Business Plan Competition » Media Group http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk A guide to UK Business Plan and Business Competitions Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Still time to enter the Home Business Awards http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/still-time-to-enter-the-home-business-awards/ http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/still-time-to-enter-the-home-business-awards/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:13:35 +0000 Phin http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/?p=52 There is still time to enter the Home Business Awards over at excellent home working site Enterprise Nation.

Categories

  • Home Business of the Year
  • Home Business Couple of the Year
  • Home Office of the Year
  • Young Home Business Owner of the Year (under age of 35)
  • The 5 to 9 Home Business (open to anyone holding a day job and building the business at nights and weekends)

Your entry will automatically put you in the running to win the title ‘Home Business of the Year’ but you can also tick a box to apply for any or all of the categories.

Prizes

It’s free to enter and winners will receive some amazing prizes. They include:

  • Prominent profile on the Enterprise Nation site and in a national newspaper
  • Thousands of pounds worth of prizes in home office supplies and technology from our sponsors including Regus, Staples, HP, Douwe Egberts, Access Storage and Moneypenny
  • A brand review with top creative agency, Jump To, who act for a number of home grown businesses such as New Covent Garden Food, Tyrrells and Bacheldre Mill
  • Free entry to the Enterprise Nation Conference
  • A romantic get-away break for the Home Business Couple of the Year!

Judges

Joining Emma Jones, (who runs Enterprise Nation) on the judging panel will be:

  • Rachel Bridge, Enterprise Editor, The Sunday Times
  • Mark Dixon, Chief Executive & Founder, Regus
  • Karen and Mike Hollands, co-founders of Toniks and 2008 Home Business of the Year 

How to enter

Entry to the competition is free and open to any home business in the UK. The closing date is Friday, November 6th and winners will be announced at the Enterprise Nation Conference on Home Enterprise Day, Friday 20th November.

The Entry form for the Home Business Awards is on this page

]]> http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/still-time-to-enter-the-home-business-awards/feed/ 0 Be a start-up success in Swindon! http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/be-a-start-up-success-in-swindon/ http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/be-a-start-up-success-in-swindon/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:42 +0000 Phin http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/?p=30 Have you recently started a new business in Swindon? Why not enter the Swindon Strategic Economic Partnership’s New Business Competition 2009 and prove your business is the best? With £3,000 and two runner up prizes of £1,000 each, free training and free membership of Swindon’s top business organisations for a year, your business will be an all round winner. Entries must be received by 30 October 2009. 

More information about the Swindon Strategic Economic Partnership’s New Business Competition 2009

]]> http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/be-a-start-up-success-in-swindon/feed/ 0 John Logie Baird Awards http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/john-logie-baird-awards/ http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/2009/10/john-logie-baird-awards/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:46:20 +0000 Phin http://www.businessplancompetition.co.uk/?p=8 The John Logie Baird Awards for innovation are designed to recognise and celebrate innovation by encouraging the commercial exploitation of Scotland’s intellectual capital. The opportunity to compete for these national awards is unique. It offers a comprehensive and integrated package of support to all applicants at every stage of the selection process, rather than simply rewarding the winners. The award process is managed by our friends over at VentureNavigator

Entry is free and is open to individual innovators, young companies, established companies, public sector, third sector and academic, medical and scientific commercialisations.  Awards prize packages are presented annually a prestigious Gala Awards Dinner, this years dinner will take place on the 12th March 2010 at the Glasgow Science Centre

All Finalists will also have the opportunity to exhibit and showcase their innovations at a high profile exhibition prior on the day of the Gala Awards dinner open to the business community, providing an excellent opportunity for further promotion and networking.

Find out more and enter at: www.johnlogiebairdawards.co.uk

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