Ten young entrepreneurs will turn The Square Shopping Centre into a hub of handmade goods on Saturday 18 July 2026, when the Young Business Showcase arrives in Camberley. The event, promoted by Collectively Camberley, sits inside Cambridge Square from 10:00 to 15:00 and gives traders aged 7 to 18 a chance to run their own mini-businesses for the day.
Event host Karissa Kwok knows the format firsthand. She joined the showcase as a seller in 2021 and now coordinates the Farnborough and Camberley dates. The ten registered businesses span 3D prints, lip balms, crochet items, slime, and baked goods. Stallholders arrive from 9am to set up, and applications close on Friday 10 July.
The Young Business Showcase operates across several towns in the South of England, with Reading, Farnham, Guildford, and Egham also hosting dates this July. The Camberley outing is part of Collectively Camberley’s wider push to keep the town centre lively. Chairman Steve Coburn noted that the Business Improvement District continues to make a real difference during a turbulent period for high streets.
The Square Shopping Centre, managed by Montagu Evans on behalf of Surrey Heath Borough Council, houses 100 retailers and draws more than 179,000 visits each week. An indoor location outside Sainsbury’s at 5-6 The Square provides a weatherproof backdrop for the young traders to build confidence, test products, and make their first sales.
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