Enterprising high school pupils are business champs
A team of pioneering young entrepreneurs from Johnstone High School will be heading to Hampden Park to take part in the Young Enterprise Scotland national finals.
The young people secured their place in the event after fending off competition from ten other teams in the Renfrewshire final including Barrhead High School and Trinity High School.
The team took the Renfrewshire title in the Company Programme with their business Hive 25.
Hive 25 sells solid scents that are handmade, cruelty free, vegan and non-toxic in a variety of fragrances.
The Young Enterprise Scotland Company Programme is an immersive programme which provides a real-life learning opportunity that introduces young people from S5 and S6 to the realities of the world of work.
Participants are required to start their own company, running through the key milestones of developing an idea, conducting market research, creating the product or service, promoting that product and ultimately trading it.
Over 2,000 young people take part in the Company Programme every year in Scotland.
Young Enterprise Scotland chief Executive Emma Soanes said:“The Johnstone team is an inspiration and I wish them every success in the Scottish finals later this year.
“Setting up and running their own successful company is a wonderful experience and will have given them new skills to take forward into their learning and future careers.
“So, whatever happens at Hampden Park, they are already winners.”
The Renfrewshire Company finals were sponsored by Graham, Normandy Hotel, GD Chalmers, Business Gateway East Renfrewshire, KLAS Care C.I.C and
Framed Estates.
Johnstone High will now go on to represent the Renfrewshire region at Company Programme
Finals, which are part of the three-day Festival of Youth Enterprise, running from May 28, at HampdenPark.