Young Enterprise Trade Fair 2012

Following the success of last year’s event, The Harlequin will host the annual Young Enterprise Trade Fair on Saturday 21st January. The Trade Fair welcomes 20 student businesses to compete for sales in the centre, selling everything from e-books and cook books to handmade jewellery and printed t-shirts. The students, from 10 different Watford secondary schools, will set up on the Lower Mall from 9am – 6pm outside M&S.

The student businesses are set up through Young Enterprise, the UK’s leading business and enterprise education charity. The charity runs various programmes, during which students learn about business first-hand by running a real company themselves. They elect a board of directors, raise share capital, and market and finance a product or service of their own choice. At the end of the year they liquidate the company and present a report and accounts.

For more information about Young Enterprise visit www.young-enterprise.org.uk or www.yeee.org.uk