Three teams of fourth year  business students from King’s were selected to pitch their business ideas at EntrepreneursLIVE! conference in Manchester this week. This business enrichment day is organised to coincide with Global Enterprise Week. The day is hosted by Tutor2u for GCSE and A Level Business Studies students from across the country and takes place in London, Birmingham and Manchester. In fact, most of the students there were A Level students and all other finalists were in Year 12. This makes the achievement of our students even more praise worthy. Teams of students from schools all over the North West are given an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs. This year the business challenge was set by Tom Mercer, the founder of MOMA Foods, a healthy breakfast brand that is looking to break into the schools’ market. Students were given a brief to create a new breakfast product for schools. Of the 5 teams selected in the North West, 3 teams were chosen from King’s.

Team 3  Musketeers: Grace Roberts (4FV), Lucy Middlehurst (4DL)  and Kitty Abberton (4DL) pitched their product idea, Just So, an innovative porridge product aimed at primary school breakfast clubs.

Team Heaven: Kate Rothwell (4FV), Maud Moir (4AC) and Mark Breese (4CM) pitched their idea, Zilch, a healthy breakfast ‘biscuit’ aimed at the chaotic teenager!

Team Rap Dat Pancake: Divya Avula (4FV) , Ben Johnson (4MW ), Sam Jones (4MW) pitched their idea, a ‘fresh’ fruit pancake, aimed at consumers on the go.

In the style of Dragons’ Den, the teams faced tough questions from entrepreneurs Adam King (founder of King and Allen, makers of Savile Row quality bespoke suits at affordable prices), Tom Ball (founder of Cognac, a communications business) and Rachel Bridge (Enterprise Editor of the Sunday Times).

Congratulations go to 3 Musketeers who won best pitch on the day and collected a £150 cash prize from Tom Ball.