BUDDING entrepreneurs carried off six awards in Pendle's annual Young Enterprise competition.

Students at Fisher-More High School, Colne, with their firm Yeba, clinched six trophies including the overall prize for the second year running, and £300 in prize money, after the final presentation evening at the Fence Gate Inn, Fence.

Each Young Enter- prise company from high schools across the borough was given ten minutes to make a presentation to an audience of local business leaders, teachers and parents.

Yeba's presentation was made by Samantha Ghulam, Joseph Cooney, Claire Coffey and David Kilcoyne, with Leanne Borman operating the projector.

The company, which produced a range of goods including cat door stops, hair braids and pot pourri, won best overall performance, best written report, most innovative product, best personnel report and highest net profit. The company also won an award for recording the highest sales during a Young Enterprise fair in Nelson town centre. Assistant managing director Joseph Cooney was named Yeba's best achiever.

The team is now helping to produce a Year 11 yearbook, which will be offered to this year's leavers.

Business studies teacher Sharon Scott said: "They've been superb all year and they deserve their success."

Other awards went to Global Connections, from Edge End High School, Nelson, which won best export of the year, best oral presentation and best marketing report. Billal Naveed from Edge End was named best achiever of the year.

Zauber from Mansfield High, Brierfield, won best advertisement and most dynamic salesforce while Candex from Primet High, Colne, won awards for best stand and best production report.

Yeba, Global Connections and Zauber will go on to the East Lancashire finals in May.

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