A CINEMA and a nightclub were among the ideas for transforming the old mill site which sixth-form students from Okehampton College came up with as part of a two-day business project.

Entertainment venues seemed a popular choice among students taking part in the ?Building Tomorrow For Today? project, but there was a range of other ideas for the site.

Teams of Okehampton College Year 12 students visited the old mill area and were given a brief to come up with ideas for developing the run-down site.

The teams then made presentations which were judged by a panel of business partners, including Cllr Tony Leech, the mayor of Okehampton; Nils Westman, chartered architect; Michael Saunby from the Met Office; John Stevens, from Bob Gee TEAM estate agents, and Geoff Hallett from the Devon Education Business Partnership.

Graham Slade, business links co-ordinator at Okehampton College, said the day had been a great success.

?The students came up with a variety of ideas, and really let their imaginations go all over the place,? he said.

Mr Slade said this was the second year running this particular brief had been used for the college?s business day.

?We like this brief. We ask the students to visit the old mill site and come up with something which would be of use to Okehampton College, and I think many of the ideas could be of benefit to Okehampton as a whole.?

There were prizes of gift tokens for the winning teams among the eleven entries.

The prize for best presentation was won by the team called John Scanes and Co, which comprised Tristan Rice, Georgina Hodges, Katherine Lunk, Chris Bannister, Richard Parnell and John Scanes.

The best teamwork prize went to Raustralia, which consisted of Laura Dixon, Lauren Gaden, Racheal Murray, Chris Simmons, Emily Hall and Sean Francis.

The most innovative design was created by Miffy and Co, made up of Clare Parsons, Stevie Barker, Kirsty Newberry, Dani Colton, Leanne Drew and Rochelle Hillier.

The overall winners were the Quite Nice team of Tom Powell, Paul Sheppherd, Rhys Morgan, Alan Stepto, Rupert Curnow and John Carter.

Mr Slade thanked all the business partners and teachers from different subject areas who had helped to make the project such a success.