Bright Sparks Launched at Bannatyne Event – 9 February 2010
- Durham EBP’s Penny Hudson introducing students to the competition during today’s launch event.
Student imaginations were lit today at the launch of the 2010 Bannatyne’s Bright Sparks Competition, held at The Work Place.
The competition, co-ordinated by Penny Hudson from Durham Education Business Partnership, is open to year 10 students from all secondary schools within the Darlington area and involves students using their entrepreneurial skills to develop a business idea in the form of either a product or service.
They are supported and assisted by business mentors from the Darlington area. Mentors involved with this year’s event come from companies which include HSBC, Darlington Building Society, Orange, TICA and Barclays Bank. Students also benefit from a presentation/media skills workshop in preparation to the final.
Teams then put forward their business ideas and advertising campaign to a panel of judges, including Mr Bannatyne in a dragon den style presentation at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington on 6 July 2010. The event is sponsored by Darlington Borough Council with the prize money of £1000 being donated by Duncan Bannatyne.