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Westminster Business School Students invited by HRH The Duke of York at Buckingham Palace

March 6, 2013
Student Life
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Appointed as one of the first Start-Up Loans Student Ambbassadors by entrepreneur James Caan, Na’Omi Canart, Evelyn Anyiri and Satinder Bhatia attended a reception to launch the programme given by HRH The Duke of York, KG at Buckingham Palace on Monday 25^th February, 2013.

The event was hosted by His Royal Highness as part of his continued focus on promoting entrepreneurship and supporting initiatives that extend better access to capital to early-stage businesses. Lord Young, an economic adviser to David Cameron and founder of the scheme, was also in attendance.

The Company which has £112million to help start 25,000 businesses by 2015 is backed by the Prime Minister, is the brainchild of Lord Young and is chaired by former Dragon and entrepreneur James Caan.

The 'God Father' of Start-Up Loans scheme — The ‘God Father’ of Start-Up Loans scheme Lord Young of Graffham

Caan has appointed Ambassadors to represent Start-Up Loans at their universities, be available to encourage other students to consider starting a business and direct young entrepreneurs to apply for Start-Up Loans.

James Caan said:

“Student entrepreneurship is a vibrant community and through Start-Up Loans, we can help foster the amazing innovation that is evident in Universities across the country by helping start successful businesses. Through the Ambassadors who have all been selected, we will be able to catalyse enterprise amongst students.”

Na’Omi Canart, Evelyn Anyiri and Satinder Bhatia have been identified as the first Ambassadors for University of Westminster and are the go-to person on campus for starting a business. Tapped into all the right networks from Start-Up Loans and their Partners, they will be on hand to guide budding entrepreneurs to securing funding and turning their idea into a business.

James Caan speaking to Student Ambassadors at Buckingham Palace

If you’re interesting in finding out more, you can contact UoW Start-Up Loans UK Student Ambassadors Na’Omi (Twitter: @NaOmiCanart), Evelyn (Twitter: @EvelynAnyiri) and Satinder at accounting.management@su.westminster.ac.uk or on twitter: @wbs_ams.