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10/03/2010 - Pitching For Prizes

Annual enterprise competition The Pitch is on the lookout for the UK’s best up and coming small businesses.

Run by consultants Sift Media, The Pitch aims to reward and recognise the country’s most innovative entrepreneurs.

Entrants get to pitch their ideas to a panel of experts, including former Dragons’ Den star Doug Richard, with one lucky winner set to scoop a prize package of consultancy and advice worth thousands of pounds.

The contest is open to entries from UK-based businesses that employ 20 or fewer staff and have been trading for less than three years.

Applicants will first have to battle through one of five regional heats, before taking part in a grand final to be held as part of the Business Factory enterprise expo in London during November.

Last year’s winner was Anthony Lau, inventor of bike accessory Cyclehoop, who won a prize package worth more than £50,000.

He said:

“I pitched against some really great businesses and entrepreneurs in both the regional and the grand final.

“To win the Pitch 2009 was a great honour and the fantastic package of prizes gave my company the support and boost it needs to take it to the next level.”

Entries to this year’s competition must be made by 15 June 2010, with five regional heats scheduled for Bristol, Liverpool, London, Edinburgh and Birmingham over the summer.

Winners from these preliminary rounds will battle it out at the grand final to be held at the Business Factory enterprise event in London during November.

For further information about this year’s contest, visit The Pitch website (opens a new window)

Source: Businesszone.co.uk, 03/03/2010

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