Den for teenage tycoons.AN ACADEMY for budding budding, type of grafting in which a plant bud is inserted under the bark of the stock (usually not more than a year old). It is best done when the bark will peel easily and the buds are mature, as in spring, late summer, or early autumn. tycoons will be opened by Dragons' Den star Peter Jones next year. Aspiring teenage moguls will be able to study at his National Enterprise Academy. They will be taught the skills they need to start their own firm or scale the career ladder on one-year courses. Jones, whose mobile phone empire is worth an estimated pounds 160million, wants to build a network of academies across the UK. The first will open just outside London in January, followed by another in north-west England. The Government will pay just under half the pounds 8million cost of the first two academies, with Jones providing the rest. The BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. TV business guru said he wanted to foster an American "can-do" attitude among British youngsters. He added: "These is a stark difference in the entrepreneurial mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. between the UK and the US. "If the UK economy is to continue to grow, we need to create the right learning environment for all our children, where their talents can be developed so they can go out into the workplace or business and prosper." CAPTION(S): PLANS: Peter Jones |
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