BUDDING businessmen and women were selling their wares in the city centre on Saturday.

Students from schools and colleges around Worcestershire were drawing in the crowds along Worcester's High Street as part of a Young Enterprise scheme, which sees students design and create products to then sell on.

A range of items — including candles, juices, accessories, woodwork products, cheeseboards, coasters and hand-sewn phone covers — were all on sale at the fair, which was opened by councillor Alan Amos, the Mayor of Worcester.

Tanya Raza, from Christopher Whitehead Language College, was selling a range of candles and phone covers with her classmates.

The 15 year old said: "I think this is a great experience. When I'm older I'd like to do something in the business world, so this is a great opportunity to see what it will be like and whether I would like it or not. It has been great fun thinking of things to create and then seeing the ideas come to life. To actually have people buying our products is amazing. It's been good fun and a good real world experience."

Harriet Bray, along with classmates Mackenzie Pemberton-Whiteley and Elliot Coley, were selling a new style of hole punch which they had designed and created themselves.

Miss Bray, who studies at the King's School in the sixth form, said a lot of work had gone in to their design.

"First of all we had to come up with a product which could make cash quickly, so we could get the money together to design and create our final product," she said.

"We came up with the idea to make beanie hats in the King's School colours, which sold and we made £1,374. This money then went in to our final design for a hole punch, which is a single metal punch, rather than the bulky ones that are on the market. We've had a lot of great feedback on our product and it's been a really useful experience."