Entrepreneurial Showcase held at Suffolk New College

Students on the BTEC National Diploma in Business course recently held an Entrepreneurial Showcase which saw the culmination of two business units – Business Planning and Event Management. The second year students presented their small business proposal to visitors including local business people, college staff and family.The range of small business ideas included cocktail bars and internet cafes, a car body repair shop, a complimentary therapy business and organic greengrocers. The creativity and enthusiasm shown by the students resulted in a very successful event. The tutors, Andrew Costello and Coral Partridge, were extremely pleased with the professional business plans produced and the marketing of the individual business ideas. Visitors commented on the amount of hard work that the students had put into the event in order for it to have been such a success.

Comments received from the students included:

“It was a good learning experience and it has inspired me to start my own business” Shireen Carr

“The event went really well and all the time and effort put in paid off” Rahul Rashid

Comments received from visitors were:

“I was very impressed by the showcase, some great ideas. I’m sure you’re proud of their hard work and they seem to have really enjoyed doing it.” Debs O’Sullivan

“I’ve just been round a number of the stalls and talked to the students – they have put on a good show and it was good to hear them talking in a very professional way to visitors asking awkward questions. They have done really well.” Linda Fisher

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