There will be even more stalls than usual to visit at Stone farmers’ market on Saturday 7th February as the Young Enterprise trade fair takes over Market Square.
Last year the Stafford & Stone Area Board (look for them as @YEStaffordshire on Twitter) saw their fourth team in five years make the UK finals as the representative of the YE West Midlands region. Ignite, the Young Enterprise team from Alleynes Academy in Stone, were the third team in four years from the school to make it to the YE UK National Finals and they were named runners-up in last year’s finals in London
For 2015, each Young Enterprise team in the area came together in September and in four short months has developed, designed and packaged a completely new product.
Stone farmers’ market will have extra stalls to visit on 7th February as eight Young Enterprise teams start selling their newly developed products to the public for the first time.
Each team has hired a stall as part of the Young Enterprise Programme and will be looking to sell as much as possible in order to help their team go through to the next level. On the day, their stands will be judged on presentation and an award for the best trade stand will be given – which will be presented by local dignitaries.
Judges will also be looking for entrepreneurship from the teams as there is also a prize for the most innovative or enthusiastic sales person of the day.
Sarah White, chair of the Stone and Stafford Young Enterprise Board, said: “I am in awe of the speed at which these young people come up with ideas and often within just a few months have not only created their prototype but have recognised and designed out any problems so they have a real product that people want to buy. They are quite amazing. Experienced companies would have difficulty doing so much that fast.”
