Seven in 10 Gen Z-ers setting their sights on owning their own business one day View Image

Gen Z are setting their sights high on entrepreneurship. New joint research from Small Business Saturday UK and American Express finds 71% of 18-to 24-year olds are interested in starting their own businesses, with almost a third of this number (31%) saying this is a closely held dream.

Retail, hospitality and beauty are the top sectors that young people want to start up in, with 17% interested in running a bookshop and 15% keen to start bakeries, spas or businesses caring for pets.

Organisers from the Small Business Saturday campaign - which celebrates and supports the Uk’s 5.45 million small businesses - say Gen Z’s entrepreneurial appetite presents a huge economic opportunity to grow the next

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