The school2Business Enterprise Programme consists of two hours tutoring each week. Ideally the group size will be no more than ten, as higher numbers mean less individual attention to students.

During this time we will inspire, engage and inform students on how to start a business. Enterprise is about mindset and how to spot opportunities; young people have vivid imaginations and this can be harnessed into positive actions.

Whether you are a school, college, community group or organisation, we can deliver this programme on-site with minimal requirements. It is possible that your institution may wish to have different groups of students participating on the programme at various times of the day, week or year.

The programme has several positive outcomes, as students may go on to further education, self-employment or be better prepared for the workplace. One of our objectives is to get the students to set up and run a micro-business whilst still in education and with the advice provided by us, continue the business after leaving.

After twenty years of starting and running a variety of businesses, Eric founded Ideas2Business in 2009 designed to inspire, inform and support individuals wishing to start up and grow their own companies.

Eric has mentored a wide range of successful businesses and was interviewed about this by Chris Grayling, the then Minister of State in the Department of Works and Pensions at the Conservative Party Conference of 2010 in Birmingham.

He also gives his time freely for the Princes Trust both as a Business Mentor and Panel Member. He was also a Business Advisor for sixth form students in a leading local school.

He has been involved with enterprise education since he first began teaching and has mentored dozens of students with their own businesses during this time

His experience also extends to working in a school under special measures, an exclusion unit and adult education.