entrepreneurs Society is now directly funded and sponsored by the National Council of Graduate Entrepreneurs (NCGE) through its development fund which is operated by ‘Flying Start’. This new partnership will allow the society to expand its role inside and outside the university and offer students a lot more opportunities.

One of the key new features that will be heading to York will be the introduction of specialised workshops that will help students build new skills and gain expert knowledge. So far Flying Start has already run over 450 workshops across the UK with over 7,000 attendees!

If you would like to more about ‘Flying Start’ click here.

22nd August 2009

York Entrepreneurs Society Award Nomination

The York Entrepreneurs Society has been nominated for the ‘Society Award’ at the annual IEEC conference in Edinburgh, shortlisted along with three other universities which include, Cambridge University, Kings College London and SRC.

The award ceremony takes place on the 3rd of September with numerous speakers including: Professors Phil Race and Allan Gibb and TV Dragon Doug Richard as well as including keynotes from British Council Sri Lanka.

Representing the York Entrepreneurs Society and the University of York is Matthew Freckelton who nominated the Society and Henry Coyle, the new president for the academic year 2009/2010.

To find out more about the IEEC click here.

30th June 2009

Nouse Top 50

The York Entrepreneurs Society former president has been recognised for his achievements in enterprise and entrepreneurial endeavour by the campus newspaper ‘Nouse’ in their ‘nousefifty09’ list. The list recognises the 50 students who have contributed the most to student life over the past year.

Suraj Gangani who was president of the York Entrepreneurs Society from 2008 to 2009 was recognised for his achievements in enterprise.  The article in Nouse said of Gangani;

“During his year as President of York Entrepreneurs, Suraj has overseen the most successful York Apprentice ever and raised the profile of the society on campus. Within the society, he is well known for his kindness, warmth and professionalism”

For more information on this and the nousefifty09 click here.

6th June 2009

The Apprentice York 2009 Winner

Congratulations to mBezel who have won The Apprentice York 2009 and the £1000 prize money. Commiserations to Vivacity and Calibre who came second and third respectively. The results were extremely close which boiled down to a difference of twelve extra people at The Woodstock Warm Up which swayed the result in mBezel's favour.

Congratulations to Anne-Sophie Noten, Michael Batula, Tim Ngwena and Cesca Dessain. Following the raffle draw, congratulations to Daria Pawlowska, holder of the yellow ticket number 215 who has won a £100 voucher for any bar, restaurant or any high-street retailer.

To find out more click here.

1st June 2009

The Apprentice York 2009 Launch Event

Following the successful launch event on Monday 1st June, we are delighted to announce that we raised £3300 in the first challenge for Newlife Charity. We were honoured to host a wide range of distinguished guests including Syed Ahmed, Contestant of BBC TV Series, 'The Apprentice', The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of York, the Sheriff and Sheriff's Consort, Peter Ide from Yorkshire Forward and the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of York, Chris Henshall.

For a short news report from Nouse regarding the Launch Event click here.

1st May 2009

NACUE Conference

On Friday 1st May 2009, Suraj Gangani, Scott Murphy and Matthew Freckelton, travelled to London to attend the inauguration of the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs. The event hosted the future potential of the global economy to help and support drive the growth of entrepreneurship across the UK.

We are pleased to announce that Matthew has been elected to the position of Regional Chair for the NACUE. This gives the University of York a pivotal role within NACUE guiding and leading the entire North of England's Universities.

We wish Matt the best of luck in his new position.

For more info on NACUE click here.