Business

A social enterprise project by Tonbridge boys inspired by the current pandemic has been awarded a place on the University of Cambridge ‘Camstart’ programme. A team of Second Year boys, led by Abraham Chan, came up with a plan of producing high-quality, reusable face masks when taking part in the Boars’ Den, the School’s annual contest to find the best entrepreneurial start-up ideas. As part...

A team of four Lower Sixth students from Bishop’s Stortford College have battled their way into the Student Investor Challenge semi-finals, beating over 9,000 teams from schools around the UK and abroad. The Student Investor Challenge, run by The London Institute of Banking & Finance, challenges teams of school children to invest virtual money on the London Stock Exchange and trade stocks and...

Trent College is introducing a new subject option for Sixth Formers next year, which will enhance their post-16 education with specialist, employment related learning. Students will be able to study the Level 3 Business BTEC alongside the existing portfolio of 21 A-levels and a Sport BTEC. The Business BTEC is expected to follow in the successful footsteps of Trent’s Sport BTEC which has...

A former pupil at The Royal Masonic School for Girls has been named the TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year at a ceremony in London. Isabella Scanio entered the Management Undergraduate of the Year category and successfully made it through the final 10 from the 4500 who had initially applied. In this category, judges were looking for candidates with an aptitude for customer service and sales,...

Business-savvy students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools clinched five awards in a regional competition. The dynamic Sixth Form students created two eco-friendly companies and were rewarded for their endeavour at Young Enterprise Wales’ Newport and Monmouthshire regional finals. Each company contained a mix of A-level students from both Monmouth School for Boys and Girls. Eco Panda, which has...

Jonathan Warburton at Windermere SchoolPhoto credit: Victoria Sedgwick Jonathan Warburton, chairman of bakery giants, Warburtons, was at Windermere School recently to deliver an entertaining lecture entitled ‘Authenticity and Dissatisfaction’. The event, which was organised in collaboration with LA23NET and held in the school’s Crampton Hall, was a huge success, attended by over 200 hundred...

Entrepreneur and founder of Iceland Foods, Sir Malcolm Walker CBE will be the guest speaker at Moreton Hall’s Business Lunch next month. Sir Malcolm will address an audience of over 400 local and regional business leaders during the one day event, organised in association with Investec Wealth and Investment. The audience will gain an insight into how the Yorkshire man began his entrepreneurial...

Eight Sixth Form students from Sexey’s School are celebrating as they have qualified for the semi-final of the Student Investor Challenge, run by the London Institute of Banking and Finance. The teams were given an imaginary £100,000 to invest on the London Stock Exchange. Over 5,500 teams entered and after three months of following the markets and picking shares, the two Sexey’s teams finished in...

A team from Malvern St James Girls’ School has progressed to the West Midlands Final of the Young Enterprise Company of the Year. The winning team, Moments, will give a presentation to judges next month in four categories regarding their products, including postcards, booklets and coupon books. The members have benefited from business advice from Rupert Parsons of Acacia Dentists in Bromyard, who has...

A team of business and economics students from Felsted School have made it through to the National Final of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales (ICAEW) BASE competition. The first round of the competition saw them individually take on the role of an ICAEW Chartered Accountant and complete an online business-related game. They were then formed into a team and following a team...