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<v Narrator>Launching an entrepreneurial business</v>

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should be fun exciting, and empowering,

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but structural inequality continues

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to impact black entrepreneurs and business owners,

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standing in the way of innovation, talent,

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and economic empowerment.

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Everyone deserves the opportunity

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to see their dreams realized and ambitions fulfilled.

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So at Sky, we are supporting young black entrepreneurs

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to launch to build, to grow and to succeed.

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Too often black entrepreneurs can face challenges

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accessing vital funding to take their business

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to the next level.

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Despite people of black African, black Caribbean,

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and black mixed heritage making up

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4.6% of the UK population,

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in the last 10 years,

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only 0.24% of the UK venture capital investment

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went to black entrepreneurs.

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So Sky is launching a 1 million pound program,

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in partnership with the Black Equity Organization,

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to back the UK's brightest business talent.

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This is our commitment,

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investing in practical business building tools and resources

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like access to financial support, mentorship,

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and advice to get that big idea off the ground.

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Together, we will support black owned businesses,

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work to create new opportunities

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in Sky's own supply chains and help others to follow,

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and help build a more equitable society

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and economic prosperity for all.

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Together we stand.

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Together we empower.

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Together we succeed, because from action comes change.