PSYBT is now Youth Business Scotland, part of The Prince's Trust. We are currently reviewing all of our branding and marketing materials – please bear with us as we introduce these changes. United, we are Scotland's leading youth organisation; supporting more young people into jobs, self–employment, training, education and volunteering. You can also visit www.princes-trust.org.uk

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News & Events

  • Elevator BBQ

    FREE BUSINESS NETWORKING CLUB 


    Elevator events are for people aged 18-30 who are in business or are thinking about going into business.


    We’ll be celebrating in style at RBS World headquarters. This is a rare opportunity to network at this flagship venue.


    Your small fee of £5 will cover:


    Transport to Gogarburn and bacK.


    BBQ


    Fantastic networking with entrepreneurs from both Glasgow and Edinburgh.


    WHERE? 
    RBS Headquarters


    Gogarburn 


    Edinburgh

  • Youth Business Scotland Golf Day sponsored by Scottish Equity Partners

    Tickets are now on sale for the second The Prince’s Trust Youth Business Scotland golf day which will take place at Buchanan Castle Golf Club near Drymen, (A809 within easy reach of Glasgow or Stirling) on Thursday 23rd AUgust 2012.  Youth Business Scotland businesses, volunteers and funders are welcome to the event, where there will be bacon rolls and coffee followed by an 18-hole competition, prize giving and a buffet supper.

  • Brown Shipley Sponsors PSYBT

    PSYBT is pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with private bank Brown Shipley.


    Over the next three years, Brown Shipley will donate £15,000 to support PSYBT in helping young entrepreneurs to start up and continue in business.


    At an event held to celebrate Brown Shipley’s Edinburgh office move to 2 Multrees Walk, adjacent to the city’s traditional financial centre in St Andrew Square, Robert Kitchen Brown Shipley’s Executive Director, presented a cheque for the first year of support to Geoff Leask, PSYBT Director.

  • BT Awards 2012
    BT Scotland Young E-ntrepreneurs Awards 2012

    The annual BT Scotland Young E-ntrepreneurs Awards, which are organised by  PSYBT, seek to recognise visionary PSYBT entrepreneurs who have benefitted from BT Scotland funding and gone on to grow their businesses with the help of e-commerce.


    Inspired to set up their own business by the continuing lack of career prospects for graduates, Michael Brown (24) and his business partner Daniel Jones (24), established their online take-away service, http://www.scoffable.com in 2010 during their final year at Heriot Watt University.

  • PSYBT Growth Fund Awards
    Young Entrepreneurs win prestigious Business Award

    Young entrepreneurs received recognition for their business excellence at an awards ceremony in Glasgow last night.


    Hamish Robertson (28) founder of RT Franchise Ltd who is behind the fastest growing IT franchise won the award for Outstanding Business Growth. Brothers and fishermen John Willie (31) and Finlay MacDonald of MFV Rival II were jointly recognised for their Outstanding Business Growth after successfully steering their business through rough seas and difficult economic times to establish a profitable fishing business.

  • Elena Torres of Exec Air
    Golf Pro signs sponsorship deal with Exec Air

    Scottish golfer and former Open Champion Paul Lawrie has signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Exec Air, the global air charter company supported by PSYBT in 2008.

  • John Connor Awards Winners
    The John Connor Awards 2011

    An award winning Elvis tribute artist and a professional boxing champion were among six young entrepreneurs from Edinburgh who recently received a John Connor Award for business achievement.

  • Tweeting a Start Up

    Ever wondered how an online company is created and the challenges the people behind these start ups face? How did Zuckerberg fair when faced with challenges in the creation of Facebook? Was there a point when the founders of Google nearly gave up? PSYBT funded business, RecommendedBy.co.uk are aiming to give people a true insight into the trials and tribulations of setting up an online enterprise by Tweeting about their start up journey.

  • Haloed support PSYBT

    PSYBT has a challenge: to raise almost £1M from donations each year to sustain its package of financial support and free advice to aspiring young entrepreneurs. What better testimony to the value of this support than to be seeing such growth in numbers of its Alumni giving something back?

  • Bebaroque with Award
    Scottish Fashion Awards 2011

    Two of five young PSYBT businesses shortlisted at the 2011 Scottish Fashion Awards were winners at the gala ceremony in Glasgow on June 15th. Henrietta Ludgate, who was funded in 2009 to set up her Scottish luxury womenswear label, was named Scottish Young Designer of the Year. The Highlands-based entrepreneur has built a formidable reputation among highend retailers. She won Ethical Fashion Forum’s Fashion Innovation Award last year for her LFW spring/summer collection, which was such a success that it went on to the fashion weeks of Milan, Paris and Athens.

PSYBT Awards

Shoe designer Emily Lamb has been nominated for a Scottish Variety Award under the ‘Best new Scottish Artist or Designer’ category. Emily was funded by PSYBT in 2010 and her hand made shoes have been very well received by those in the fashion industry. After Graduating from Cordwainers, part of the London College of Fashion which specialises in footwear, she decided to launch her own collection, ensuring every creation was unique with their own original feature and pattern.