London, Thursday 30th July Last Monday, a team of students from Badminton School, Bristol, were crowned as the overall winners of the Tycoon Enterprise Competition and presented with £1,000 to fund the continued growth of their business, The Citrus Way. The Citrus Way was set up by a collective of diverse young female students who …
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