Huge congratulations to a group of young entrepreneurs from Stone’s Alleyne’s Academy, who finished second in this year’s Young Enterprise competition.
The group – who run the Ignite company – won the Stafford, Staffordshire and West Midlands finals to make it to the national final on 1st July at the British Film Institute, where they were pipped to the title by a group of students from Southborough High School in south-west London.
Finishing second was a spectacularly great result for the students. This year, nearly 22,000 students took part in the competition, setting up nearly 2,000 companies between them. Ignite’s product, Connect, is a sturdy supporter designed to store smartphone, tablet or handheld games consoles for use when watching programmes, for a more comfortable and optimised viewing angle.
Ignite were mentored by Sarah White, the managing director of Stone’s M-Viron mobile phone store. The Young Enterprise programme locally is looking for more mentors to take part – click HERE for more details.
Michael Mercieca, chief executive of Young Enterprise, said: “Setting up a business alongside regular studying is not easy to do but we have witnessed, yet again this year, thousands of pupils from all areas of the UK and all backgrounds and cultures use enterprise to really develop their skill sets.”
There’s more information about Team Ignite and their Connect product HERE. And look out for a guest post coming soon from the team all about their Young Enterprise adventure this year.
