Spring Estate Agents Invited To Watch Hull FC vs Salford City Reds At The KC.

To mark the end of Hull Business Week, Spring Estate Agents were invited to watch Hull FC vs Salford City Reds at the KC Stadium.

The evening began with pre-match drinks & a singer providing entertainment in the stadium’s Circle Restaurant.



Director of Hull FC, James Rule took to the stage to welcome us all & guests were even given the opportunity to win a P&O mini cruise from the team’s sponsors. After enjoying a fantastic three course meal, James Rule returned to the stage with Hull FC player Mark O’Meley to provide a pre-match analysis for guests, after a fantastic win against St Helen’s the week before, it was clear that the team were very confident for the game ahead. At this point children from two local primary schools were invited to the stage. They had been enjoying a tour of the stadium & were now given the chance to win some signed merchandise from the team, before going on to watch the match & meet the players.

I thought it was fantastic how much the team wanted to get local children involved & interested in the sport, they were all clearly having a fantastic time.

We went out to the stadium to take our seats just as the players were coming onto the pitch. Hull FC scored the first try & the game ended with another Hull FC home game victory, scoring 34-12 against the Salford City Reds.



The evening ended after returning to the Circle Restaurant for post match drinks & Hull FC coach Richard Agar alongside the games man of the match Jordan Tansey providing us a post match analysis of the game.

A fantastic evening to end another years great Business Week in Hull, made all the better by Hull FC’s second victory in two weeks.

Blog post by Jessica Matthews (Operations Manager). Spring Estate Agents Ltd. 'Your one stop shop for property in Hull'.

Spring Attends 'Let's Get Ready To Futureproof Event' As Part Of Hull Biz Week.

Business leaders had a treat when inspirational youngsters showcased their entrepreneurial talents as part of Business Week 2010.

The Hull Youth Enterprise and Rotherham Ready partnerships held an event at Hull KR's home at Craven Park, where children from five primary schools ( East Halton Primary, Highland Primary, North Ferriby, Thorpepark and Thorpe Hesley Junior School from Rotherham) presented their enterprise stories to an audience of leading politicians as well as key education and business opinion formers from across the Humber.

At the event delegates also heard from Claire Young, runner up in the BBC series "The Apprentice" in 2008 and an Ambassador for Enterprise UK. Claire Young said: "Enterprise is open to everyone and anyone, and Hull and Rotherham are certainly leading the way in how they work with their primary pupils - I really enjoyed my time in Hull and am honoured to be invited back for November and to help develop a retail challenge with St Stephens Centre and Hull City Council in the near future."Programmes like "Junior Apprentice", "The Apprentice" and "Dragon's Den" have made business and enterprise much more accessible and exciting to young people and hopefully removed some of the common misconceptions."

After their presentations, the children set the adults a task of designing and marketing a t-shirt to promote Business Week 2011 or Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 with a World Cup theme, which five teams had to present to the "Mini Rottweiler Pit". (Claire Young became known on TV as "The Rottweiler"!).

Neil Hudgell, Chairman of Hull Kingston Rovers presented Paula Harmer the Headteacher of Thorpe Hesley from Rotherham with flowers from the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and a cheque for £200 for the school, from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, to help them to further develop their enterprising ideas. Neil Hudgell said "Yet again, the young people showed that they are all developing their enterprise skills and they are our future and they are certainly ready to take on the challenges of tomorrow."

The winning team was the Otters and their design will be printed and worn in Global Entrepreneurship Week in November. They donated their prize money to the primary schools that took part in the day to help them develop their enterprising idea.

Spring Estate Agents Managing Director Govind Manocha said "To hear the children talk about their businesses and the steps they had taken was truly inspiring. They also presented with confidence to a packed room which was also very impressive. A big well done to all the schools that took part and I was please we where able to donate our prise back to the schools to help continue this fantastic work"

Apprentice’s eye view of 2010 Hull Business Expo.

Today I went to the Hull Business Expo at the Bonus arena. Before we entered the building there were lots of flags promoting the event and some cars which could be won, so we entered the raffle and took some pictures. As we went into the building there were lots of stalls promoting their businesses which were interesting as I had the chance to meet some interesting people and find out what they were promoting.



The first stall we went to I was introduced to a man and a young girl similar to my age who worked for a company that maintain our printer. This was interesting as I had the chance to learn more about what they did. As we walked round we started talking to lots of different people and took some information from the stalls. At the event there was a lady promoting the apprenticeship scheme for Hull Collage I had the chance to have a chat with her and tell her how my apprenticeship was going which was good. We also bumped into a lady who is a makeup artist and has a company (Hayley SFX) which does special effect makeup which I found interesting.



We also had a chat to a company which makes custom made stationary and equipment for businesses which was interesting as I got to see some of the different things they do and they took our business card and showed us brochures on all the different equipment. We also met a company which provides eco friendly bins for recycling waste we had a chat to them and found more about what they did and the different places they cater for. We had a look round all of the stalls and found that some of them may be useful to us in the future. It was nice to see all the different displays and receive free gifts and chat to the people at the event and I really enjoyed it as it was something new and was defiantly worth going.

Blog post by Samantha Kirkham. Spring Estate Agents apprentice studying for an NVQ in customer service. Spring Estate Agents. Tel 01482 225525

Business Week 2010 Is Well & Truly Underway.

Business Week 2010 is well and truly underway after the official launch this morning at the annual Bondholder's Breakfast meeting at the KC Stadium that was attended by over 200 local business people.

The event was hosted by the truly inspirational Phil Batty from Force 7 & Amanda Hartley from Amanda's Blue Orchid Florists

Philip began Force-7 in May 2006. Force-7 is run solely by 14-24 year olds and works with businesses and organisations to enable them to more effectively engage young people.

Amanda's Blue Orchid was first opened in February 2008 by 19 year old Amanda Hartley. Amanda has since gone on to win Hull's Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 and is an ambassador for the "Make Your Mark" Campaign.

First up was by Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire.

High flying businessman Gary Verity heads the Yorkshire’s tourism industry in a move aimed at increasing its profile across the world and boosting its value to the regional economy.

A dynamic and motivational leader Gary has an excellent track record in brand building, customer service and managing complex businesses with a national and international profile, and wide experience of multi-site (600+) retail outlets.

The visitor economy is currently worth £6.1 billion to Yorkshire, and provides jobs for 240,000 people. It is the sixth largest sector in the regional economy. Mr Verity and his team work with tourism businesses, local authorities, and other partners and aim grow the region’s visitor economy by £300 million pounds over the next three years.

Other memorable presentations came from young entrepreneurs Alex Booth from Clean Drives of Hull and Phil Benson from Zing Smoothies. Dave Barley who joined the Sewell Group as an apprenticed 5 years ago. Amanda Hartley from Blue Orchid who is mentioned above and 14 year old local entrepreneur. Bronwyn Wilson. All truly inspirational.

Presentations where also given on this years 2 chosen charities.

'The Victoria Climbie Charitable Trust' - which has been supported over the last 3 years to build and equip a much needed school in Abobo in Ivory Coast in memory of Victoria Climbie. This year they are aiming to raise enough money to provide every child at the school with a new uniform. We need to raise about £1,000. Also in this World Cup year we want to help the school build a football pitch for use by the children and the local community.

The second charity 'Real Aid and this year they are running a very simple but very practical and effective campaign 'Wellies for Africa.'

'Real Aid supports agricultural projects in the Bumpe Chiefdom, Sierra Leone. This enables the local community to grow rice to feed their families. During 2010 we aim to help the community by reducing the spread of parasitic disease which unfortunately spreads through the soil to the field workers.

And finally the most memorable presentation came from the children at St Nicholas Primary School as they talked about the business operations, processes and procedures they used to turned £150 into £2000. What a fantastic achievement and a huge well done.

Blog post brought to you by Spring Estate Agents. Property sales, lettings and management in Hull. Tel 01482 225525.

VISTA - An Avenue of Business Success.

Business week 2010 has kicked off to a lively and vibrant start down Princes Avenue in Hull.

View down Princes Avenue on a hot Saturday afternnon.

Princes Avenue, Hull is a fine example of that fact that no matter what other interventions are made, it is ultimately business that is the key factor in regeneration. It is the traders and their entrepreneurial spirit who have turned Princes Avenue into the most vibrant and commercially successful area in Hull.

Hull Town Crier doing a great job in the community and looking as good as ever.

Vista 2010 is sponsored by the NHS Hull, Hull City Council and other local business partners.

Very popular home made burger stall hosted by Garbutts.

Pupets highlighting the great work of our emergency services.

Mounted police building relationships with young people.

The Vista festival is a free community event designed to develop Princes Avenue's growing reputation as the cultural and diverse hub of Hull.

Pictures brought to you by Spring Estate Agents. 'Your one stop shop for property in Hull'. Tel: 01482 225525.

Spring Estate Agents Gets Mention On Smarta.com

When asked 'how to attract more customers' this was Spring Estate Agents response.

Leverage your existing customers & give them extra value

"You need to take a step backwards and serve your existing customers way beyond their expectations and do it with integrity and appreciation for their custom. Your existing customers then become your biggest fans and are happy to give you testimonials. These help build your credibility and help attract new potential customers - which in turn you must serve beyond their expectations."

Govind Manocha, Spring Estate Agents

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