We are thrilled to announce Peter Jones Enterprise Academy graduate and budding entrepreneur Katie Buckingham from Solihull has been shortlisted for the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Award.

Flying all the way over from his abode in Italy, Simon Donald swapped the glamorous vineyard of Pescia to share his career and business story with PJEA students at South Essex College.

We are always thrilled to hear about how well our PJEA graduates are doing and this is a particularly inspirational story. Chris Ball, who graduated from the first ever Peter Jones Enterprise Academy course in 2008 has secured a £150,000 investment to help kickstart his new business. Chris recently launched his new online discounts website www.justsave.co.uk