Wotton produces young entrepreneurs (From Gazette Series)

Wotton produces young entrepreneurs

11:30am Thursday 11th December 2008

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A GROUP of teenagers are proving to be top entrepreneurs that even Alan Sugar would be proud of after setting up their own mobile disco company.

The year 12 students from Katherine Lady Berkeley School, in Wotton-under-Edge, have taken part in a Young Enterprise scheme that encourages young people to set up and run their own business.

Friends Neil Pande, 16, Jack Allsopp, 16 and Nathan Giles, 17, got together to launch JNN Mobile Disco and they have already have some great success.

"We’re all really excited about running our own enterprise. I love music and have been the DJ at a number of friends’ parties in the past," said Neil, from Wotton-under-Edge.

"But now we have invested in some serious sound and lighting equipment. The effect is awesome."

The trio have bought all the latest DJ equipment including strobe lights, smoke machine and multi-coloured disco lights. They had a successful first event providing a children’s disco for birthday girl Jo Mackie, from Wickwar who said the disco was the best she had ever had.

Their next planned event is an adult disco and the company will then be organising Christmas parties for their fellow students at school.

The Young Enterprise scheme, which is the UK’s leading business and enterprise education charity, is a competition and the most successful businesses will get to compete in the national finals.

Nathan, from Berkeley, said "Our aim is to win the regional finals if possible and go on to the nationals. To do that we need loads of bookings for discos, birthday parties, Christmas and New Year parties."

Jack, from Wotton, added: "Everyone is being really supportive – our teachers, parents, and all our friends at KLB."

To book JNN Mobile Disco for your event, contact Neil Pande on 07749394721.

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