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Jam packed weekend for Scotland's wannabe entrepreneurs
16th April 2008
Fraser Doherty’s life has been pretty jamming so far. Still only nineteen, he is one of Scotland’s most successful teenage tycoons. Fraser was on hand to share his secrets with thousands of Scotland’s wannabe entrepreneurs when the New Start Scotland exhibition – Scotland’s largest business events for new starts – recently returned to the SECC for the fourth year running.
So what is the secret of Fraser’s success? In a word, jam. Fraser started making jam, using his Gran's recipes at the age of just 14. He soon developed a set of recipes to make jam entirely from fruit and fruit juice and began selling them at farmers' markets and church fetes across Scotland. After leaving school, he worked 16 hour days until he eventually managed to move production out of his parents' kitchen; after convincing the big supermarkets, such as Tesco and Waitrose, to stock his SuperJam.
More than eight thousand hopeful entrepreneurs from all over Scotland visited the New Start Scotland exhibition and seminars, which filled one of the biggest halls at the SECC. Young and old, they’re all planning to launch their own businesses this year, and come to the event to learn at first hand from those who’ve been through the terrifying and exhilarating experience of becoming your own boss.
New Start Scotland has found that Scotland’s young entrepreneurs are contributing over £22 million for the Scottish economy every year.
A recent independent evaluation of the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT) found its business start-up support for young people has resulted in an additional £22.6 million turnover per year, creating the equivalent of 489 full time jobs.
Ceri Rogers, New Start Scotland’s organiser, said: “Last year we had the rise of the silver start-ups where people aged over 50 were getting active in launching their own ventures and now the youngsters are fighting back – it’s great to see that despite Scotland facing a potential economic downturn, the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Scottish entrepreneurs of all ages.”
“New Start Scotland aims to add to the economy even further by providing entrepreneurs of all ages, no matter what their idea is, a starting point from which to launch their business with a bang.”
For further information on New Start Scotland, visit www.newstartscotland.com
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