Knowledge is give and take for bright young things

Wednesday 21st July 2010, 2:29PM BST.

In the foreground during the Schroders Bright Futures group visit to the Guernsey Press is 22-year-old John Russell with a hot-off-the-press copy. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1001939)

A GROUP of youngsters are touring the island to meet business leaders and discuss bright ideas.

The pilot Schroders Bright Futures week, the brainchild of employees Genevieve Langford and Rosie Lampert, has so far seen university-age men and women visit various sectors of local industry to learn and hopefully to inspire as well.

First they visited Herm to watch presentations from its finance, hospitality and technical directors before being split into teams to come up with ideas.

John Russell, 22, who has just finished his second year of civil engineering at Imperial College London, said that was both hugely enjoyable and invaluable.