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In the United Kingdom, independent schools are fee-charging private schools, governed by an elected board of governors and independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum.

Teachers strike: Second day of disruption as National Education Union walks out in England

Teachers strike: Second day of disruption as National Education Union walks out in England
Jul 7,2023 3:20 am

... The Independent School Teachers Review Body has considered the issue and it is being looked at by the government...

Early retirement: Should I stay or should I go?

Early retirement: Should I stay or should I go?
Jun 23,2023 7:31 pm

... His coaching work has steadily grown and Mr Chopra is now employed as the cricketing coach at an Independent School...

Be wary of lone policemen, warns London head teacher

Be wary of lone policemen, warns London head teacher
Jan 20,2023 11:41 am

... The head teacher at the Independent School wrote her comments in a blog post after Carrick s crimes became public knowledge earlier this week...

PMQs: Keir Starmer calls on Rishi Sunak to end 'scandal' of private school tax breaks

PMQs: Keir Starmer calls on Rishi Sunak to end 'scandal' of private school tax breaks
Nov 30,2022 9:51 am

... Sir Keir clashed with Mr Sunak over the issue during PMQs and took aim at Mr Sunak s old Independent School...

Uvalde suspends school police force after mass shooting

Uvalde suspends school police force after mass shooting
Oct 7,2022 9:20 pm

... The suspension will be indefinite, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) said in a statement...

Schoolgirls who became Scotland's first female firefighters

Schoolgirls who became Scotland's first female firefighters
Jun 10,2022 12:30 pm

... The Independent School s fire unit had been set up in the 1940s when it helped to put out fires during World War Two...

'I was a poor kid but it put steely determination in me'

'I was a poor kid but it put steely determination in me'
Jun 1,2022 3:25 am

... But then he got what he calls " a lucky break" when he won a sixth-form scholarship to Independent School, Christ s Hospital in London, where boarding fees are more than £12,000 per term...

Texas shooting: Fifteen killed in attack at US primary school

Texas shooting: Fifteen killed in attack at US primary school
May 24,2022 11:55 pm

... The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District - around 85 miles (135km) west of the city of San Antonio - told the BBC that students had been evacuated from the school...

'I was a poor kid but it put steely determination in me'

Apr 8,2022 2:15 am

As a young, black entrepreneur with few industry contacts, Timothy Armoo, 27 has More Than beaten The Odds to raise investment, scale And Then sell his start-up.

He grew up on a council estate in South London and puts some of his success down to a " lucky break" as a teenager.

" When I talk to My Girlfriend about it, " says Mr Armoo, " she goes, 'you know that you're not meant to be able do this?'"

Mr Armoo founded his Social Media advertising business, Fanbytes, in 2017, building it up to employ 65 people.

The London Company connects Social Media influencers with big brands for promotion work. He has just sold The Business to a larger advertising firm called Brainlabs for an eight-figure sum, he says - both companies are in private hands so the exact sum has not been disclosed.

It is still incredibly difficult for black entrepreneurs to access funding for start-ups.

Less than one per cent of Venture Capital investment in the UK went to black entrepreneurs between 2009 and 2019, according to a recent report by - a similar figure to the.

And recent suggest black-owned businesses are four times more likely to have their business loan applications rejected, than white or South Asian business founders.

Mr Armoo was born in Hackney in London but moved to Ghana To Live with his grandmother when he was 3 months old, remaining there for Ten Years .

Returning to London in his early teens, he lived in Mawby House council estate on the Old Kent Road, in a flat with his father, a first generation immigrant. " I was a poor kid, we never had a lot of money and it put some steely determination in me, " says Mr Armoo.

But then he got what he calls " a lucky break" when he won a sixth-form scholarship to Independent School , Christ's Hospital in London, where boarding fees are More Than £12,000 per term.

" It introduced me to a world I hadn't known before, " he says.

" There was A Kid who One Day got picked up by helicopter. It opened up my eyes and gave me a sense of confidence for what is possible, even though there weren't that many people who looked Like Me there.

He says The Experience gave him confidence " in How To talk in certain circles, the subjects you engage in, " he then used those skills building Fanbytes for meeting investors among other things.

Mr Armoo has also capitalised on the growing value of Social Media influencers in advertising.

Fanbytes signs up Social Media stars on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, getting them to work with big brands to collaborate on their advertising campaigns.

Mr Armoo created Fanbytes with two other black entrepreneurs and Close Friends , Ambrose Cooke and Mitchell Fasanya.

Mr Cooke developed The Company 's proprietary algorithm as part of his university dissertation at Imperial College, London. It scrapes data to search for up-and-coming Social Media influencers - Meaning Fanbytes can sign them up before they get popular and expensive.

These Days it works with some of TikTok's biggest stars, like Rhia, from the UK, who is a toy influencer with More Than 14m followers, and vlogger Bella Poarch , who has 89m followers.

Clients have included everyone from Deliveroo to the UK government.

Fanbytes has been bought up by Brainlabs, a digital advertising company Set Up in 2012 by former Google employee Daniel Gilbert .

" Influencer marketing has rapidly become an integral part of the Digital Media mix and influencers have become the new A-listers, " says Mr Gilbert, " so to be able to offer it alongside our other capabilities under one roof is a huge advantage to our clients. "

TikTok's advertising revenue is likely to triple to $11bn in 2022, More Than the combined ad revenues of Twitter and Snapchat, according to research firm,.

" Influencer advertising is growing in importance to brands, as people spend increasing amounts of time looking at content from Social Media personalities, " says Rebecca McGrath, Mintel's associate director for Media and Technology.

Nearly one in five (19%) people who viewed influencer content bought a product or service after seeing an influencer promote it on Social Media in the three months to November 2021, according to a recent Mintel report.

This means advertising firms that still Focus On traditional advertising, like print, in The Future might start buying smaller start-ups dedicated specifically to influencers, says Ms McGrath.

Mr Armoo hopes that he can inspire others to follow in his footsteps.

One of the biggest hindrances for black founders says Mr Armoo, " is that they don't see Other People like them doing it, which would normalise success. The funding is there, and the opportunities are there. "

Mr Armoo has been sharing his business advice on his Social Media accounts.

" I've always seen myself as an Entrepreneur First , then a black entrepreneur, " he says. " Otherwise, you start to put too much emphasis on your race and you start to think about all the statistics around lower funding rates, or lack of exits, which results in you mentally playing on the back foot.

" Be objective, and solve problems. Focus On Being So Good they can't ignore you. "



Source of news: bbc.com

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