Competitors wanted for The Pitch 2009 award
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The Pitch 2009 is a competition run by Sift Media, the company behind the useful BusinessZone.co.uk small business web site. Its aim is to find “Britain’s most innovative small companies”. The winner gets a package of business support including practical help on PR, marketing and doing business online valued by the organisers at £50,000.
To enter, your business must be based in the UK, established for less than three years and employ no more than 20 staff. If you are just starting you don’t have to be fully up and trading yet, but “you must be able to demonstrate a sound business plan and evidence that there is a proven market for your product or service”.
According to the application form “the judges will look for innovation, engagement with customers, sound financial and business planning, and an understanding of where the opportunities exist in the market for your product or service”.
The entry form is a Microsoft Word document that you can download here. Any queries contact Sift Media’s Rita Andrews on 0117 915 9619.
Shortlisted entrants get to attend their nearest regional heat, where they pitch to a live panel Dragon’s Den style. These are taking place on 9 June 2009 in Bristol, 17 June in Manchester, 23 June in Glasgow, 8 July in Birmingham and 14 July in London.
The final will take place in central London during Enterprise Week, the week of 16-22 November 2009.
The application closing dates for the regional heats are as follows:
- Bristol: 18 May
- Manchester: 25 May
- Glasgow: 1 June
- Birmingham: 15 June
- London: 22 June
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