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So you’d like to win the Report Writing Competition?

So you’d like to win the Report Writing Competition?. Well what do you think it takes?. …..put yourself in the judges. Look the part. A professional business document that reads as one Type – 12 point minimum Bind Format Layout

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So you’d like to win the Report Writing Competition?

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  1. So you’d like to win the Report Writing Competition?

  2. Well what do you think it takes?

  3. …..put yourself in the judges

  4. Look the part

  5. A professional business document that reads as one • Type – 12 point minimum • Bind • Format • Layout • Clear headings • Content, company name, summary, appendices • Use of images • Colour or black and white

  6. Know how you’re measured – read the rules

  7. The cover • Company name, school and Enterprise Teacher • Business Mentor and their company • LEAP Company • Interim or final accounts • Maximum 10 sides plus cover + 5 pages accounts+ optional 3 pages marketing flyers, advertising etc. • Copy size 12 point minimum • Page one must begin with a contents list and a summary to include • Company name • Mission statement • Product/service • Summary of financial products • Summary statement of company performance • Explain how far you have come…….not just your success • The judges want to see how good you are at Problem Solving

  8. Clear as mud?

  9. What three things do you want the judges to remember? • Think it through before you start to write • What will be on each page? • Could your sections be more clearly headed? • Have you highlighted your best points enough? • What is the one point to EACH paragraph? • Chuck out the chintz, cut the waffle • Does the order and layout take the judges eye exactly where you want them to go? • Spell check, read it, spell check, read it

  10. The right ingredients

  11. Interim Report • must show provision for LEAP VAT, and any interim payment. Also to include balance sheet, profit and loss account to date • Company accounts • must be prepared to company liquidation date, showing LEAP VAT, balance sheet, profit and loss account to date • Either should be verified and signed by your advisor

  12. Fresh pair of eyes?

  13. So you’ve finished? • Read it again for the rules • Read it again for mistakes • Read it again for focus • Read it again for content • Read it again for clear presentation • Read it again to check your achievements stand out • Then give it to someone else for their opinion

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