A CROWD of nearly 150 people made up of students, teachers and businesses packed into South Essex College on Thursday (23 March) night to celebrate the finale of Thurrock Council’s 2017 Thurrock’s Next Top Boss project.
Representatives from secondary schools and colleges were at the event with sound, music, and presentations production managed by level 3 production arts and technical theatre students from South Essex College.
The competition, which is gaining year on year popularity, has involved over a thousand students from across Thurrock.
Philip Pearson, Director of HW Wilson, hosted the evening for the second year running and explained the programme to a packed audience.
Nine schools and one college (Palmers College) took part in months of hard work and preparation to claim one of the three awards up for grabs; The Green Solution Business Challenge, The Business Challenge and the Overall Runners-Up award.
Businesses set school teams different tasks and problems to solve. Teams were judged on criteria like team work, was there evidence of budget management, creativity and success against the brief.
The winner of the Green Solution Business Challenge, kindly sponsored again by Essex & Suffolk water was presented by Helen Jacobs, Senior Conservation Advisor was The Gateway Academy.
The Business Challenge, working in partnership with H.W.Wilson and presented by Mark Sexton, Community Liason Manager from Lakeside Hammers Speedway Club, and the winner was William Edwards School.
Overall Runners up award in partnership with C2C presented by Marc Myers, General Manager from intu Lakeside and was awarded to St Clere’s School.
Thurrock Council’s ‘Boss’, Chief Executive Lyn Carpenter, opened the event by saying explaining how after speaking at last year’s event she knew she needed to make sure Thurrock Council hosted one of the challenges.
Speaking afterwards, she said: “Thurrock Council is having to think and behave more commercially than ever.
“It is therefore right, to have hosted a team in the 2017 Thurrock’s Next Top Boss competition and I have been seriously impressed. There are a number of future bosses sitting here in this room tonight – if they took home an award or not, everybody who took part should be very proud of themselves.”
WinnersGreen Solution Business Challenge in partnership with Essex & Suffolk Water
Presented by Helen Jacobs, Senior Conservation Advisor, Essex & Suffolk Water.
School: The Gateway Academy
Team Name: Beyond Expectations
Students: Bronwyn, Leah, Onyeka, Amelia, David, Ernestas, Joseph, Liam and Ketmani .
Business Challenge in partnership with H.W.Wilson
presented by Mark Sexton, Community Liason Manager from Lakeside Hammers Speedway Club,
School: William Edwards School
Team Name: Solutions
Students: Thomas, Lucy, Daniel, Harrison, Daniel, Paige, Oliver, Bradely, Loana-Amalia, Kelly, Elle and Emma.
Overall Runners Up in partnership with C2C
Presented by Marc Myers, General Manager intu Lakeside
School: St Clere’s School
Team Name: Teens 2 Trains
Students: Heather, Ryan, Max, Willaim, Jaimee, Ethan, Emily.
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With thanks to our business sponsors:
Birkett Long
C2C
Cruise & Maritime Voyages
Essex & Suffolk Water
HW Wilson Ltd
Impulse Leisure
Intu Lakeside
Lloyds Bank
Orsett Hall
Port of Tilbury
Royal Opera House
The Vortex Lakeside Hammers Speedway Club
Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions CIC
Thurrock International Film Festival ( Blatella)
Thurrock Council
Willmott Partnership Homes Limited
