LABOUR leader Ed Miliband acknowledged the enterprise skills of two Liverpool pupils at the recent Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) conference in the city.
Last year, the FSB commissioned two Archbishop Blanch High School pupils, Hannah Ramsay and Katie Johnson, through their Young Enterprise company, Elephant Enterprises, to make Liver Bird key rings to promote the city at its 2010 Aberdeen conference – Business Secretary Lord Mandelson being among the recipients.
The FSB arranged for the girls to meet Mr Miliband after his speech to the small firms’ lobby group members at the BT Convention Centre.
The FSB hailed its conference as “a huge success”.
The three-day event attracted more than 600 small business owners from across the UK who took part in networking, debating issues affecting their prosperity, and heard from senior politicians David Cameron and Small Business Minister Mark Prisk, as well as Mr Miliband.
Members welcomed plans to cut red tape for SMEs.
