Our blog entry this week is an unashamed plug of a fellow Gateshead-based company who are doing great things for enterprise, young people, and the environment.
Set to launch in September, WhipBikes is an innovative bike-hire scheme for students and staff at Newcastle University. The team behind it – Robert Grisdale and Jack Payne – are two Engineering graduates who conceived the idea of making trips across campus that little bit quicker, and much more fun. Indeed, the bright green bikes are certainly eye-catching (having been on Whip1 twice I can vouch for their ability to capture attention) and with a fleet of 150 there's sure to be enough to go around.
The WhipBikes team demonstrate that ideas do not have to be complex to succeed; they came up with the idea whilst they were students, and over the past couple of months have won over the support of numerous competition panels and funders.
We wish them the best of luck and are hoping that when the launch is over they'll be willing to come along to some of our school-based enterprise sessions to talk about their experiences.
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