Hundreds of young entrepreneurs from across Northern Ireland have been putting their business skills to the test at the annual Young Enterprise NI Big Market. Many of the 130 student companies from 80 schools and colleges chose to create business plans with a sustainability message at their core and used social media to advertise their attendance. The event - the biggest yet - was open to the public and a judging panel of business leaders at St George's Market in central Belfast.
It was part of the Young Enterprise NI's entrepreneurship programme, which aims to give young people the experience of starting a real business, with students given the task of creating a product to sell.Ballymena Academy's 'Coastify' enterprise team took to TikTok to promote their coasters and experience, with one post attracting 263.1K views.Allow TikTok content? Digital technology director Nathan said: 'Lough Neagh is full of ghost net waste, and we thought we'd clear it up and recycle and repurpose it. 'One of our team members' dads knew a fisherman who was able to supply it to us, and we got lots of it.' Involvement with the Young Enterprise Entrepreneurship Programme begins in September and runs until Easter, when companies compete in a Northern Ireland-wide competition.Cambridge House Grammar School in Ballymena wanted to 'make a difference' with the vision of reducing the amount of clothes ending up in landfill.The team said using unwanted clothes had also benefited profit margins with 'all production costs covered'.St Patrick's High School, Keady, attended the event for the first time with five business groups focusing on sustainability.Mrs Conlon says events like the Big Market are 'super important' St Patrick's High School teacher Mrs Conlon said preparing for the event had been a brilliant experience, providing students with 'a real taste of the real world'
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