Rotherham rolls out the red carpet for Royal visit to ‘Most Enterprising Place in Britain’.

Posted on 12th April, 2012 by Stef Hopkins in Enterprise, News

Carl Hopkins joined a group of Rotherham children last week to show The Duke of York what makes the town ‘The Most Enterprising Place in Britain.’

Carl Hopkins takes on the role of dragon for school’s Dragons’ Den event

Posted on 15th March, 2012 by Stef Hopkins in Comment & Judging

Carl Hopkins was invited to act as one of the Dragons for Silcoate’s school Dragons’ Den event on Thursday 8th march.

The aim of the ‘business challenge’, put to all sixth formers, was to prepare a brief for a product/idea and propose it to four Business Dragons. All the teams briefly met with the Dragons to [...]

Shelley College invites Carl to return as the guest speaker for 6th form presentation evening

Posted on 6th January, 2012 by admin in News, Public Speaking

Carl Hopkins was invited to return to Shelley College, this time for the 6th form presentation evening held within the college on Wednesday 5th January.

Carl delivered a short speech touching on his upbringing and sharing his own personal journey into enterprise.

Young people to be honoured at housing association awards ceremony

Posted on 15th November, 2011 by Stef Hopkins in Comment & Judging, Motivational Speakers

A group of housing associations is set to celebrate the dedication and commitment of some the young people it works with at an awards ceremony.

The Airport group, an informal alliance of 14 like-minded, stock transfer housing associations, is holding its second annual Young Flyers awards on Wednesday 16 November at The City of Manchester Stadium and has invited Carl Hopkins to be a guest speaker and judge.

Carl Hopkins Gives Sixth Formers The Formula For Success

Posted on 12th October, 2011 by Stef Hopkins in Public Speaking, Speaking Events

Carl Hopkins, the marketing guru and business personality who was this year’s guest speaker at Pudsey based Fulneck School’s Speech Day, delivered a Personal Branding seminar to the Sixth Form Enterprise Committee on Wednesday 12th October.

Carl Hopkins launches CIC to plug public sector gap and help support teachers and trainers

Posted on 5th October, 2010 by Stef Hopkins in Enterprise

A new business offering support to organisations that prepare people for the workplace has been launched by Carl Hopkins, the Leeds businessman and former Channel 4 Secret Millionaire.

Students achievements honoured as Carl attends award ceremony

Posted on 23rd September, 2010 by Stef Hopkins in Comment & Judging, Speaking Events

Carl was invited to help pupils at Brighouse High School celebrate outstanding achievements at the annual Junior Awards Ceremony.

The school is a Business and Enterprise Specialist and as guest speaker for the evening, Carl delivered a short speech highlighting the need  to support young people in enterprise. He also drew upon his own experiences and [...]

Carl Hopkins on BBC Radio Leeds

Posted on 25th August, 2010 by Stef Hopkins in Comment & Judging

Carl was invited onto BBC Radio Leeds to comment on A-level results and the fact that you don’t always need a qualification to be successful. He drew on the experiences of his own schooling and career to motivate those that hadn’t got the desired results.