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Fashion Event Supports Local Charity
Year 8 YC students from Fair Oak Business & Enterprise College, Rugeley, developed the idea of a fashion show which was held at the school on Friday 18th April. - Full Story

You're Hired! Alex Is Crowned Young Apprentice 2008
Alex Halsey from Carisbrooke High School scooped the Young Chamber Young Apprentice 2008 award at an exciting ceremony at Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight. Alex beat 25 other young people over five seperate challenges to take the crown. The challenges based on the popular TV programme saw the students pitted against each other in five separate business locations – Wightlink, Liz Earle , The Needles, IOW Council and a special social enterprise challenge. - Full Story

Young Chamber Is The Shaw Thing
The Young Chamber Council at Carisbrooke High School on the Isle of Wight were visited by Jonathan Shaw MP, Government Minister for the South East. - Full Story

Students celebrate employer engagement at BCC National Conference
Young Chamber students from London, Norfolk and Liverpool will be presenting at the British Chambers of Commerce National Conference in Liverpool on Monday 28 April, alongside Mike Parker, Chief Executive of BNFL and Chairman of the newly formed Liverpool regeneration company, in an event hosted by Young Chamber UK on the importance of employers engaging with young people whilst they are still in education. - Full Story

Business alarmed that teaching community have concerns about ability to deliver diplomas
Commenting on the concerns of the teaching community over the ability to deliver the government''s 14-19 diplomas, David Frost, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: - Full Story

Young Chamber to host Lunchtime Fringe Event at National Conference
Kevin Smith, Chief Executive, Young Chamber UK will be hosting a lunchtime fringe event at the British Chambers of Commerce National Conference in Liverpool on Monday 28 April next, focusing on the importance of employers engaging with Young People and the opportunities provided by Young Chamber. - Full Story

Young Chamber Fashion Show attracts future models and media
Nearly all of Regents Park Community College’s 800 students took part in the recent Fashion Show, which saw the students designing, making and modelling their own clothes made out of recycled materials for another of the Young Chamber events put on between the school and the Southampton and Fareham Chamber of Commerce. - Full Story

Young Chamber group making Dover plastic free
Getting rid of unsightly plastic bags is the principal aim of Dover Grammar School for Boy’s Young Chamber group. Their eco-friendly option is a 100% environmentally friendly cotton bag that’s re-usable and bears the slogan ‘this bag doesn’t cost the earth’. - Full Story

Enterprise White Paper contains many encouraging initiatives
Commenting on the publication today of the Enterprise White Paper Sally Low, Director of Policy and External Affairs at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: - Full Story

Naturally Active Winners - Isle of Wight Apprentice Challenge 2
The Isle of Wight Young Chamber Apprentice Challenge continued with an amazing event at Liz Earle Beauty Company in Ryde. The 26 apprentices faced a challenge based around putting together a “kit” for TV shopping channel QVC, getting the kit quality controlled, liasing with the warehouse, putting the stock into production and finally delivering the order to QVC. - Full Story

Enter the Dragon
The Dragons Den arrived at Cowes High School on the Isle of Wight with over two hundred year 9 students taking part in a day long activity organised by Young Chamber in partnership with Speakeasy and Aim Higher. - Full Story

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