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And The Winners Are ……

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all our 2024 National Final Winners!!!

JUNIOR CATEGORY

Overall Winner:
Carry Camán, Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland, Kerry

Best Innovation Award:

DCA Machinery Lighting, Drumshanbo Vocational School, Leitrim

Best Sales & Marketing Award: 

CS Hurls, St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan, Westmeath

One-To-Watch Award:

The Easy Carrier, Our Lady’s Secondary School, Belmullet, Mayo

Intermediate Category

Overall Winner:
Esker Timber Creations, Presentation College, Athenry, Galway

Best Innovation Award:

HP Enterprise, Colaiste Mhuire Co-Ed, Thurles, Tipperary

Best Sales & Marketing Award:

Gloine Mara, Colaiste Abhainn Ri, Kilkenny

 One-To-Watch Award:
Love Cobh Colouring, Colaiste Muire, Cobh, South Cork

Senior Category

Overall Winner:
Finnegan Fabrication High Lift, St. Patrick’s Classical School, Navan, Meath

Best Innovation Award:

Tankit, CBS Thurles, Tipperary

Best Sales & Marketing Award:

 DJS Engineering, Kinsale Community School, South Cork

One-To-Watch Award:
Sheehan Exterior Clean, Patrician Academy, Mallow

Folens SMART Business Award (Junior Category):

Kellogg’s Green, Loreto Secondary School, Wicklow

Folens SMART Business Award (Senior Category):

The Scented Pen, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana, Donegal

.IE Best Business Website Award:

Flippin’ Catchy, Tullow Community School, Carlow

CPA Ireland Finance Award: 

Dripfeed, St. Macartan’s College, Monaghan

EPA Sustainability Award (Junior Category):

Green Hoof, Colaiste Dun an Ri, Cavan

EPA Sustainability Award (Intermediate Category):

Esker Timber Creations, Presentation College Athenry, Galway

EPA Sustainability Award (Senior Category):

Eco Fire, Creagh College, Gorey, Wexford

Intellectual Property Awareness Award (Junior Category):

Carry Camán, Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland, Kerry

Intellectual Property Awareness Award (Intermediate Category):

Leine Lufar, Castleisland Community College, Kerry

Intellectual Property Awareness Award (Senior Category):

Tankit, CBS Thurles, Tipperary

 Technology In Action Award:

My Pet Pal, Holy Child, Killiney

My Entrepreneurial Journey Awards (Junior Category):

Worm Away/Healthy Horses, Presentation De La Salle, Bagenalstown, Carlow

My Entrepreneurial Journey Awards (Intermediate Category): 

Pollinate, Colaiste Abhainn Ri, Kilkenny

LCVP Challenge Award: 

Food Collection for St. Vincent De Paul, Presentation Secondary School, Ballingarry, Tipperary

Our 2024 National Finalists!!!

Well done to the Top 81 student enterprises in the country for making it all the way to the National Final in Mullingar on Thursday 9th May 2024.

Full details on our finalists below:

It’s almost County Final time already!!!

From next month all our fantastic student entrepreneurs will start showcasing all their hard work at their County Finals and battle it out for a place at the National Final on 9th May. Below is a guide to what’s happening across the country:

CPA Ireland Finance Award

We are delighted to be collaborating this year with The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) to award one student enterprise at the National Final 2024 with the CPA Ireland Finance Award.

Over the coming weeks, SEP in collaboration with CPA Ireland will be rolling out a range of teaching and learning resources to help our student entrepreneurs with the financial side of running their student enterprises.

From pricing strategies and cashflow, to profit & loss accounts, and writing your financial report – we will cover all the key areas to ensure students’ financials are in tip top shape!!

As Christmas Markets are drawing closer, the resources on pricing strategies will be particularly helpful for students, as in most cases, this will be their first opportunity to make sales of their product/service.

Speaking about the launch of the new CPA Ireland Finance Award, Judith Condell of CPA Ireland said “The financial management skills student entrepreneurs learn while taking part in SEP will stand to them in many ways, both now and into the future. Whether they decide to set up their own business or work in a finance role in industry or practice, the financial & management skills they will learn this year will give them a real competitive edge going forward. We are really looking forward to working with the students and their teachers over the coming months and are very excited to see all this years amazing business ideas!.”

Early in the new year, in the lead up to the County Finals, CPA Ireland will host a live webinar to help students prepare their financials for their Business Report/Enterprise Poster.

Keep an eye on our homepage for further details of when this is taking place!

More information on CPA Ireland available at:

www.cpaireland.ie

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New Student Workbook ‘as Gaeilge’ Now Available Online

An all-new interactive student workbook as Gaeilge is now available online at www.studententerprise.ie under our ‘Resources’ section. The new resource for gaeilscoileanna has been kindly translated by An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaiochta (COGG).

The new Irish resource is a mirror version of our hugely popular English workbook, covering everything from idea generation and team work to production, marketing and preparing your financials.

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