A TEAM of young entrepreneurs from a Bradford school has won the regional final of an enterprise contest.
The group from Dixons Kings Academy in Lidget Green won the Yorkshire Final of the 2017 Enterprise Challenge competition for the second year in a row.
It is run by Mosaic, The Prince of Wales’ mentoring charity, and part of The Prince’s Trust.
Named Team ElektroFit, the students beat competition from teams from Leeds City Academy, Mount St Mary Catholic High School, Corpus Christi Catholic College and Swallow Hill Community College, with their idea for a sustainable business that promotes student fitness, and converting that energy into electricity.
All finalists had beaten hundreds of students from other schools across the region to reach the final.
The competing teams pitched their ideas in a Dragons’ Den-style event to a prestigious panel of judges including Martin Richardson, Director of Operations at Leeds Building Society.
ElektroFit will now progress to the Grand Final in London on May 17 where they will compete against winning schools from the North West, South East, London, West Midlands and Scotland for the chance to become national champions.
The winning team will win a prize of £2,500 for their school and a further £500 to invest in developing their business idea and making it a commercial reality.
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