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"