Thank you to all the LEAP Companies who participated in the LEAP Merrion Centre February Trade Fair.
The Trade Stands were judged by Katrina Townsend from The Merrion Centre and the Deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds Cllr Barry Anderson and his wife Cllr Caroline Anderson.

1st prize Nourish and Glow
2nd prize Pins n Needlz
3rd prize Hidden Gems

There were also 11 other judges from LEAP, Schools and Business who were judging the companies as part of the Marketing Competition. The results will be announced at the LEAP Annual Awards on May 6th 2026

Congratulation to the 18 companies taking part in the 2025 Merrion Centre Christmas Trade Fair. This competition forms part of the Marketing competition of the LEAP year and there were more than 10 judges throughout the day.

On the day Kathy Kimberlin, Merrion Centre Manager, judged and presented prizes to her top 3 companies.

1st prize: Seasonal Treasures
2nd prize: The Soap Collective
3rd prize: Nourish and Glow

Photographs can be found in the Gallery section of this website. The professional photographs will be added shortly.

The Seminar slide show with sound from the Directors' Workshops have been loaded into Resources for

Marketing and Sales 2025
https://www.leapenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/Marketing%20and%20…

and

Getting Organised - Leadership 2025 https://www.leapenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/Getting%20Organise…

Congratulations to Boxful for being awarded Best LEAP Company 2024/25

Photographs of all the Awards are in the Gallery

Congratulations to all the Companies who took part in LEAP 2025 and particularly to all those that were presented with awards at The LEAP Annual Awards 2025 held at the Grammar School at Leeds.

The Overall Winner for 2024/2025 was Boxful from QUEGS.

To see the photographs please go to the Gallery on this website.

A copy of the 2025 Souvenir Brochure is available for download in Resources.

Congratulations to the 28 LEAP Companies who took part in the LEAP Merrion Centre Trade Fair on Saturday 8th February 2025. All the companies did a fantastic job and 10 judges were circulating to judge the Companies as part of the Marketing Compatition.

On the day Charles Newman, from TCS and The Merrion Centre also spoke to all the companies and he awarded The Merrion Centre trophy and some generous cash awards as follows.

1st place Boxful
2nd place Adorn
3rd place Darya and Relight

Congratualations to the 29 companies who made the LEAP Merrion Centre Christmas Trade Fair a resounding success.
Our thanks to The Merrion Cetre and to the Lady Mayoress of Leeds Cllr Abigail Marshall-Katong who presented the Awards and spoke to all the students.

1st place : Boxful
2nd place : Wrapify
3rd place : Copper Rise Design

Thank you also to all the judges who spent their Saturday scoring the Companies.

Today at the Merrion Centre in Leeds we celebrated young Entrepreneurs from across Yorkshire.
Congratulations on winning the centres prize.

1st place : TouckLink
2nd place : Kreate
3rd place : Kliklak

With 14 Judges also today all contributing to the overall Marketing competition which is just 1 of 16 categories.
Watch out for more information on this years Annual Awards.
Www.leapenterprise.co.uk

Congratulations to our overall winners Planet A

But also congratulations to all our winners in the other 14 categories too.

All photographs will be available via the Gallery and can be downloaded at anytime.

From the LEAP Board, we would like to say "thank you to all our Students, Teachers, Mentors and Sponsors for all your commitment and dedication to LEAP".

We look forward to working with your schools/Colleges again in September.

Have a great Summer term and summer holidays.
Donna @LEAP