The hunt for a location for our South East home for the National Enterprise Academy HQ is continuing apace. We have been looking around Bucks generally and visited Aylesbury earlier this week looking at some locations and land in the area. The Bucks Herald picked up on our visit and you can read the story here: http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/TV-Dragon-may-set-up.4088970.jp
The Gremlins, the trouble-making creatures from the 1980s films of the same name, have returned after 20 years to wreak havoc on Peter Jones in a TV ad for BT. The ad is part of a campaign to promote BT’s 24-hour IT and communications support for business customers.
Peter Jones’ call on the Enterprise Campaign Coalition to help in the task of realising his vision for the National Enterprise Academy has been received with unanimous offers of support from its members.
TV shows such as ‘The Apprentice’ are continuing to contribute to the entrepreneurial ambitions of young people, according to Richard Lambert, the Director-General of the CBI.
And he singled out the National Enterprise Academy for praise as an example of what good work is being done to meet the demand.
The Prime Minister marks the launch of NEA
Peter Jones unveiled plans for the National Enterprise Academy on 11 March at Swanlea Business and Enterprise College, Whitechapel, east London at a special launch event with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Chancellor Alastair Darling and Business Secretary John Hutton.
