We were pleased to welcome local entrepreneur Laura Kemp to the college last week for our Enrichment Day enterprise activity. Laura, who set up Holistix Herbal Products - creating and selling a range of natural handmade health & bodycare products - ran a workshop for our Year 9 GCSE Business Studies students. During a fascinating day, students were given an insight into running a small business from home and some of the challenges involved in creating, manufacturing and selling natural healthcare products. After considering the various properties of the natural ingredients and essential oils and calculating the required quantities required to produce small-scale batches of peppermint lip balm and lavender hand balm, the students got involved in producing their own personal tins of balm. They then worked on designs for the packaging and labelling required to complete the finished product.

Our thanks go to Laura for an excellent day and the workshop has clearly inspired a number of our students to consider ideas for running their own mini-enterprises from home. We look forward to seeing them come to fruition over the next few months.