COMPANY FINAL AWARDS 2020 - Young Enterprise & Young Money

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COMPANY FINAL AWARDS 2020

Last night over 550 people tuned in to celebrate the fantastic achievements of young people across the UK taking part in our Company Programme. Over the last 10 months, we are proud to have worked with over 13,700 young people, 719 schools, and supported over 1,068 student business start-ups. The Awards, hosted by YE Alumna Steph McGovern took place digitally due to Covid-19.

The Young Enterprise Company Programme started in 1963 and since then, 1.1 million young people have taken part across the UK demonstrating their skills, competencies, and enterprising mindsets in a constantly changing world.

The 2020 winner for Best Company of the Year, supported by HSBC UK, are students from King Edward VI School in the West Midlands. Their company, EnviroTent, offers a solution to the growing plastic waste resulting from tents left behind at festivals and will now go on to represent the UK at the virtual European final on 23rd and 24th July.

Tayla Evans, MD of EnviroTent said: “It feels incredible to have achieved these awards in such a competitive field as we were up against so many amazing companies, but I feel our green and sustainable product really gave us the edge. The Company Programme has been a remarkable and unforgettable experience, giving us so much insight into the business world and teaching us a range of valuable skills that will help us in the future. Young enterprise has given us the confidence and knowledge to pursue a future of entrepreneurship which we’re passionate about, and the contacts and knowledge we’ve gained will support us so much in this!”

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“This year, students across the country have set up companies over the academic year, making all the decisions about their business, from deciding the company name and product, to creating a business plan, managing their finances and selling their products – despite the challenging conditions due to Covid-19. Reaching the Young Enterprise Company Programme National final represents an inspirational journey for students with many months of hard work, teamwork, creativity and resilience. Congratulations to all our winners.” – Sharon Davies, CEO, Young Enterprise

“As businesses large and small are facing new and unprecedented challenges to meet the needs of their customers and wider stakeholders, it’s more important than ever that we support and nurture young, innovative entrepreneurs across Britain. The resilience and leadership shown by this year’s cohort of Company Programme finalists is inspiring, and we look forward to their continuing success in the months and years to come.” – Ian Stuart, CEO of HSBC UK

We welcomed back YE Alumni and previous Journey Award Winner – Nahyan Islam to present this year’s Journey Award.

When he started the Company Programme he was shy and lacking in confidence but Nahyan went on to lead his team to the national competition. He is now one of the fiercest advocates of the programme as he says that it really gave him the ambition to succeed. You may have seen Nahyan starring in Young Enterprise’s film – No Time Like the Future.

Full List of National Winners 2020

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School Name: King Edward VI School

EnviroTent is a 100% recyclable, showerproof, cardboard tent that offers the solution to growing plastic waste resulting from tents left behind at festivals. King Edward Enterprise has created an innovative, sustainable product that is the only cardboard tent in the UK. As a new business, we understand the changing times ahead and the need for a more sustainable future and has designed our product to be the leader in this need for change. Innovation is key to our company, allowing us to be dynamic and adaptable, which has proven to be essential as the pandemic changes many aspects of life.

Offshore, Northern Ireland

School Name: Belfast High School

Offshore aims to preserve shores for generations to come. The product is hand-collected seaglass from local beaches, simultaneously cleaning our coast while creating beautiful and unique gifts to remind our customers of Northern Ireland’s rugged beauty.

1st Runner Up

Empneo, East Midlands

School Name: Wellingborough School

2nd Runner Up

“As businesses large and small are facing new and unprecedented challenges, it’s more important than ever that we support and nurture young, innovative entrepreneurs across Britain. The resilience and leadership shown by this year’s cohort of Company Programme finalists is inspiring, and we look forward to their continuing success.” – HSBC

Sponsor Message

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School Name: King Edward VI School

“We’re passionate about the role we can play in tackling climate change, and we’re proud to play a part in supporting and recognising young, innovative entrepreneurs who are building their businesses for the long-term. We commend EnviroTent for their commitment to innovation and sustainability, and we look forward to following their journey in the months and years to come” – HSBC

Sponsor Message

“It feels incredible to have achieved these awards in such a competitive field as we were up against so many amazing companies, but I feel our green and sustainable product really gave us the edge. The Company Programme has been a remarkable and unforgettable experience and has given us the confidence to pursue a future of entrepreneurship.” – EnviroTent

Team Message

School name: Balcarras School

A card based game that helps those with dementia to reminisce and reconnect with others through the stimulation of long term memory. The game can be played by both carers and family members in order to help maintain relationships within families, and reduce the isolation that comes with dementia. Our main goal has been to help people with dementia reconnect with those around them, encourage young people to become more aware of the condition and stimulate long term memories so that those with dementia can share their stories.

“We like the innovative nature of the product and the way that it connects young and old. The team showed great resilience and adaptability in introducing an online version of their product once the Covid pandemic hit. They also developed strong partnerships with Dementia UK, local care homes and the NHS.” – Delta

Sponsor Message

“It is such an honour to win this award, and we are so proud of all of our achievements in this programme. Our company programme experience has been so rewarding and we have learned a huge amount about the business world and also about ourselves. For many of us it may be the first step to a future in business.” – Team Memento

Team Message

School Name: Bayside Comprehensive School

Fuze strive to encourage a healthy lifestyle through our portable blender and App. We wanted to create a community where all types of people who were aiming to lead a healthier lifestyle would come together. This could range from athletes to parents who wanted to provide themselves or their children with healthy and reliable smoothies. Our app allows easy access to both workouts and healthy smoothie recipes, making a healthy lifestyle far more achievable.

“For AT&T, technology is embedded into everything we do. We’re looking for a company who has demonstrated adoption, upskilling and innovation in the use of technology. Our congratulations to Fuze, for demonstrating those values so brilliantly.” – AT&T

Sponsor Message

“When we started this journey, none of us really thought we could get to the UK finals and to actually win such an important award. We would like to thank our friends and family, our Business Advisors, EY, and our link teachers for their support and encouragement.” – Fuze

Team Message

Empneo created a book to talk about the ‘superheroes of our generation’; this was based on the increasing impact young people are having on important global issues and will hopefully inspire others. The book was written and illustrated by members of the team. Their mission is to inspire their generation and spread the message that you don’t have to wait until you are older to make a change. Empneo also aims to spotlight some incredible young people who have done exceptional things but may not have gotten the credit that they deserve.

“Covid-19 has been an incredible challenge for the whole world, and our Young Enterprise teams have all done a fantastic job to handle that situation. Empneo stood out for the way they changed their business to respond to that challenge. They continued to drive things forward with regular Microsoft Teams meetings and they created a fantastic interactive website, this allowed them to sell a digital download version of their product.” – Avanade

Sponsor Message

“It feels incredible to have won such an award that was made for students who have had to adapt and present themselves online. The experience has been amazing and we have learnt many skills that we can use in later life – during this process and have worked exceptionally well as a team. This impacts our future in different aspects such as aspiring and reaching goals, we have learnt about the significance of coping with whatever life throws your way.” – Empneo