Fraser Doherty – ‘SuperJam’ Boy!

Friday 19th NOW at Canterbury Innovation Centre 5.00pm 

Fraser Doherty, now 21, set up SuperJam at the age of 14, using his Grandmother’s secret jam recipes. After cooking jam at home for several years; selling his produce at farmers’ markets and to delicatessens, he developed a method of producing jam entirely from fruit and fruit juice, making it healthier and better tasting than regular jams. 

After setting up production, creating a brand and perfecting his recipes, Fraser became the youngest ever supplier to a major supermarket chain when Waitrose launched the range in March 2007. SuperJam now supplies over 1,000 supermarkets in the UK (incl. Tesco, Asda Wal-Mart, Morrisons, Waitrose) and is working on expanding overseas.  

“Fraser is an exciting young entrepreneur with an amazing story.  His jams taste really fantastic too!”
Duncan Bannatyne – BBC ‘Dragon’s Den’ 

“He gives hope to anyone who ever dreamed of selling their homemade products to a wider market”
Lorraine Kelly – ITV’s GMTV 

“One of the best speakers we’ve ever had. Inspirational, humorous; one of the leading speaker’s in the UK!”
Liz Cameron, Chairman, Scottish Chambers of Commerce 

‘Fraser has taken a product that’s old-fashioned and completely reinvented it; giving it a young and up-to-date image’
Michael Simpson-Jones, Waitrose Supermarkets  

Come and talk to Fraser and hear his amazing ‘Super Jam’ story and also find out who won Canterbury Enterprise Week  Business Challenge Competition.
Friday 5.00 at Canterbury Innovation Center, University Road, Canterbury.  

This event is open to all. 

17th November ‘Canterbury Business Challenge

Come and develop your creativity and innovative skills by joining in the Kent teams to brainstorm ideas for Canterbury City Council!  
Using the ‘Wheel’ technique you will be part of a team which will use some creative thinking technique to develop loads of ideas, and then work together in a team of 6 to develop the afternoons winning idea! Great for your employability skills and great for your CV – all participants will receive a certificate of participation at the awards night on Friday – with the cnace to meet ‘Super Jam Boy’ Fraser Doherty. 

The Business Challenge afternoon will be held in the Foyer of Canterbury Innovation Centre, University of Kent from 1.30pm – 4.00pm. 

If you would like to be part of a team – let me know at t.s.crowther@kent.ac.uk 

Canterbury Enterprise Week – Shadowing Experience 

This year for Global Entrepreneurship Week the University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church and Canterbury City Council are working with local businesses to provide students with some amazing shadowing and visit opportuntities to see how business really works 

These opportuntiies are on  a first come first served basis – so if you are interested – let me know as soon as you can by emailing me at t.s.crowther@kent.ac.uk. 

Many thanks for all your interest in these opportunites – they have all now been taken.

Canterbury City Partnership – Wednesday 17th 9.00 – 4.00pm – meeting City Business leaders in the morning then working on a project and presenting to Bob Jones opportunity taken
Canterbury City Council – Monday 15th 11.30 – 4.30  shadow Chief Executive for CanterburyCity Council opportunity taken
Deeson Group              Tuesday 16th – 9.30 – 4.30pm    shadow marketing department (Canterbury) -opportunity taken
Denne Ltd                      Monday  15th afternoon               shadow contract manager (Broadstairs) -opportunity taken
Denne Ltd -                   Monday 15th morning                   Group visit (max 10 students) to visit  new school building project (Broadstairs) 
Canterbury College Tuesday 16th 9.00 – 1.00pm        shadow Director of Business Services and Associated Services opportunity taken
Canterbury College Thursday 18th   times tbc               shadow Director of Business Services and Associated Services opportunity taken
Canterbury Cathedral Tuesday 16th 9.30 – 4.30          shadow Manager of the International Centre opportunity taken
Whitefriars Thursday 18th 9.30 – 4.30                             shadow Whitefriars manager and attend marketing strategy    meeting – opportunity taken
More to follow on confirmation from businesses. 

17th November – How to Start your own Business – Medway Campus

Medway will have its own Business Start up event with the Kent Foundation on Wednesday 17^th November,
G4-04, Gillingham Building,1.00-2.00pm Find out more about starting your own business and the support that is available to you. All are welcome to the Fraser Doherty talk on Friday.