The finals in the eighth series of the Yorkshire Television programme that has over the past four weeks been searching for the most enterprising businessperson in the region under the age of 25. The four winners from earlier heats from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Humberside now compete against each other to find out who will be named winner of Enterprize 88 and be presented with both a trophy as well as £5000. Title: Yorkshire Television Production A quick-fire introduction to each...

The finals in the eighth series of the Yorkshire Television programme that has over the past four weeks been searching for the most enterprising businessperson in the region under the age of 25. The four winners from earlier heats from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Humberside now compete against each other to find out who will be named winner of Enterprize 88 and be presented with both a trophy as well as £5000. Title: Yorkshire Television Production A quick-fire introduction to each of the four contestants featured in this final. Title: Enterprize 88 Coming out onto the stage presenter Robert Hall introduces this the final of Enterprize 88 that has been looking for the most enterprising self-employed businessperson in the region under the age of 25. He provides details on the qualities the judging panel have been looking for in these contestants such as business skill, courage, initiative and hard work and that the eventual winner will be walking away not only with the Enterprize 88 trophy, the 8th to be awarded by Yorkshire Television, but also £5000. After introducing last year’s winner Gillian Ridhard from Sherwood in Nottinghamshire who sits in the audience, he introduces the judging panel beginning with its chair Commercial Manager for Lloyds Bank Michael Walker followed by John Gunnell Chairman of Yorkshire Enterprise and Neil Balfour Chairman of the York Trust. Following a graphic providing some details regarding the first contestant 25-year-old newspaper publisher Deborah Holmes from Stocksbridge in Sheffield, a filmed report on her free newspaper ‘The Trader’ which has a circulation of 30,000. As she talks about how she started the business, the work she does on the paper and the people she employs she holds a meeting with her five staff. As she speaks with a client, she talks about the importance of advertising to generate an income, her hopes for the future and what she would do with the prize money should she win. Back in the studio Deborah is quizzed about her business by the judging panel. The second contestant in this final is 25-year-old Neil Grayson who co-owns a bed specialist shop at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire called Cartergate Bed Centre. As he and partner Lachlan Cameron go about setting up the shop and dealing with customers, Neil speaks in voiceover about how the company was set up, what its specialist services are and how the company is operated. Back in the studio he takes questions about the company from the judging panel. The third contestant is 25-year-old Mark Dransfield of Dransfield Construction a general buildings contractor from Hull. As he is filmed working from his office and out on site speaking with the builders he talks in voiceover about his average day, the tasks he performs for the company and his reliance on his workforce. Returning to the studio he takes questions from the judging panel about the operation of his company. The fourth and final contestant is 17-year-old Stephen Goss of Mexborough in South Yorkshire. Working in his workshop he speaks in voiceover about his company Lureflash Products which manufactures exclusive synthetic flies for use in game fishing. As he workings on one his flies he talks about the operation of the company and about his workforce. As he serves a customer in his shop, he talks about being able to grow worldwide sales and being in wholesale for the UK. Back in the studio he takes questions from the judges with regards his business. As the judges consider the winner Robert Hall introduces all the previous winners of Enterprize who are seated in the audience all of whom are still in business and doing well. He then introduces a woman he describes as ‘typifying the sense of business enterprise’ British lingerie designer Janet Reger who will be presenting this year’s trophy. Turning to Michael Walker to announce the winners he gives an overview of the judge’s thoughts on each of the contestants before naming Deborah Holmes the runner-up and Mark Dransfield the winner. The programme comes to an end with the Enterprize 88 trophy being presented. Credit: Enterprize 88 was introduced by Robert Hall Title: Business Adviser Michael Walker Judges John Gunnell, Neil Balfour Special Guest Janet Reger Credit: Film Camera Alan Pyrah, Mostafa Hammuri Film Sound Barrie Box, Stan Ellison Film Editor Alwyn Jones Studio Cameras Phil Knockton Studio Sound Maurice O’Donoghue Visual Mixer Brenda Wilson Visual Control Bill Goodliffe Technical Supervisor Tim Rusden Floor Manager Ian Ferguson Production Assistant Val Silson Graphics Wendy Taggart, David Husband Lighting Vince Barber Designer Robert Scott Research Susan Pape Director Peter Jones Producer David Lowen Executive Producer Graham Ironside Title: Next Week Heat Three. © Yorkshire Television Ltd 1988 End title: Yorkshire Television Production