Young Enterprise is the United Kingdom's largest business and enterprise education charity Young Enterprise Company Programme alumni are twice as likely to start their own business as their peers In 2012 we asked Dr Rosemary Athayde of Kingston University Business School to analyse Young Enterprise's impact on the economy over 50 years In 2008 we asked research company Fresh Minds to evaluate the impact our programmes on the lives of Young Enterprise alumni With the support of more than 3,500 and over 5,000 schools, colleges, universities and local communities, we are a major force in preparing the next generation to run the British economy