Welcome to the Lothian Area Board Website
This website gives an overview of Young Enterprise activities in Edinburgh and Lothian, and also to provide a valuable resource for any participating schools and their young companies.
The website is our main communication tool for everyone taking part, or interested in, the Young Enterprise Company Programme across Edinburgh and Lothian.
The site is regularly updated with news and downloads and everything you should need to know to take part either as an Achiever, Link Teacher or Business Adviser. If you need to know more, or you have suggestions for info that is missing from the site, please contact us.
The Young Enterprise Company Programme is run by a team of volunteers assisted by YES HQ. The Lothian Area Board is the largest in Scotland. Each year we worked with over 30 schools and over 40 young companies, over 400 students, more than 50 Link Teachers and just under 50 Business Advisers, from all across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Latest News
Fundraising Golf Winners. 
1st - Poppyscotland team - Gary Gray, Ron Landymore & Ian Laing with 50 pts
2nd - Royal Bank of Scotland team - Robert Curle, Andrew Ewing & Gareth Welshman - 48 pts
3rd= - Springfords LLP team - Allan Davidson, Robin Cockburn & Ken Moncrieff - 46 pts
3rd= - Lothian YES team - Neil Archibald, Fraser Bedwell & Jonathan Harkins - 46 pts
5th - Bank of Scotland Commercial team - Andrew Aird, Sammy lawson & Hamish Mair - 44 pts
6th - BT team - Malcolm Roberts, Peter Nixon & Joe Clarke - 41 pts
Longest drive at the 12th hole - Ken Moncrieff (Springfords LLP team)
Nearest the pin at 18th hole - Ron Landymore (Poppyscotland team.
Monday 6th September 2010.
We are planning a training session for all adult Business Advisers and Link Teachers, new and established, to come together to learn more about their roles and responsibilities for the coming year.
We will include the basic fundamentals of the programme, timetable of events and key points during the year along with some experiences, tips and insights from those who have been involved in previous years.
We also hope that this will give you the opportunity to connect with others in the same position as you and create a place for future connection where you can meet and talk about experiences and challenges as they arise.
We will confirm the venue in the next couple of weeks and ask for confirmation of intention to attend.
In the meantime, if you have any questions just get in touch.
This event is sponsored by Scotshirts to whom we are very grateful for their support.
You are also cordially invited to stay after the training for the Board AGM. There will be a training event for students on Monday 13th September 2010 5.30 – 7.30 pm at the same venue.
Fundraising Golf Event.
The Lothian Area Board of Young Enterprise Scotland in conjunction with West Lothian Golf Club would like to invite you to participate in a Charity golf event on Thursday 26th August 2010
The event will start at 12.30pm with roll & coffee / tea on arrival, 18 holes of golf followed by a high tea. The cost of the event will be £40 per person or £110 for a team of 3 players. The golf competition will be played in a Stableford format with prizes for nearest the pin, longest drive and competition winners. The competition is open to all golfers with all money raised going to support Young Enterprise Scotland, a registered charity.
Details of the facilities available at West Lothian Golf Club (and directions to the club) can be found on the club’s website - http://www.westlothiangc.com/ - West Lothian is a testing course with some of the finest views of any course in the UK.
If you’re interested in taking part, please complete and send in the application form with payment. Application forms can be downloaded here. If there are any problems with downloading the form, please contact us and we can send it to you in another format. Thanks
£10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010
The £10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010 is now open for entries - deadline 5pm on 6th September 2010! Please visit the events page here now to find out more and how to apply for this fantastic opportunity.
Success at the National Finals:
Congratulations go to Lucy, the Managing Director from BEADazzled from Forrester High School for winning the Best Director Award at the YES National Awards Event on the 16th of June, a fantastic achievement. BEADazzled did Lothian proud at the National Awards and were a credit to their school. A big thank you also to Alison Forsyth, BEADazzled’s Link Teacher, and their Business Adviser Jonathan Harkins from BT – well done to all of you. For more information on the full event - read more.
Volunteer Feedback:
Now that the YES year has finished, the Lothian Area Board are keen to get feedback on the Company Programme to ensure we deliver to the highest standards possible. We’d be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete the online survey we’ve prepared to assist in designing next year’s programme and to give us suggestions for areas where we could improve the programme:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QCYDY38
Get Involved:
We’re also keen to hear from anyone that might be interested in joining the Lothian Board (from education or business), or if you know of anyone that might be interested in volunteering with us, please get in touch with Neil Archibald, Area Board Chair, by email – neil.archibald@sepa.org.uk.
Register for 2010-2011:
Remember you can register anytime for next year’s programme, just follow the links from www.yes.org.uk and keep your eyes on www.lothianyes.com for all the latest local YES news!