Retailer Asda left its legacy in Liverpool following its annual staff meeting by donating food to hundreds of homeless people across Merseyside.
Thousands of jobs will be available at a unique event to help the region's young people find work.
ACC Liverpool, home to BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena, will welcome Sir Richard Branson to the city's Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) 2012 - the world's largest global gathering of startup champions.