Fiona Bruce MP congratulates students of Eaton Bank School on Young Enterprise award
At a recent Young Enterprise awards event at Bentley Motors in Crewe, students from Eaton Bank School were awarded ‘Best Presentation’ for their business project creating and developing model aeroplanes. The event was attended by a number of schools, along with their supportive teachers, business mentors and local business people.
In a keynote speech at the event Fiona Bruce MP, herself an entrepreneur and UK Winner of ‘Women in Business Award’ for the successful founding and development of her business, spoke of the importance of inspiring a whole new generation of young people to become entrepreneurs and set up their own businesses, as she did almost 25 years ago.
Fiona Bruce said “I particularly congratulate the students From Eaton Bank because their entry involved manufacturing. The importance of developing and increasing our country’s capacity to manufacture goods and sell them worldwide cannot be overstated if we are to achieve the economic resurgence this country needs. Creating and developing a new product, particularly in the space of one academic year, is no mean feat and for this reason Eaton Bank School’s entry quite rightly received particular commendation at the Young Enterprise awards.”
Mairi Rice, Head of ICT at Eaton Bank said “"It was an absolute pleasure watching the students present their year's worth of work in front of the Young Enterprise judges and hearing Fiona Bruce speak about the importance of encouraging young people to aspire to become entreprenuers. It was such an achievement to win the 'Best Presentation' award as the competition from other schools was extremely tough. I am tremendously proud of all the students and the hard work they put in; not only on the night but for the whole year.”
