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Business plan clinches student £2,500 prize
A STUDENT from Newcastle University who wrote a sustainable business development plan to expand a dairy farm and reduce its running costs has won this year’s Pinnacle Award.
Philip Dunn, a final year student, beat seven other shortlisted candidates and impressed judges with his plan for an already profitable dairy herd in Cumbria over a five-year period.
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He co-authored the plan with fellow student James Hamilton but presented his suggestions independently.
Philip, who will share the £2,500 prize with his college, said: “Despite the pressures facing UK agriculture, I enjoyed the challenge of formulating a business strategy to ensure a sustainable future for a real-life family farming operation.”
- Fred Rush, of Reading University was named runner-up, with Katie Farthing, who is at the Royal Agricultural College, in third place.
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