Business students are hoping to win a competition for creating a safety product inspired by the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Kiera Holmes, 18, Ledian Hoxhaj, 20 and Melany Monteiro Moniz, 22, from the College of Harngey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL) are in the final of the 2018 Big Idea Challenge.

Their idea, the Safety Jumping Bag, is a giant airbag that can be deployed in situations when emergency services cannot reach people, such as in a fire or earthquake, to enable people to jump from buildings without harm.

Ledian said: “Our idea is based on the concept of film industry stunt people jumping from high rise buildings onto safety bags.

“The product has the same design and would be made of fireproof fluorescent material with built in sprinklers.”

Melany added: “We’re aiming to sell this product to developers who would pay the full amount, directly to councils and governments for half price and the fire services, who will have a mobile unit on the back of their trucks.”

Seventy-one people lost their lives and 70 more were injured in the fire at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in North Kensington in June 2017.

The Big Idea Challenge is run by London Metropolitan University and invites teams from further education and sixth form colleges to develop and pitch business plans.

Jackie Mitchell, head of school for business at CONEL, said: “We are very proud that our students are among the finalists of the Big Idea Challenge for the second year running.

“They have done so well to get this far.

“It is a fantastic competition and a great opportunity for students to show their creativity and innovation while developing their skills in business."