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West Coast Social Enterprise Wins Top National Award At Young Enterprise Scheme Awards

Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 9:32 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

Students from Papa Taiao Earthcare have been awarded The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Company of the Year for their business Trees for Change. The company was awarded $3000, as well as a $5000 scholarship for each company member to the ... More >>

YES Celebrates 40 Years Of Helping Young Kiwis To Become NZ’s Business Leaders Of Tomorrow

Monday, 6 March 2023, 12:01 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

Young Enterprise Scheme (YES), a charity who’s alumni have gone on to found companies including Sharesies, Xero, Kiwibank, and Flamingo Scooters, has today released its GoodMeasure report, which clearly shows the significant social value YES programmes ... More >>

Otago Students’ Natural Sun Protection Sees Them Crowned YES Company Of The Year 2022

Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 11:24 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

  Students from Otago Girls’ High School have been awarded The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Company of the Year for their business Sole. The company was awarded $3000, as well as a $5000 scholarship for each company member to the ... More >>

Teens Solving A Teenage Problem Crowned YES Company Of The Year 2021

Thursday, 16 December 2021, 6:29 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

Bayfield High School students have been awarded The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Company of the Year for their business Abalro Health. The company was awarded $3000, as well as a $5000 scholarship for each company member to the Massey ... More >>

NZ Brightest Teen Entrepreneurs In Young Enterprises 'Entrepreneurs In Action' Business Competition

Monday, 14 September 2020, 5:22 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

Devising market entry strategies and solving the future of the tourism industry no big deal for New Zealand’s brightest teen entrepreneurs Over the weekend 80 secondary school students participated in Young Enterprises ‘Entrepreneurs in Action’ ... More >>

GirlBoss NZ CEO Announced as YES Emerging Alumni Winner

Monday, 10 December 2018, 3:39 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

GirlBoss CEO & founder Alexia Hilbertidou has won the 2018 YES Emerging Alumni of the Year Award. More >>

Volt Electrics awarded YES Company of the Year

Friday, 7 December 2018, 12:10 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

Company of the Year announced at YES National Awards Night Volt Electrics awarded YES Company of the Year at National Awards Night More >>

CEOs and Founders announced as finalists

Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 1:18 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

What do the co-founder of Kiwibank, the founder of Girlboss NZ, and the creator of the Education Perfect empire all have in common? They completed the Young Enterprise Scheme when they were at school, and they are being recognised at this year's Young ... More >>

Enterprising students vying for top prize at Waikato awards

Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 10:35 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

More than 200 enterprising Waikato secondary school students are vying for success at the Waikato Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Annual Awards this month. More >>

Kiwi students selected for YES Business Leaders Trip

Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:04 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

Seven New Zealand secondary students have been selected for the YES Business Leaders Trip to Brisbane in early August. More >>

Young Enterprise Scheme Regional Award Winners Announced

Wednesday, 15 November 2017, 7:59 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

The Central Bay of Plenty's top young entrepreneurs were in Rotorua for the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Regional Awards More >>

Central North Island Students compete for $1000 in prizes

Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 8:16 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

Twenty teams from across the Central North Island have brought their innovative ideas and business pitches to the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Dragons' Den at Toi Oho Mai's Mokoia Campus. Over eighty-five students from six Central North ... More >>

Focus on youth entrepreneurship welcomed

Friday, 8 April 2016, 1:09 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

Young Enterprise Trust has today welcomed the Labour Party’s policy announcement on youth entrepreneurship. The Labour Party’s Young Entrepreneurs Plan offers 18-23 year old’s access to funding to support a start-up business. More >>

School Students Make An Olympic Splash

Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 3:38 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

Media release 11 July 2012 School Students Make An Olympic Splash The business dreams of Auckland secondary school students is making a splash with the national men’s swim team ahead of this month’s London Olympics. A group of enterprising students ... More >>

Mobile phones – study tools of the future?

Thursday, 9 June 2011, 9:34 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

Revising for school exams is not often considered fun or interactive, but innovative Auckland Grammar School students are using mobile phone technology to turn traditional study methods on their head. More >>

Age no barrier to innovation

Thursday, 11 March 2010, 5:11 pm | Young Enterprise Scheme

More than 360 budding entrepreneurs from North Shore and Rodney schools attended the launch of the 2010 Young Enterprise Scheme at Massey University yesterday, stunning organisers with their array of unique business ideas. More >>

Boy businessmen target boy racers

Monday, 7 August 2006, 10:13 am | Young Enterprise Scheme

Christchurch will get first look at a new high-tech product seen as a potential weapon for the campaign against boy racers on August 1st. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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