Plymouth College sixth former, Olly Foster, has made it through to the national final of Schools' Brightest Business Brain. The competition has been organised by TARGETevents in partnership with Royal Bank of Scotland.
To qualify for the final, Olly had to complete a series of online problem-solving business tests. Gaining the 6th highest score in the country, he will be one of 60 to take part in a live apprentice-style event in London on 9th March. The finalists will be competing for a top prize of £1,000.
This will be Plymouth College's twentieth national business competition final, with the school going on to win eleven times in the last ten years.
"Our students are really empowered by these competitions", said Economics and Business Studies teacher, Jonathan Shields. "They give them the ability to contextualise what they have learnt in the classroom and they thrive on the competitive dynamic of competing at a national level."
In other business news, Plymouth College's VA Team has made the regional final of Student Investor. Having 'invested' in a fantasy portfolio of banking stocks, Ed Hirst, Joe Patching, Ryan Hart and Michael Daniel will compete against 20 other teams from around the region in Bristol on 15th March. Plymouth College has won the regional round of Student Investor eight times and has won the national competition twice.
