The young apprentices

FUTURE business brains . . . Watersheddings Primary School pupils with Councillor Roger Hindle (left) Tony Morrison and teacher Nicola Garth

YOUNGSTERS got an insight into the world of business during a trip to Money Controls in Royton.

Wattersheddings primary school is involved the Business Challenge project which gives Year Six pupils the opportunity to create and run their own company.

All the children taking part have positions within the company such as manufacturing, marketing, sales, company secretary and accountant.

The visit was organised by the vice chairman of the school’s governors and Money Controls’s european sales director Tony Morrison who helped the youngsters hold a meeting in the board room.

As part of the project, pupils decide on a product before designing, manufacturing, advertising and selling it.

The proceeds from each business will go to their chosen charity in support of cystic fibrosis.

Mr Morrison said: “The children thoroughly enjoyed their visit and asked some very interesting questions.

“I hope the experience they had will help them succeed in their project and enable them to raise even more money for a very worthy cause.”

Councillor Roger Hindle, who is also a governor at Watersheddings and employed at Money Controls, said: “It was great to see the children taking an interest in the business world, you never know, we may have had a future Alan Sugar or Richard Branson with us.”

The yearly Business Challenge enterprise has been organised by Caroline Ireland, head at Greenacres School.

Watersheddings School’s business, “Rags to Riches”involves the manufacture and sales of bags made from recycled clothing and fabrics to which the children add their own designs.

The sales day for Business Challenge will be held at Tesco’s Huddersfield Road store on Monday, between 9am to 3pm.