Schoolgirl Gemma Glover is on the first rung of the ladder of business success after being named ProShare's young business writer of the year.

Top award - Gemma Glover is a business winner. Picture: STEPHANIE MACKRILL (20200-a)

She was presented with a cheque for £250 on satellite television's Bloomberg television.

The competition is part of ProShare's Student Investor programme, which educates teenagers about investment.

The 17-year-old Great Baddow High School student's winning essay was about how firms need to adapt to survive and thrive in the dangerous and fast moving jungle of the business world.

Published Friday, March 15, 2002