An estimated 26,400 people aged 21 and under are currently listed as directors of UK Ltd companies, according to professional services consultancy Procorre. The report claims that the rapid growth of the app economy – economic activity relating to mobile applications – and success of young people in the industry is leading to a shift in ‘Generation Y’ to ‘Generation Entrepreneur’. The accessibility of media and technology and growth of related sectors has encouraged many aspiring entrepreneurs aged 21 and under
TV gardener Monty Don has warned that young people are being turned off gardening because they can no longer afford homes with green spaces. The Royal Horticultural Society has reported a surge in interest in the young. But the presenter, criticised councils for building on allotments and said that spiralling property prices meant that younger generations did not have the opportunity to get green-fingered. “My generation grew up expecting some sort of ownership and access to gardens. I had my first home
Two-fifths (40%) of young people believe they are ill-equipped to get a full-time job as they lack practical experience, according to a survey by recruitment company Adecco. The survey of 16- to 24-year-olds also found that nearly a third (30%) of those in full-time education expect it to take six months or more to secure a full-time job. Those actively seeking work have on average applied for 11 jobs in the last 12 months, but have only secured two interviews. More
The world needs to wake up to “the ticking timebomb” of youth unemployment in developing countries and treat the issue as seriously as humanitarian disasters and global efforts to eradicate disease, a group of British MPs has warned. In its latest report, the Commons International Development Committee (IDC) says population increases – especially in Africa – are making it harder for people to earn a livelihood, let alone find full-time employment. With 600 million young
Life is not hard, it is easy. That is the problem. Why do we stop chasing our dreams? Because it is so easy to wake up, do the minimum, eat, sleep and repeat. Meet someone, bring up kids, drift and die… It is easy to live. That is the curse. It is easy to look at a dream as something far off in the future, a thing. It is also a verb, it has to be chased. A dream is all the steps. This
