The Livery Academy Awards is an innovative program designed for City livery companies to engage with state schools to help stimulate business and entrepreneurial skills among their sixth-form pupils.

The school teams are given a brief to develop a business idea and present it to an industry standard to a distinguished panel of judges and an audience of company members. The companies provide each team with mentors from finance and marketing/advertising/creative sectors, ideally drawn from their membership.

The program, started in 2013, has now expanded to four livery companies (Grocers, Merchant Taylors, Haberdashers and Drapers). The Grand Final will be hosted by the Lord Mayor at Mansion House in the City of London.

City Pay it Forward is proud to be collaborating with the livery companies on this very prestigious program and have produced guidance videos for student teams to prepare for the competition.

For more information on the Livery Academy awards, go to this website — https://www.liveryacademyawards.com/