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7 SUMMER 2015 Growing the Economy and Skills Sir Tom Hunter Challenge CHAIRMAN WILLIE MACKIE AND PRINCIPAL HEATHER DUNK WERE DELIGHTED TO BE ON THE PANEL OF JUDGES FOR THE 2015 SIR TOM HUNTER CHALLENGE – WHERE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PITCHED THEIR OWN BUSINESS IDEAS IN A BID TO WIN £3,000. presenting their innovative idea. In joint-second place, Doon Academy – last year’s winner The team designed a lifestyle product which included an app, a wristband and a travel plug with a warning light which flashes when you are becoming over exposed to UV radiation. “Sir Tom Hunter has been challenging local school pupils to come up with ideas for new businesses for the past three years.” Sir Tom Hunter has been challenging local school pupils to come up with new business ideas for the past three years. In East Ayrshire, St. Joseph’s Academy students Kuda Tapatapa, Tatenda Tapatapa, Kieran Fenton, Becca Bunten and Chloe Beveridge were crowned the winners, after David Ross, Keppie Design; Heather Dunk, Principal of Ayrshire College; Marie Macklin, Ayrshire College Board of Management; Sir Tom Hunter; Willie Mackie, Chair of Ayrshire College