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HRH the Princess Royal to present Apprentice Challenge prizes

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Winners of the Apprentice Challenge at our Breaking the Mould careers conference in March will be given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to receive certificates from Princess Anne.

Nicky Kinnaird, founder of iconic beauty boutique Space NK to judge 2011 Breaking the Mould NatWest Apprentice Challenge

Friday, January 21st, 2011

With a global reputation as a visionary entrepreneur, Nicky has single-handedly changed the way we shop and appreciate beauty.

Our Breaking the Mould conference has attracted more powerful sponsors

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Mobile phones giant O2 has signed up to sponsor it for the second year running and the Food and Drink Federation was so impressed with the response from last year that it has rushed to support us again.

NatWest Apprentice Challenge FAQs

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The challenge is to invent a beauty product, design packaging and produce an outline of costs and how the invention could be marketed.

Time is running out for schools and students to register interest in the 2011 Apprentice Challenge

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Following the success of last year’s Apprentice Challenge competition, Apprentice Challenge 2011 asks girls to invent a beauty product and devise packaging and a marketing strategy.

Our Breaking the Mould conference is off to a flying start

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

This will be Financial Mail’s fourth Breaking the Mould conference. Our theme will be careers in science and technology.

Sisters share the lessons learned from entering Financial Mail on Sunday’s MoneySense Apprentice Challenge

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Mariam and Tamara Lami, two 16 year old sisters from Cherwell School in Oxford, reveal how they used their runners up prize-money and share the lessons they learned from entering the Financial Mail on Sunday’s MoneySense Apprentice Challenge 2010.

Classical superstar Hayley Westenra to appear at FMWF’s careers conference

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Classical singing sensation Hayley Westenra will speak at FMWF’s next Breaking the Mould careers conference for schoolgirls at the Royal Institution in London’s Mayfair in March 2011.