Joseph Hayat
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Joseph Hayat is an award winning young British
entrepreneur
, television campaigner and politician
. He is currently the Deputy Member of Youth Parliament
for the constituency of Sleaford & North Hykeham within Lincolnshire
West.
, UK in 1993. He was educated at Lincoln Minster School
where he obtained nine GCSE’s. He is a former pupil of Sleaford Joint Sixth Form
where he studied A-levels in Business
, Geography
and Travel & Tourism.
Teen Awards.
In July 2011, Hayat was awarded the young achievers award at the North Kesteven
Community Awards for his service to the Lincolnshire Youth Cabinet and UK Youth Parliament
.
. He came second in the election, losing by 3% as he obtained 20% of the votes (892) whilst Chris Bridgwood (MYP) obtained 23% (1009).
Hayat has discussed his campaigns to improve the public image of young people.
Hayat was one of the organisers behind Lincolnshire’s first ever young person’s festival ‘LinX’s Festival’.
His three current campaigns consist of improving young people's access to transport in Lincolnshire , promoting enterprise
and fighting the issue of sexual grooming
.
In November 2011, Hayat spoke for the last time in the House as a serving MYP at the UK Youth Parliaments annual sitting in the House of Commons where he was introduced to Ed Milliband. Hayat spoke during the Child Poverty debate where he delivered a back bench speech in support of his ally and fellow MYP for Leicester South
Mu-hamid Pathan who proposed the motion as debate lead. The duo highlighted the impact of youth unemployment and the need to create opportunities for young people.
production which encourages young people to engage with the serious issues that matter to them. Ali and Hayat’s campaign ‘Ready for Work’ is centered around youth unemployment.
In October 2011, Hayat & Ali took the campaign to Westminster with a group of NEET's
alongside Ms Dynamite
and Charlie Simpson
to raise awareness of the issue. They met with the Employment Minister Chris Grayling
to discuss their pledge to get a thousand new businesses to take on young people by 2012. The Minister agreed to support the campaign by getting Jobcentre Plus
to work with Joseph and Hafsah to get 1,000 young people back into work. Later that week the duo's campaign efforts were also praised by Leicester South
MP Jon Ashworth who mentioned the campaign whilst directing a question concerning youth unemployment to Prime Minister
David Cameron
during Prime Minister's Questions.
In November 2011, the Prime Minister praised the campaign and paid tribute to the duo stating "I'm incredibly impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment shown by Hafsah and Joseph."
company that provided solutions to the homes and businesses of Navenby
and the surrounding Cliff Villages. The duo started the company independently with an investment of £180 savings each.
Despite the then economic recession, the company was a success, the partners moving into their own premises in December 2009. However following his win in the UK Youth Parliament elections in February 2010, Hayat decided to sell his shares in Zeal Wave. Hives ceased trading as 'Zeal Wave' and re-launched operations under the identity of Calcom Enterprises. Hives continues to trade to this day and has moved into the telecoms and hosting sector.
organising a clubbing
event at Rehab night club in Sleaford
for young people to enjoy and to showcase local young talent. Despite the events reported success, no further events have been hosted by Hayat since.
brokerage, HiAir in July 2010.
Originally Hayat had a launch party scheduled for his venture on July 28th 2010 at East Midlands Airport, however it was cancelled the day before due to an administrational error. It was later reported that the cancellation wasn't caused by administrative issues but was due to the difficulties that Hayat faced with HM Revenue Customs, the UK Border Agency
and Special Branch
over border control requirements and security concerns that stopped both the operation and his relationship with the airport. This was confirmed by Hayat when he later launched operations in August 2010 operating from no specific airport base, however it was never confirmed by Hayat whether or not the party was planned to occur at East Midlands Airport as reported or in fact Retford Airport as rumoured.
In June 2011 it was reported that Hayat had sold an ad-hoc flight that operated within Lincolnshire.
.
In May 2011 it was announced that HiAir would provide a scheduled daily service between Robin Hood Airport and Amsterdam Airport acting as a a virtual airline
utilising a single nineteen seater aircraft Jetstream 32 aircraft, to be provided on an ACMI basis and operated by a European AOC
.
In September 2011, it was announced that HiAir had suspended the flights having not received the delivery of their chosen aircraft due to an issue outlined as 'beyond our control' incurred with their unnamed AOC chosen to operate the flights.
In November 2011 it was revealed that Hayat had resigned as Director of the company for unspecified reasons and is thus no longer a shareholder of HiAir Ltd leaving him with no connections to neither the company or former colleague and Director Jason King.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
, television campaigner and politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
. He is currently the Deputy Member of Youth Parliament
Member of Youth Parliament
A Member of Youth Parliament , is an individual aged between 11 and 18 elected by young people to represent their local area on the UK Youth Parliament. There are currently around 600 MYPs across the United Kingdom....
for the constituency of Sleaford & North Hykeham within Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
West.
Early life
Hayat was born in PeterboroughPeterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
, UK in 1993. He was educated at Lincoln Minster School
Lincoln Minster School
Lincoln Minster School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Lincolnshire, England. It houses scholars in music, sport and academics. It comprises three schools: the pre-preparatory, preparatory, senior school and sixth form...
where he obtained nine GCSE’s. He is a former pupil of Sleaford Joint Sixth Form
Sleaford Joint Sixth Form
Sleaford Joint Sixth Form is a partnership in Sleaford, England between Carre's Grammar School and St George's Academy to provide greater learning opportunities for all students.-History:...
where he studied A-levels in Business
Business studies
Business studies is an academic subject taught at higher level in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, as well as at university level in many countries...
, Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
and Travel & Tourism.
Personal life
In October 2010, Hayat was one of three teenagers in the UK to be nominated for the Teen Entrepreneur Award at the first ever BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
Teen Awards.
In July 2011, Hayat was awarded the young achievers award at the North Kesteven
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...
Community Awards for his service to the Lincolnshire Youth Cabinet and UK Youth Parliament
UK Youth Parliament
The UK Youth Parliament is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, consisting of democratically elected members aged between 11 and 18....
.
Member of Youth Parliament
Hayat was elected in February 2010 as the Deputy Member of Youth Parliament (DMYP) for Lincolnshire West which entails the constituencies of Sleaford & North Hykeham and GainsboroughGainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Gainsborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
. He came second in the election, losing by 3% as he obtained 20% of the votes (892) whilst Chris Bridgwood (MYP) obtained 23% (1009).
Hayat has discussed his campaigns to improve the public image of young people.
Hayat was one of the organisers behind Lincolnshire’s first ever young person’s festival ‘LinX’s Festival’.
His three current campaigns consist of improving young people's access to transport in Lincolnshire , promoting enterprise
Enterprise
Enterprise may refer to:-Economics and business:* A business* A company* Entrepreneurship, the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses* Enterprise Architecture...
and fighting the issue of sexual grooming
Child grooming
Child grooming refers to actions deliberately undertaken with the aim of befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, in order to lower the child's inhibitions in preparation for sexual activity with the child, or exploitation .Child grooming may be used to lure minors into...
.
In November 2011, Hayat spoke for the last time in the House as a serving MYP at the UK Youth Parliaments annual sitting in the House of Commons where he was introduced to Ed Milliband. Hayat spoke during the Child Poverty debate where he delivered a back bench speech in support of his ally and fellow MYP for Leicester South
Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicester South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , by the first past the post voting system...
Mu-hamid Pathan who proposed the motion as debate lead. The duo highlighted the impact of youth unemployment and the need to create opportunities for young people.
Battlefront
In July 2011 it was revealed that Hayat is to appear, alongside Hafsah Ali, in the third series of the TV series Battlefront, a Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
production which encourages young people to engage with the serious issues that matter to them. Ali and Hayat’s campaign ‘Ready for Work’ is centered around youth unemployment.
In October 2011, Hayat & Ali took the campaign to Westminster with a group of NEET's
NEET
NEET is a government acronym for people currently "not in education, employment, or training". It was first used in the United Kingdom but its use has spread to other countries, including Japan, China, and South Korea...
alongside Ms Dynamite
Ms. Dynamite
Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley , who performs as Ms. Dynamite, is a double BRIT Award and three time MOBO Awards winning UK garage, R&B and hip hop singer and rapper.-Biography:...
and Charlie Simpson
Charlie Simpson
Charles Robert Simpson , is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was the youngest member of multi BRIT Award-winning band Busted, and is the lead vocalist, guitarist and co-lyricist in alternative rock band Fightstar...
to raise awareness of the issue. They met with the Employment Minister Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Grayling, PC, MP , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Shadow Cabinet from 2005 to 2010 and was the party's Shadow Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010. Following the 2010 general election, he was appointed a Minister of State in the...
to discuss their pledge to get a thousand new businesses to take on young people by 2012. The Minister agreed to support the campaign by getting Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus was a government agency for working-age people in Great Britain. The agency was formed when the Employment Service, which operated Jobcentres, merged with the Benefits Agency, which ran social security offices, and was re-named Jobcentre Plus on 1 April 2002...
to work with Joseph and Hafsah to get 1,000 young people back into work. Later that week the duo's campaign efforts were also praised by Leicester South
Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicester South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , by the first past the post voting system...
MP Jon Ashworth who mentioned the campaign whilst directing a question concerning youth unemployment to Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
David Cameron
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
during Prime Minister's Questions.
In November 2011, the Prime Minister praised the campaign and paid tribute to the duo stating "I'm incredibly impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment shown by Hafsah and Joseph."
Zeal Wave
Hayat founded Zeal Wave in February 2009, when he was aged 15, with business partner Callum Hives. Zeal Wave was an ITInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
company that provided solutions to the homes and businesses of Navenby
Navenby
Navenby is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. Lying south of Lincoln and north-northwest of Sleaford, Navenby has a population of 1,666 and is a dormitory village for Lincoln...
and the surrounding Cliff Villages. The duo started the company independently with an investment of £180 savings each.
Despite the then economic recession, the company was a success, the partners moving into their own premises in December 2009. However following his win in the UK Youth Parliament elections in February 2010, Hayat decided to sell his shares in Zeal Wave. Hives ceased trading as 'Zeal Wave' and re-launched operations under the identity of Calcom Enterprises. Hives continues to trade to this day and has moved into the telecoms and hosting sector.
Events
In Spring 2010, Hayat briefly invested in the events management industryIndustry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
organising a clubbing
Clubbing (subculture)
Clubbing is custom of visiting and gathering socially at nightclubs . That includes music listening, dancing, drinking alcohol and sometimes using recreational drugs. In most cases it is done for socializing and meeting new people...
event at Rehab night club in Sleaford
Sleaford
Sleaford is a town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located thirteen miles northeast of Grantham, seventeen miles west of Boston, and nineteen miles south of Lincoln, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time...
for young people to enjoy and to showcase local young talent. Despite the events reported success, no further events have been hosted by Hayat since.
HiAir
Hayat has often been dubbed the 'worlds youngest airline boss' after founding ad-hoc air charterAir charter
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats...
brokerage, HiAir in July 2010.
Originally Hayat had a launch party scheduled for his venture on July 28th 2010 at East Midlands Airport, however it was cancelled the day before due to an administrational error. It was later reported that the cancellation wasn't caused by administrative issues but was due to the difficulties that Hayat faced with HM Revenue Customs, the UK Border Agency
UK Border Agency
The UK Border Agency is the border control body of the United Kingdom government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency , UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs...
and Special Branch
Special Branch
Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in the Royal Thai Police...
over border control requirements and security concerns that stopped both the operation and his relationship with the airport. This was confirmed by Hayat when he later launched operations in August 2010 operating from no specific airport base, however it was never confirmed by Hayat whether or not the party was planned to occur at East Midlands Airport as reported or in fact Retford Airport as rumoured.
In June 2011 it was reported that Hayat had sold an ad-hoc flight that operated within Lincolnshire.
HiAir Ltd
In November 2010 it was revealed that Hayat had received investment from Ben King in exchange for 51% of his company and that HiAir had in fact become incorporated as a limited companyLimited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
.
In May 2011 it was announced that HiAir would provide a scheduled daily service between Robin Hood Airport and Amsterdam Airport acting as a a virtual airline
Virtual Airline (economics)
In economics, a virtual airline is an airline that has outsourced as many possible operational and business functions as it can, but still maintains effective control of its core business. Such an airline focuses on operating a network of air services, and outsourcing non-core activities to other...
utilising a single nineteen seater aircraft Jetstream 32 aircraft, to be provided on an ACMI basis and operated by a European AOC
Air Operator's Certificate
An air operator's certificate is the approval granted from a national aviation authority to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets and system in place to ensure the safety of its employees and the general public...
.
In September 2011, it was announced that HiAir had suspended the flights having not received the delivery of their chosen aircraft due to an issue outlined as 'beyond our control' incurred with their unnamed AOC chosen to operate the flights.
In November 2011 it was revealed that Hayat had resigned as Director of the company for unspecified reasons and is thus no longer a shareholder of HiAir Ltd leaving him with no connections to neither the company or former colleague and Director Jason King.