Business Partners

The Young People's Enterprise Forum

www.ypef.org.uk
The Young People’s Enterprise Forum is a group of organisations who are all involved in promoting enterprise activity to 5-30 year olds in Yorkshire and Humber. We focus on the creation of a more enterprising culture, developing enterprising young people who will therefore be enterprising employees, some of whom will go on to start their own businesses.

Yorkshire Forward

www.yorkshire-forward.com
Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and Humber. Their main objective is to develop the region’s economy (i.e. increase the amount of money in the region) and to do this by making a positive difference to business, people and the environment. Yorkshire Forward aims to increase the number of businesses in Yorkshire and Humber by 33,000 over the next 10 years!

Institute of Directors

www.iod.com
The IoD has always championed the entrepreneur and seeks to provide an environment conducive to business success. For any company to prosper, its directors will be continually engaged in making entrepreneurial decisions involving innovation, risk and investment.

Business Link

Business_link www.businesslink.gov.uk
Business Link provides information, help and advice to anyone thinking of starting a business, and to established small and medium sized businesses to help them grow and develop. A key part of this offer is support for young entrepreneurs.

Yorkshire & Humber Chambers of Commerce

Federation of Small Businesses