SEVEN young entrepreneurs from the Ormiston Rivers Academy scooped a prestigious award at a trade fair.
Competing against 12 other schools at the Young Enterprise trade fair at High Chelmer Shopping Centre they won 'Best Trade Stand', one of just four awards up for grabs.
Under the guidance of student Tia Warren, Managing Director of Rivers Trading, they sold £300 worth of Christmas gift sets, including perfume, beauty products and children's stationery sets.
The students also used their initiative by asking shops to sell their products too, whilst Robert and Christopher Saffill used trays of samples to entice potential customers.
Georgia Burch and Lauren Head encouraged shoppers to try the perfumes on offer, whilst Harry Rendol entertained with his "market stall banter".
Meanwhile, Mason Holmes manned the till which proved to be extremely busy with the team making in excess of £300.
Kelly Carruthers, teacher at the Academy, said: "This is a fantastic achievement for our students at our first trade fair. They were an absolute credit to the school and shoppers loved them. It's been a brilliant day and they have all worked so hard."
