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Withington Girls School
students through to national business final
BUSINESS savvy students from Withington
Girls School beat off competition from 15 other local teams to win the
Liverpool heat of ICAEW's national business and accounting competition, BASE, on
Tuesday, 7 February 2017.
What would you do if you were a business advisor for the day?
16 teams of local
students found out what it was like to walk in the shoes of finance
professionals, as they focused on key employability skills to formulate
strategic business advice for a real life organisation and delivered this to
their board of directors, just like real chartered accountants.
► Withington Girls School impressed the panel of judges and will go on to
represent Liverpool at the National Final which takes place in June
► The team from Cronton and Riverside College were the runners up and all teams
can be rightly proud of their achievements in dealing with a very demanding
business challenge
► This was one of 43 heats attracting over 3,000 students from across the UK
Melanie Christie, ICAEW North West, Regional Director said:- "I was really
impressed with the performance and strategic thinking of Withington Girls
School. These budding business advisers looked beyond the numbers and they also
showed they had an excellent instinct for business and ethics in order to give
well rounded advice. Congratulations to all the teams who took part. I expect
I'll be seeing more of these young people in leading business roles in the
future. Students should not lose sight of the importance of developing skills and
experience, alongside their academic achievements. It is vital that students are
given opportunities such as BASE to develop these softer skills outside of the
classroom."
Head Judge, Andrew Moss, President of the Liverpool Society of Chartered
Accountants said:- "During the challenge we looked for the teams who
supported their recommendations with sound ethical and financial evidence.
Withington Girls School showed excellent teamwork and time management in
delivering a comprehensive proposal. The team from Cronton & Riverside College
were the runners up and all teams can be rightly proud of their achievements in
dealing with a very demanding business challenge. BASE is a great example of how
schools, employers and young people can work together to improve skills, and can
also give business leaders the opportunity to learn what motivates the next
generation of talent."
Just in case you don't know about BASE, this is a quick
background to it:-
BASE links schools, students and employers to develop employability skills and
provide an insight into what a career in accountancy, business and finance might
be like.
The competition has seen more than 13,000 students take part since it began in
2009.
The BASE competition was supported by local firms including RSM, Pennington
Silver, DSG Chartered Accountants, Henry Bath and Son Ltd, Pheobus Solutions
Bennett Brooks, MJF Accountancy Ltd SB&P, Kaplan, Deloitte, DSW Bridge Houghton,
Mazars and Practical Car and Van Hire who provided professional mentors and
judges.
For further information about BASE and how to participate please visit:-
ICAEW.Com/Base. |
