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Uxbridge College students recognised for their financial skills
PUPILS from Uxbridge College who took part in a national business competition have been recognised for their financial skills.
The team of four students on the BTEC National Diploma in Business competed against nine teams from across the capital in the London regional finals of the Make Your Mark Challenge.
They were given the Financial Whizz Award at a ceremony in London last Thursday (26), after coming up with an idea for a talent agency called Talent 'iN' Town (TNT) which would showcase local talent in and around Hillingdon.
Teams who enter the national Make Your Mark Challenge have one day to come up with a sustainable business idea which they have to present in front of a Dragon's Den style panel of judges.
TNT was chosen after internal heats at Uxbridge College, in which 24 students on the BTEC First and National Diplomas in Business took part.
Swaran Johal, curriculum manager at Uxbridge College, in Park Road, Uxbridge, said: "Financial planning is one of the most difficult aspects of the competition so we are particularly pleased to have been recognised for excellent in this area.
"The Make Your Mark Challenge was a great opportunity for students to use their skills to be really creative and learn more about leadership, team work, project planning and management, problem solving and financial capability."
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