‘Clean-Cut’ Win At The YE Trade Fair.

Congratulations to our Young Enterprise team, Clean-Cut, who won best overall company and sustainability award at the YE trade fair in The Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford on Saturday 15 March.

The team of four attended with the aim of selling their product and expanding their business. Clean Cut produce drinking glasses, using a bottle cutter to score the glass, followed by hot and then cold water to separate the glass. Twelve other companies from schools in the Thames Valley attended the event, with awards for best trade stand, customer service, sustainability and product and innovation, as well as the overall winner. An early start was required to get their trade stand set up and ready to sell to the public at 9.30am. A lot of work was put in prior to the event – designing and preparing the stand, ensuring there were sufficient products to sell and organising a rota for the day. The event was an excellent opportunity for students to discuss their products with the general public and find out whether their product was going to appeal to the market.

As part of the area Young Enterprise competition, the students received a visit to their stands from the judges. They were asked questions about their production and marketing strategy and were observed in their selling  technique. Clean-Cut were declared winners of the Sustainability Award and Best Company on the day. The awards were very well deserved as the students had put a lot of effort into developing their sustainability strategy and ensuring this was evident in their marketing and on their trade stand. They have spent a lot of time over the last couple of months producing their product. They also made a number of sales on the day!

Harry Lardner, Managing Director, said: “I am really pleased that the hard work of our team has been recognised by the judging panel who provided some important feedback that we will take on board ready for when we attend the Area Final in May.”

Well done to the students who took part – Charlie Gale, Harry Lardner, Tori McDonald and Mariana Carvalho. If you want to purchase any items from Clean-Cut visit the Clean-Cut linktree and complete an order form. The price list is available to view on the Clean-Cut Instagram page.