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Chancellor Gordon Brown is to present the prize to the winners of the Enterprising Young Brits awards. Trenton Moss of Webcredible is in the final of the competition.

From homemade soap to conservation projects in Madagascar, the finalists for the Enterprising Young Brits 2005 competition are announced today (Friday 11 November, 2005).

Trenton Moss, 27, set up Webcredible nearly two years ago after he realised that many companies are losing large amounts of sales and repeat business as a result of being unusable and inaccessible to disabled users. The company, which had a turnover of £125,000 in the three months from July to September this year, now offers consultancy to many household name clients, including the World Health Organization, Norwich Union and T-Mobile. www.webcredible.co.uk

Twenty-five young people from all over the UK have beaten stiff competition from over 1,000 entries and will now face the judges in a ‘Pop Idol-style’ final on Tuesday 15 November in London. Chancellor Gordon Brown will announce the winners at a lunchtime awards ceremony as part of Enterprise Week, a national celebration of enterprise.

The competition is part of the Make Your Mark – start talking ideas campaign and recognises young people who have turned their ideas into reality.    

Kevin Steele, Chief Executive of the Make Your Mark campaign and competition organiser, says ‘We received some amazing entries this year from young people who have really made their mark. The finalists are twenty-five really strong contenders. We hope that their stories will provide the inspiration for other young people to follow their lead and make their ideas happen.’

The judging panel includes Emily Eavis, music coordinator at Glastonbury Festival, Al Gosling, Chief Executive of the Extreme Group and senior figures from the Make Your Mark campaign, Daily Mail, Lloyds TSB Business and HM Treasury.

Enterprise Week (14-20 November) is a national celebration of enterprise, with over 1,500 events taking place throughout the UK. Anyone interested in finding out more about the Make Your Mark – start talking ideas campaign and what is happening during Enterprise Week should go to www.starttalkingideas.org


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Notes to editors:

- Information about the finalists follows.

- The finalists are available for interview on request. Please contact Colman Getty PR.

- Enterprise Week (14-20 November) is a national celebration of enterprise, with over 1,500 events taking place throughout the UK to celebrate enterprise in all of its forms.

- Make Your Mark – start talking ideas is run by Enterprise Insight, a non-profit organisation. It was founded by the four leading UK business membership organisations – the British Chambers of Commerce, the CBI, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Institute of Directors. Their Director Generals sit on Enterprise Insight’s board. It is also supported by the Small Business Service of the DTI and personally endorsed by the Chancellor.

- National organisations working closely with the campaign include:
Arts Council England – Association of Colleges – Business in the Community - businessdynamics - BTEG– Learning and Skills Development Agency – Learning and Skills Council – National Education Business Partnership Network - National Federation of Enterprise Agencies– NFTE – Prowess – SEEDA (representing all the RDAs) – Small Business Service (representing government) - Shell LiveWIRE - Social Enterprise Coalition – Specialist Schools Trust – The National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship – The Prince’s Trust – UnLtd – Young Enterprise

- Enterprising Young Brits, is part of the Make Your Mark – start talking ideas campaign and is supported by the Daily Mail and Lloyds TSB Business.