News & Events

  • PSYBT Business Awards

    The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust leads Scotland in the promotion and support of self-employment and business creation among young people. Established in 1989 by HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, PSYBT has invested over £36 million in Scotland’s economy creating over 10,000 businesses started with loan funding and grants.

  • Catherine Erskine
    PSYBT Friends and Alumni - get involved!

    PSYBT’s challenge is to raise almost £1M from donations each year to sustain its package of financial support and free advice to aspiring young entrepreneurs. A regular gift starting from £10 per month really can add up to make a huge difference.
    PSYBT’s updated website offers an easy way for its volunteers, entrepreneurs, partners and staff to get more involved.

  • 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.

  • Award Winners with Mark Strudwick of PSYBT and Jamie and Louise Moffat
    Red Roof Cafe Gallery wins top tourism award

    A young artist and her partner who converted a disused outbuilding on the island of Skye into a gallery café clinched the top prize at the annual Moffat Travel and Tourism Awards.


    Elly Knight (31) co-founder of The Red Roof Café Gallery won the Moffat Award for best Scottish tourism business with outstanding economic and community impact, and a £1500 cash prize.


    The awards were launched in July 2007 by The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT) thanks to generous support from The Moffat Charitable Trust.

  • Michelle Mone
    Michelle Mone winner at Glasgow's Lord Provost Awards

    PSYBT supported business and Board Member Michelle Mone, was honoured as part of the annual awards by Glasgow's Lord Provost Bob Winter. She received the Lord Provost's award for business. Michelle Mone is the co-owner of MJM International and creator of Ultimo, the UK’s leading designer lingerie brand.
    Michelle is listed as one of the top three female entrepreneurs in the UK. She began employment in sales and marketing, however after a ‘lightbulb’ moment with her husband Michael, they set up their business in November 1996, with a £5,000 loan and support from PSYBT.

  • PSYBT are now on Facebook!

    Visit http://www.facebook.com/psybt#!/psybt and ‘like’ our page to keep up to date with the latest from PSYBT businesses, volunteers and staff.


    We also have an ‘Offers and Promotions’ section with unique discounts from PSYBT funded businesses for those who ‘like’ the page.
     

  • Britain's Best View 2011


    A young Fife photographer has scored well in a nationwide competition.
    Stuart Russell, a young photographer from Glenrothes was voted 4th out of 17 finalists in the nationwide competition to find Britain’s Best View 2011. Stuart was funded by PSYBT in April 2011 to set up his business ‘Stuart Russell Artwork’.
    The competition was organised by gentleman’s goods company, Appleby Parva in association with Facebook and the winner was announced on the 11th of May. Stuarts photograph “Over The Bridge” received 53 votes and was a clear favourite.
     

  • Les Amis D'Onno
    Windfall donation to help young, aspiring entrepreneurs in the Scottish borders

    Young entrepreneurs in the Scottish Borders are to benefit from a £75,000 windfall to help provide additional support to 18-25 year olds who want to set up and sustain their own businesses.


    The monies have been gifted to The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT) by The Robertson Trust, an independent Scottish grant making trust established by the Robertson sisters who were brought up in the Scottish Borders. They donated the shares in the businesses, founded and developed by their grandfather and father, establishing the Trust in 1961 for charitable purposes.

  • Truly Scrumptious embrace Royal Wedding

    Paul Bradford of Award winning cake designers Truly Scrumptious, has asked pupils from local primary schools in and around Linlithgow to design their own royal wedding cupcake to mark the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William.


    Paul was funded by PSYBT in 2008 and since then has won many awards and is now one of Britain’s most well respected cake designers. Paul decided to get involved in the Royal Wedding fever, realising that many people would be paying particular attention to the couples of choice of cake as well as Kate’s dress!

Forthcoming Events

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.