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Apr 2024
Knaresborough student entrepreneurs win business award
A group of Knaresborough sixth form students have launched a business and won an entrepreneurial award.
The students are part of King James School’s sixth form young enterprise team.
They are operating as a business under the Young Enterprise Group, a charity aiming to support and encourage young individuals to enter the business world.
The group are the North Yorkshire winners of The Young Enterprise Company of the Year award.
Their business, Plant Pets, is a creative sustainable approach to planting. They offer boxes of terracotta pots, paint, brushes, seeds, a leaflet and soil.
A spokesperson for the group said:
Young enterprise company of the year award 2024
The group plan to sell their products at the next Knaresborough market on Wednesday. They also plan to gift plant pets to St. Michaels hospice.
The Plant Pet founders added:
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