'˜QuickStart' into business
The QuickStart Programme, supported by Ulster Bank, sees Year 8 students develop a marketable product and business plan under the guidance of Young Enterprise volunteers Lynne McAvoy and Laura Brown from Moy Park Ltd.
They have followed a detailed 10-week programme learning about entrepreneurship. The Quick Start programme is overseen by Mrs Lorna Mc Connell, head of LLW, Clounagh JHS.
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Hide AdLorna commented: “This is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to develop those skills which are so valuable in-school but also in the world of work.
“The QuickStart programme offered and highly executed by Young Enterprise NI is welcomed into our school each year.”
Dragons/Judges on the day were Paul Kavanagh, Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council , Nick Hutchinson, CEO, BNL Productions, David Burrows, Gilfresh, Mary Daly and Danilo Frasson, Moy Park Ltd .
Young Enterprise NI brings together companies and classrooms, encouraging students to an exciting opportunity be creative and begin to develop entrepreneurial qualities at a young age.
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Hide AdCarol Fitzsimons MBE, Chief Executive of Young Enterprise commented, “We are delighted to partner with Ulster Bank on our QuickStart Programme. QuickStart is a fantastic way for the students to gain first-hand experience of how business works.”