Make Your Mark - Our Partners
The Mall is working with several partners ideal for helping you make the most of your business ideas:
Natwest
Natwest know all about the challenges facing business. That's why the business staff in their local branches will get to grips with your business and help you get the most from our products and services.
Their start-up service includes free information and guidance, free start-up pack, the right banking products you'll need and will deliver a personal service every time.
To find out more about how Natwest can help you in business, click here.
The Oxford Summer School
The Oxford Summer School is one of the 'jewels in the crown' of UK retailing. It was established in 1923 and apart from the War years has been running ever since. Its 80th anniversary was celebrated in 2009.
Run 'by the trade for the trade' it allows junior managers from across the spectrum of UK retailers to further develop their retailing skills in one of the finest seats of learning in the world, Keble College, Oxford University. Taking place annually for a week in August, it combines a challenging academic programme with the opportunity to network and have fun with fellow retailers.
The School is designed to expose delegates to some of the problems, decisions and challenges involved in running a retail business. The programme concentrates on enhancing the delegate's expertise in the management of the following key resources: People, Money, Marketing, Merchandise and Retail Space.
To find out more about what the Oxford Summer School entails, click here.
Enterprise UK
We were founded in 2004 by the British Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Institute of Directors and the Federation of Small Businesses, funded mostly by what is now called the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills. Back then, our name was Enterprise Insight.
We started our work with young people under a campaign called Make Your Mark that encouraged enterprising activity amongst 14 - 30 year olds.
That campaign was so successful that we wanted to reach out to new people of all ages and backgrounds, fresh thinkers who spot opportunities, apply entrepreneurial talents and overcome the obstacles to make ideas happen. And we have arranged these programmes under a new brand - Enterprise UK
National Skills Academy
National Skills Academies are employer-led centres of training excellence. The government's mission is to create a world class workforce by delivering the skills that employers need in each sector of the economy. Skills Academies take different shapes and forms, ranging from purpose-built training centres to online courses tailored to the needs of each sector.
Skills academies are now operating in 14 key sectors of the economy, from financial services and creative & cultural to construction and manufacturing - and another two are in the business planning phase of development. Over time, the government wants to have a skills academy in every major sector of the economy.
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