PADSTOW Touring and Holiday Parks has praised the hard work and business insight of students in the Business Studies department at Tavistock College. 

The GCE Applied Business students have been studying the parks as part of an investigative project they have been working on this term. 

Rachel Turner, on behalf of the parks, said that studying their business for 12 weeks meant the students had an in-depth understanding of Padstow Touring and Holiday Parks. They had used this understanding to provide them with useful information which will help inform their planning in the future. 

Rachel said they had a number of customers from the Tavistock area and that were keen to enhance students' education by supporting this type of project.

Due to the outstanding nature of the work produced by the students, Padstow Touring and Holiday Parks have decided to present Cesi D'Alessio, Megan Carr, Fran Phillips and Kelly Walker with awards for the effort they made. 

Rachel said they were looking forward to continuing to support the students at the college and that they were impressed by the usefulness of the research they will use in developing their business: 'It is rare to get a totally fresh perspective on your business and we are delighted with how this project will benefit both the students in their studies and our business' development.' 

Sarah Holt, head of Business Studies, said the department is always looking for new business links and this was one which proved very useful.