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By Daniel Forman - 17th November 2005
A signal is being sent around the world of a Britain that challenges and inspires young people to make the most of their talents and to be all they can be
Gordon Brown
The chancellor has unveiled plans for new enterprise summer schools in a bid to boost British business.
Gordon Brown wants to encourage budding entrepreneurs to take risks in industry and help support young people's ideas.
The government will give 14 to 16-year-olds from every school in the country the chance to learn from experts outside of term-time as well as help in starting social enterprises, he said.
"There is huge amount of creative talent and we have to give young people the encouragement to develop it," Brown told BBC News.
He said his schools would be based in part on TV series such as the Apprentice and Dragon's Den.
And he claimed Britain was learning from an American business culture in which entrepreneurs, were less afraid of making mistakes.
"A signal is being sent around the world of a Britain that challenges and inspires young people to make the most of their talents and to be all they can be," Brown claimed.
However he said the country needs "to turn what looks like a British enterprise renaissance into a British enterprise revolution".
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