A student has been shortlisted for a national business writing competition.

Sutton Grammar School for Boys pupil Benjamin Blackford, from Epsom, was among six students shortlisted for the Young Business Writer of the Year 2010 award.

The competition run by financial education charity ifs School of Finance invited 14 to 19-year-old students to write a business article under the heading, Bankers rewards - asking for trouble?

Financial Mail on Sunday editor Lisa Buckingham judged the competition.