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Young entrepeneurs celebrated by best in IT
Technology services provider, Probrand, brought together leading vendors HP and Intel to support entrepreneurs of the future at the Young Enterprise (YE) awards held at Queens College Cambridge.
Young Enterprise is a national education charity, and an international member of Junior Achievement, which has been established for over 40 years. It is well known for its Company Programme and awards, where students aged 14 – 19 set up and run their own company for a year in a safe and controlled environment for 10 months.
Probrand MD Peter Robbins was recognised by Ernst & Young as a professional innovator, delivering 150% growth to the business and key vendors against a flat IT sector through Best Practice Best Value approaches to commerce. It is with these credentials that the business supports Young Enterprise looking to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in future generations.
And Probrand’s Marketing Director Stephen Bushell, presented the Business of the Year award to students of Sharnbrook Upper School & Community College, Bedfordshire.
The winning business, greenelephantbooks.co.uk, produced a book called, ‘Ollie’s Adventures’, promoting healthy eating to children aged five to eight with hand-drawn illustrations. The book offers simple recipes and tips to follow a healthy, balanced diet.
Helena Gilfedder, Managing Director of Green Elephant, said: “The YE company programme has opened my eyes to the world of business in a protected environment.”
“Green Elephant will continue to run after our Young Enterprise year! We are looking forward to developing Ollie’s Adventures.”
Bushell said: ”Entrepreneurial spirit is exceptionally important in the businesses of today and tomorrow. With that comes a need to balance risk and reward within an innovative and creative thought pool, overcoming the simplest of challenges with smart ideas. This is particularly true when faced with a business sector like IT where there is demand for innovative business models that buck the flat market and deliver to the end user.
“Young Enterprise acknowledged some incredibly incisive individuals that we can all learn from if we are to succeed in a global economy.”
Intel’s Steve Gearey said: “The professionalism of the students was astounding. It was genuinely humbling to see 1st year A-level students present business plans with such gravitas. In the dynamic IT environment we need people like this to drive the market forward as well as help overcome the perceived skills shortage. Equally, we need to ensure our products are meeting the aspirations and demands required of these business leaders of the future.”
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