On Thursday 16th October, the business department organised a fabulous trip for year 10 students at St Edmund’s Catholic Academy, to visit Entrepreneur Live! student conference,  at Star City in Birmingham.

There were many inspirational speeches from the entrepreneurs – including; Micha Quashie, Arnold Du Toit, Ross Kemp, Rob Tomming and Zoe Jackson.

They shared a range of intriguing stories with them, of how their products got developed and how their businesses hit off the ground.

Mr Bentley, Mrs Curtis and Mr White accompanied the students and the conference was enjoyed by all. It gave the pupils a real insight into what it takes to start up your own business.

Pavan Suniar 10JM said: “The most inspirational speech for me, was Arnold Du Toit, the inventor of the electric golf trolley. He went into detail about his product and how it progressed in stages. He also told us how he met Richard Branson and that whilst he was trying to impress a customer, the brakes failed on the trolley! It was from this moment that Du Toit progressed in his business and is now a very wealthy man, worth over a million pounds.”