Peter Jones: Sack anti-enterprise education 'losers'

Dragons' Den judge Peter Jones has said people who hinder the development of enterprise education in schools should be fired.

In a series of angry posts on Twitter, the entrepreneur, who founded the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, hinted that he was facing barriers to his efforts to improve the way young people are taught about business.

He said: "Note to self: 'continue to battle against bureaucrats who hinder entrepreneurial learning in our schools. They're losers. The kids must win.'"

Continuing his complaints and in response to a tweet by BusinessZone.co.uk, Jones added: "Anyone who try's [sic] to prevent encouraging enterprise in schools must be sidelined or sacked."

He continued: "I might start naming & shaming those who hinder my campaign of encouraging enterprise in schools if I don't get what I want #wontbestopped."

Jones' comments follows the announcement earlier this week, that Tenner, an initiative which gives school children £10 to start their own business and was previously run by the now defunct Enterprise UK and then the Dragons' Den star, has been suspended after a new backer could not be found.

In an interview with Startups, Oli Barrett, who founded the original Tenner scheme, said Jones "became frustrated by the process conducted by the [Enterprise UK] trustees and ultimately decided that he wanted to go his own way".