Meole Brace School Young Enterprise - Update

An Update on our Young Enterprise


Well things have been going along at a fair pace since my last post; we have a total of 44 students taking part in the Company Programme. They have split themselves into two teams and have held their initial meetings to sort out roles and initial funding ideas.

Team A have voted for Luke Thomas to be their Managing Director and Team B have voted for Ben Summerfield-Davis. Both students have their work cut out to mold their teams into effective businesses.

Team A in particular are forging ahead with funding projects designed to raise the initial capital to get their budding business off the ground.

There will be a meeting for all students involved in this years YE to be held in either the hall or the library, I will confirm the location as soon as I know. At the meeting the students will meet with David Graham, area YE organiser; he will be accompanied by the business advisor(s) who will be working to help the students get the most from this fantastic opportunity.

Below is a list of the key dates, (please note that some have yet to be confirmed.)

I can't wait for the teams to really get going with this challenge.

Until next time - Mr C

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