The ‘Northern Lights Business Festival’ is coming to UCLan’s School of Business and Enterprise for the inaugural event, between Wednesday 17 November and Saturday 20 November. This is set to light up the newly completed University Square with entrepreneurial ideas, as part of a collaboration between Preston City Council and the UCLan.
The event is designed to coincide with the build-up to the Preston Christmas lights switch-on, and as part of the festival a craft and food market will be taking place on the University Square, between 11am and 4pm, on 19 and 20 November. This is organised by UCLans Students’ Union.
the festival organiser, UCLan’s Dr Eliza Morgan, Reader in Innovation and Enterprise, said:
“It’s been our aim to develop a city-wide business festival for some time but of course the pandemic intervened in our original plans.Now, as the region’s businesses emerge into the ‘new normal’, we’re hoping this inaugural event will be the catalyst for entrepreneurial minds of all ages to come together to share ideas and best practice for the benefit of all.”
The festival will open on 17 November with a young entrepreneurs event for schools day, which will include 164 Year 6 school children from five local primary schools.The children will be asked to develop a creative and exciting family event to attract visitors to Preston for a Christmas lights switch-on. The winners, as judged by a panel of senior UCLan managers, will see their ideas come to life for the next festival in 2022.
In addition, the festival will also include a business breakfast followed by a leadership conference, themed around the subject ‘Leading in Dangerous Times’.
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