Young Enterprise ‘Conspiracy’ team
Ten students from The Sixth Form College Farnborough have recently been awarded £100 investment from Young Enterprise, after forming their own company called ‘Conspiracy’. The team started their own business as part of the College’s enrichment programme.
Young Enterprise is the UK’s largest business and enterprise education charity with the aim of helping young people to learn about the world of business. The student’s company, named, ‘Conspiracy’,has been set up to promote young artistic talent from within the College, particularly those looking to develop their careers in the creative industries. Conspiracy’s Business Plan involves selling student artwork at the College’s Open Days and other events. So far they have made around £200 to invest back into their company.
In the first leg of the competition, where the students were up against teams from 10 other local schools, the team had to present a 90 second pitch and then answer some difficult questions posed by the judges. ‘Conspiracy’ won the top investment of £100, with several companies representing Young Enterprise investing in their business idea.
The team have also just won yet another investment for their business plan, which they submitted at the end of 2014.
Sir Gerald Howarth, MP for Aldershot commented on the team’s success in the competition “There were a number of veryenterprising ideas produced by local schools and colleges. The judges thought the Conspiracy project organised by The Sixth Form College Farnborough was novel and interesting. Art is a very subjective matter so the idea of selling pictures by student artists was genuinely very enterprising and even the ultimate in recycling!”
'Conspiracy' website is now live, allowing the company to sell online http://conspiracyart.wix.com/conspiracy. The company have also created a Facebook https://www.facebook.com/conspiracyartfarnborough and Twitter @conspiracy_art page in the hope of promoting the business.
'Conspiracy' will be at the Young Enterprise Trade Fair at Princes Mead Shopping Centre, Farnborough on Saturday 7th February 2015 promoting the artwork of student photographer, Abbie Ashwood.
Find out more about Young Enterprise http://www.young-enterprise.org.uk/