of pioneers from fields as diverse as film, retail, marketing and design. Speakers: Gurinder Chadha OBE, director of Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice Feb 2009 Over 75 student entrepreneurs in Liverpool on Wednesday were provided with inspiration by internationally renowned creative business advisor David Parrish ( www.davidparrish.com ). David was keynote speaker at the FlyingStart Rally, which delivered a series of workshops and activities giving participants an insight into starting up and running a business or social enterprise. The event - organised jointly with Emma Hunter, North West Enterprise Champion at Liverpool John Moores, and her colleague Dominique Aspey - attracted a range of students and graduates interested in creating their own futures by setting up businesses. Dominique Aspey said: "we are delighted with the success of yesterday's event and feedback that I have had from my business contacts who came along as 'industry experts' shows that we have a huge amount of support from established entrepreneurs for what we are doing." The NCGE's FlyingStart Events Coordinator David Benson said: "Speaking to many of the participants throughout the day it seems we have really sown the seeds for the Programme and have some great candidates who I am sure are now going to apply at FlyingStartOnline.com ." Feb 2009 Rapid deployment of 175m of the Fluvial Innovations FLOODSTOP barrier designed by pioneering FlyingStart Global Entrepreneur Simon Phelps last week guarded against a predicted 6.8m spring tide at Sandwich Quay in Kent. Paul Marshall, Operations Delivery Team Leader