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Success for Durham entrepreneur

Posted by Norma Foster on October 8, 2007 9:31 AM | 

A little help and a lot of hard work can go a long way towards success, as Kate Dawson has proved.

She is one of 10 entrepreneurs from across the region who each won £2,000 to start their own business via eBay through YouTrade – a competition to encourage online entrepreneurship across the North East.

Just six months after launching her jewellery business Spirit Unique, Kate opened The Spirit Gallery and Giftshop in Eshottheugh, which is near Felton in Northumberland.

When we launched YouTrade, we wanted to inspire people to be enterprising and to turn their ideas into something real. Kate has demonstrated that, with hard work, strong business advice and a quality idea, the opportunities are out there.

I am delighted that Kate’s venture has taken off so quickly; she is proving to be an inspiration and an example to us all of how a great idea coupled with creativity and enterprising spirit can become something big.

I want to encourage and support entrepreneurship in the region and the YouTrade competition has been a fantastic opportunity for 10 entrepreneurs to develop a business idea online.

Find out more about the YouTrade competition and the other nine winners here.

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