A University of Winchester student has reached the final of a national business competition.
Business management student Taylor Nursten will pitch her product, Baby Biltong Bites, to judges at the Enactus Spark competition on Monday, April 7.
The competition, which supports students and young people to engage in social action and enterprise, ran a six-week course to help competitors develop their business ideas.
The six best were selected for the final, with the winner set to receive £1,000 to help develop their project.
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Baby Biltong Bites come with a string attached as a precaution against choking.
The 19-year-old has South African roots and the beef snacks are made to a family recipe at the Nursten family home in Storrington, West Sussex.
As the meat is air-dried, it contains no chemicals or preservatives.
Taylor, who is in her second year at Winchester, said: "I gnawed on biltong from an early age and I still occasionally eat biltong to this day."
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She hopes to use the business skills she is learning at Winchester to become an entrepreneur.
Steve Northam, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation entrepreneur in residence at Winchester Business School, said: "Taylor has always shown a creative and entrepreneurial mindset, so it’s great to see her taking concepts developed in the classroom into real-world business ideas.
"I look forward to seeing how she progresses at the next stage of the Enactus competition and beyond."
The Enactus Spark final will take place at London's Excel and is in a Dragons' Den-style format.
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