The Duke of York visited West Yorkshire on 9th November, 2015 to chair graduation ceremonies at The University of Huddersfield and visit Pexa Ltd, a fast growing aviation business. The Duke, who succeeded Sir Patrick Stewart as Chancellor of The… Read More
University students were given royal treatment when The Duke of York undertook his first graduation duties.
Over 100 students from the School of Education and Professional Development at the University of Huddersfield received their awards from the Duke at the first two of ceremonies this week.
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Prince Andrew spoke on the importance of encouraging young people into print and the value of apprenticeships at The Printing Charity’s 188th Annual Luncheon yesterday (5 November). Read More
On Monday night we were at [email protected] 4.0, the latest incarnation of the startup competition hosted by HRH The Duke of York in St. James’ Palace. As the winners of [email protected] 3.0, we weren’t competing this time – but we were asked to provide a theme tune.
Now, writing a piece for the monarchy is not to be taken lightly (we see ourselves as a modern-day Handel in this regard), so we got our composing hats on. We quickly settled on using our Electronic style (it was a tech crowd, after all). But we didn’t think the melodies were up to royal standards – so we used this as inspiration to improve our machine learning algorithms and totally rework the way Electronic melodies are created by our software. Read More
CAKES from Ribchester were good enough for royalty when a family-run bakers supplied a palace event with thousands of “pops”.
Amy Gilmore and her husband David, owners of Polka Pops, were invited to supply cakes and chocolate pops for a royal event at St James’ Palace in London.
The budding baker was invited personally by HRH Prince Andrew, the Duke of York to supply his business event Pitch @ Palace. Read More
HRH the Duke of York has convened his fourth annual [email protected] – a unique event that brings together 15 British entrepreneurs from around the UK to pitch their business ideas in St James’ Palace. Read More
Imperial entrepreneurs came out top at the Duke of York’s [email protected] competition this week, securing both first and third place.
A 3D-printed knitwear startup founded by Imperial alumni claimed the top spot, while a current Imperial student came third for his invention – a low-cost baby incubator. Read More
Just over two years ago, I was invited to the first Pitch at Palace event in St. James’ Palace, hosted by The Duke of York.
Held every six months, hundreds of companies, from start-ups to scale-ups apply for inclusion in the event, just over 40 are selected for Bootcamp (where they are assigned a mentor or ‘Elevator’) and then 12 pitch on the night to a heady mixture of business people, entrepreneurs, investors and many more.
Last night was Pitch 4.0. It was one of the best events I’ve been to, not just because of the surroundings, but the quality of businesses, the quality of pitches, and above all, the quality of people in the room. A royal entrepreneurial eco-system (should that be E-cosystem?) of people who can genuinely make things happen (not just talk about them happening). Read More
Uniquely designed jumpers knitted in-store in just 90 minutes are coming to Covent Garden — with some serious establishment backing. Start-up Unmade — formerly Knyttan — uses a “3D printer for knitwear” to make its jumpers in-house for the same cost as those mass-produced in international factories.
The two-year-old start-up was named the winner of the fourth [email protected] — a biannual event run by HRH The Duke of York where 15 start-ups pitch their products to investors and businesses at St James’ Palace. Read More
An award-winning Coleraine chocolate maker yesterday showcased their products for royalty and business leaders at the [email protected] competition in St James’ Palace in London.
Chocolate Manor was one of just 12 elite UK food and drink businesses invited to take part in the prestigious entrepreneurial event – and the only one from Northern Ireland. Read More
