The winners of the annual Portsmouth College Enterprise Day, designed to teach students the art of business, was announced today as “Mad Jakr”, a team made up of students from the Business Studies and Maths departments.

The event, supported by The Junction - the company that owns and runs Ocean Retail Park, saw teams of students from different college departments enter a challenge to design a brand new board game concept. Within the brief they were to invent a game, produce it and exhibit it to the rest of the group, complete with a business presentation and a 30-second commercial.

“Mad Jakr” took the title for their original board gaming creation, “King of the Couch” and Kate Nicol from The Junction presented the winning team with the College Enterprise Cup. Kate and her colleague, Lois Williams made up the judging panel and came to their decision based on the students’ ideas, teamwork, finished products and presentation skills.

Lois Williams, Responsible Business Manager for The Junction comments: “It was inspiring to attend this event and see the enthusiasm of the young people as well as the very high standards of their products and business models. It was extremely difficult to pick a winning team; however, we felt “Mad Jakr” really excelled with a creative product, an engaging presentation as well as an excellent understanding of business issues such as competition and profit. The Junction is very pleased to be able to provide support for this event, helping tomorrow’s business people develop their business skills.”

Evelyn Grant, Enterprise Co-ordinator at Portsmouth College, comments: “The college was delighted with the support and involvement of The Junction, and we look forward to working with them again in the future. Although this was only our second annual Enterprise Day, the event is proving to be a great success and is very popular amongst the students. We look forward to seeing more wonderful ideas, concepts and presentations next year!”