As part of his ongoing commitment to promoting entrepreneurship amongst young people, Dragons Den judge Peter Jones has contributed £100,000 to the governments ‘Make Your Mark With A Tenner’ initiative.
The contribution along with government funding will allow 50,000 students to run ‘real life businesses.’ As part of scheme the students are given £10 each on which they must make as much profit as possible in one month.
One of last year’s contestants returned a profit of £410.
Peter Jones is currently working with ministers in creating the National Enterprise Academy, the institution is now looking to open it’s first Academy for an initial trial in January 2009.
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