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Ten Group COO pledges mentoring for entrepreneurs
Supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs – mentors pledge more than a thousand hours of free advice and guidance
David Cameron recently pledged to make this the most entrepreneurial decade in UK history by making the conditions more favourable for small companies and cutting down on red tape. If you have a great idea for business, now is a great time to consider making it reality.
With that in mind, the Supper Club a group of the country’s most innovative, fast growth and successful entrepreneurs, has pledged more than 1,300 free hours of mentoring time to support tomorrow’s entrepreneurial success stories.
Nearly 100 applications from fledgling entrepreneurs for mentoring were made in the first week alone and have all been matched to mentors.
The original pledge by The Supper Club’s founder, Duncan Cheatle, of 1000 hours of mentoring was made as part of his and the Club’s contribution to StartUp Britain (launched by the prime Minister, Chancellor and Secretary of State last week) of which Cheatle was one of the founders.
The Supper Club is part of the Prelude Group, whose mission statement is to ‘make Britain the most enterprising nation in the world’.
To apply for a mentor please go to: http://www.preludegroup.co.uk/what-we-do/start-up-britain/
Case study:
COO of Ten Group, Andrew Long, has pledged 10 hours of mentoring to James Chetter, Managing Director of Vigour Heat, a new company that deals in the installation of renewable heating technologies.
Andrew commented: “I am delighted to be supporting The Supper Club and StartUp Britain in such a valuable way. I have been lucky enough to have had access to a number of top quality mentors over my time in business and it really does make the world of difference. I now hope I can give something useful back.”
“If we can all give back and help other people learn from our mistakes then it will mean this country will become more enterprising and everyone will win.”
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About Ten Group
Ten is a lifestyle concierge service which helps people get the most from their lives. It organises anything that its members don't have the time, inclination or expertise to arrange themselves, such as entertainment, restaurants, travel and home refurbishments.
Across the business, Ten’s lifestyle managers deliver its personalised service to private individuals no matter where they may be in the world.
Ten is the world’s most successful and fastest growing lifestyle management company with more than 300 employees working in the USA, Europe, Asia and the Americas. The service has won numerous awards for innovative business practice and service excellence and celebrates its 13th birthday this year.
About Andrew Long:
In 1998 Andrew co-founded Ten Lifestyle Management Ltd with his brother Alex Cheatle – Europe’s leading lifestyle and home management service (www.tenlifestyle.com).
The Ten model has been lauded by business leaders all over the world as the future for support services to specialist user groups with similar needs (head teachers, green, police chiefs etc).
In 2008 Andrew received the prestigious Courvoisier Future 500 award.
In September 2009 Andrew was voted one of the UK’s top 30 most successful young entrepreneurs by Growing Business Magazine.
About The Supper Club
The Supper Club is a group of the country’s most innovative, fast growth and successful entrepreneurs who share knowledge, experience and contacts in the spirit of give and take.
- Members have won over 470 industry awards
- 67% achieved sales growth of over 20% (and a quarter over 50% growth) in 2010
- And recruited 12 times more than they made redundant last year
- Members include the founders of Lovefilm, Coffee Nation and Dreams
The Supper Club is part of the Prelude Group, whose mission statement is to ‘make Britain the most enterprising nation in the world’.
Contacts
Gemma Roberts
Tel: 0845 3599 888
Fax: 07092 369066
Catherine Allan
Communications Manager
catherineallan@tengroup.com
D:0844 371 5750
M: 07806 855 922