In September 2011 I entered the Young Enterprise scheme as part of a team with ten other students aged 16–17. Over 2 months we set up our company, The Vitamin Boom, which manufactured iced tea and tea bags containing super-fruit extracts imported from eastern Africa, selling them to local shops and at markets.
In June 2012 we beat 26,000 others to gain the title UK Company of the Year 2012, as well as receiving the Founders Award for Leadership and getting the chance to travel to Romania to compete at European level. After another successful trip we returned to the UK as the winners of the FedEx Global Access Award. We are continuing to run The Vitamin Boom as well as studying for our A-levels.
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