The official newspaper of Essex International Jamboree 2016 Wednesday 3 August 2016 -Issue Five
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Watch out Lord Sugar!
The sweet taste of success in the Enterprise zone by
Lizzie Harvey
What do you get if you mix a few hundred energy filled Scouts and Guides, a sprinkling of icing sugar, thousands of sprinkles and a huge dollop of entrepreneurship? The Enterprise Zone!
I arrived to find a hive of activity as Westwood’s Wardrobe were tasked with starting their very own sweet business. The first decision of the day was to choose which of the five recipes they want to create. There are opportunities
to make Fudge, Chocolate Truffles or even Peppermint Creams among others. On the table also lies a multicoloured chart listing the many, different decorations on offer: popping candy, a variety of sprinkles and hundreds and
thousands of hundredsand-thousands! The teams of twelve are split between four big marquees, which are aptly named after famous and well known entrepreneurs: Branson, Dyson, Meaden and Brady. Within those groups
of 12 the team splits themselves into sub teams: marketing, manufacturing, customisation and finance. I watch as the teams frantically count, mix, decorate and paint their company banners. It was great to see
the diversity of ideas flooding the zone. “We are making ‘Balls of Joy’, they’re chocolate truffles,” Beth from 2nd Hawkwell tells me. She and Jack, Jess and Mason are carefully and precisely painting on their banner. CONTINUED ON P3 >