Antprentice partners Apprentice star

Mad Ants Sport Ltd is set to revolutionise Youth Enterprise and turn it on it’s head by using their own retail business infrastructure to enable students to gain ‘real life’ experience, skills and knowledge.
 
Jan. 30, 2012 - PRLog -- Mad Ants Sport Ltd is a national online sports retail business with a difference. We believe it is vital that young people can gain fundamental skills to set up and run their own business and to gain the necessary skills to find employment within the work force. With the current economic situation, young people are finding it increasingly more difficult to find jobs and businesses are struggling to find employees with the relevant skills set to employ.

At Mad Ants Sport we have designed a project to inspire and teach youth enterprise students the key skills for business. ‘Antprentice’ You’re in Business is a project aimed at all levels of students, whether they are in primary, secondary and special schools or in further education studying business at college or university.

The founders of Mad Ants Sport, Kelly Lickley and Nikki Johnson have extensive knowledge and experience in finance & management and marketing & media. They have combined their skills in business with their training and tutoring experience which enables them to understand and deliver to a range of ages, abilities and backgrounds. Kelly and Nikki are now delighted to be working with Claire Young.  www.madantsport.org

CLAIRE YOUNG

Mad Ants Sport have partnered up with Claire Young, entrepreneur and Apprentice TV star who made the finals in 2008. Claire is well known for her straight talking, no-nonsense business approach and since the show has worked non-stop setting up numerous business ventures which include School Speakers and Girls Out Loud. Claire is passionate about promoting entrepreneurship and enterprise to our youth. Claire is also the Honorary President of Young Chamber UK, a non-profit social enterprise organisation which is dedicated to ensuring that young people of all levels of ability and background are equipped with the skills needed to fulfil their aspirations and achieve their goals. Mad Ants are delighted to have partnered up with Claire Young and believe the ‘Antprentice’ You’re in Business project is an amazing opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs.

‘A great young business woman; best example of Apprentice to Entrepreneur’ - Lord Alan Sugar

Claire is a whirlwind of entrepreneurial energy! Her ethos JDI – Just Do It – mirrors what the Peter Jones Foundation is all about; that anything is achievable if you put your mind to it.  She’s a big hit with our students, weaving serious business lessons with a practical down to earth approach . On a personal note, it’s a pleasure to work with Claire, always a true professional and she always gives her 110%. - Peter Jones, Peter Jones Foundation

‘ANTPRENTICE’ YOU’RE IN BUSINESS

‘Antprentice’ You’re in Business - the project: Each student will receive a resource pack which will enable them to complete a personal development plan and to work through the eight tasks which they will need to complete before running the ‘live’ project. The tasks include learning about, sourcing and pricing products, market research, marketing and media, business and sales planning, record keeping and design. At the end of the course the students will complete an evaluation and fill out their development plan. The ‘live’ task is gaining ‘real life’ experience which is where Mad Ants online retail store comes into action. The students will be given a range of products from the Mad Ants store which they will then have to sell to ‘real customers’ with the support of the team at Mad Ants. As a further initiative the school, college or university will receive a rebate from the profits made by the students. What is the one common question always asked at an interview: “What experience do you have?”. Well now they will be able to answer this question and provide evidence of what they have achieved and how they did it. At the end of this project the students will get the opportunity to attend the Mad Ants Award evening where outstanding students will receive awards and the opportunity to gain an internship with Mad Ants Sport.

MAD ASPIRATIONS

Mad Ants Sport have big aspirations for the future, currently working on their new website, Mad Ants Equestrian which is already going down well in some colleges across the country who deliver equestrian courses. The third phase of the business is to launch their outdoor pursuit website which will include products for camping, rock climbing, skiing etc... and the fourth phase is to launch their own clothing range for the outdoor market. Each of these three websites in time will be used for students involved in the ‘Antprentice’ You’re in Business to sell from. Many schools organise ski trips and run DofE projects which will give the students an immediate customer base. Combined with our loyalty scheme this means that schools can make further savings. Mad Ants believe that by investing in the future now, this will help Mad Ants and young people to achieve their goals and dreams and could potentially find new Mad Ants team members!

The aim is to roll the ‘Antprentice’ You’re in Business project out across the country and this is already receiving huge interest locally. Mad Ants Sport is based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and is currently working with Stella Cockerill, 14-19 Partnership and Infrastructure Manager from Peterborough Skills Vision to launch the project across the city and to lead the way nationally.

‘Peterborough Skills Service is thrilled to be able to support this exciting, inclusive and innovative project.  Not only will it develop employability skills for all young people involved but it will encourage and assist some ‘budding entrepreneurs’ to start their own business. We would welcome input from other employers who are able to share their expertise with the young people on the ‘Antprentice’ programme or offer workplace experience that would compliment the programme’. - Stella Cockerill

CURRENT PROJECT

Mad Ants are currently working with 18 sixth form students at a local academy in Peterborough to organise a beach festival in aid of ‘Help for Heroes’. The students have shown great enthusiasm and have come up with some fantastic ideas and in order to further their knowledge of basic business skills we have come up with the ‘Antprentice’ You’re in Business project.
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