WINNERS ANNOUNCED …
LOUTH STUDENT ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2010
Louth County Enterprise Board hosted the County Finals of the Student Enterprise Awards on Tuesday 2 March and we were delighted to welcome up to 200 students to the Fairways Hotel in Dundalk. The competition is an exciting and rewarding experience for young people, creating a culture where students think more readily of becoming entrepreneurs and setting up their own business in the future. It enhances their creativity, improves communication skills and provides practical uses for business studies topics. The Student Enterprise Awards this year took place as part of Louth Enterprise Week organised by Louth County Enterprise Board.
Speaking at the event Peggy McGlynn said “This year saw 30 mini companies from second level schools in the county making it to county final. Companies ranged from manufacture of wooden products and promoting local bands to educational awareness projects, handmade natural cosmetic products and calendars to developing new and exciting wedding website and food products to mathematical board games. It was great to see the levels of enterprise and innovation amongst the students. Student Enterprise Awards continues to offer students the opportunity to take a business from the idea stage, through market research to production, selling, record keeping, management and finally writing a comprehensive report on their activities. A big thank you goes to all the teachers who support and encourage these mini companies year after year and our thanks also to our judges, who are an independent panel of business experts”. Prizes were awarded to 8 companies in senior category together with Junior category winner and runner up.:
Award |
School |
Company Name |
Best Display Stand |
Bush Post Primary School |
‘N.E Weddings’
Wedding website |
Technology Award |
Colaiste Ris Dundalk |
‘Cinematic Guitar Experience’
DVD to teach guitar skills |
Enterprising business in recessionary times |
St Mary’s Diocesan School, Drogheda |
‘Global Fuels’
Bags of fire lighting sticks |
Educational Award |
Bush Post Primary School |
‘Be Smart Don’t Start’
Primary School awareness programme |
Quality Award |
St Brigids School Dundalk |
‘The Garden Men’
Designed window boxes |
Innovation Award |
Colaiste Ris Dundalk |
‘Sum Fun’
Mathematical Board Games |
Runner Up |
St Louis Secondary School |
‘Embroider Me by S.M.S’
Personalised products |
Best Overall Company
Senior Category |
Dundalk Grammar School |
The Rabbits Tale…
Handmade cosmetic bags |
Congratulations to our Senior Student Enterprise Awards Winner The Rabbits Tale Dundalk Grammar School who will now advance to the National Finals taking place in Croke Park in April to represent County Louth and Molly with her mini-company ‘Molly Mac’s Cookbook’ who impressed the judges greatly will represent Louth in Junior Category.
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