The European Commission is encouraging enterprising film lovers to prove their creativity and skills by producing a short video that deals with the following questions: What is entrepreneurship all about? What could encourage people to become entrepreneurs? What could counteract old prejudices and offer new visions of entrepreneurship?
The winning video in each of the three categories will be awarded € 3,333, the videos in second place will be awarded € 2,222, and those in third place will receive € 1,111. Five additional “special winners” will be awarded € 555 each. These special prizes are reserved for persons aged 25 or younger.
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Network with 200 like-minded young entrepreneurs and enterprising students, global entrepreneurs, innovative corporates and leading business support organisations during a weekend of inspiring and engaging talks, workshops, debates and exhibitions. Pitch for the chance to win £1000 from Shell Livewire and chat with UnLtd to learn about how to get up to £15,000 funding for a social enterprise.
The UK’s must-attend event of 2010 for enterprising students and young entrepreneurs.
Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs are giving students the opportunity to launch a small-scale company on campus, between the 8th March and the 15th March. Students can be as adventurous as they want, from running cleaning services, to events and cake sales and more! Groups should be no larger than 4 and are provided with a £50 budget. The aim of the event is to raise funds for The Princes Trust, a charity that gives young people a chance in life. The winner of The Apprentice will be the team to have raised the most amount of money within the week.
The launch event will be taking place on the 4th March, where further details and further company ideas will be given. During The Apprentice week, teams will be assigned a mentor, to gain further help and advice. All the money needs to be submitted to Royal Holloway Entrepreneurs on the 15th March at 9am.
A Prize Giving will take place on the 18th March, with a guest speaker to be confirmed. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded. This event will be followed by drinks and networking opportunities.
The Princes Trust
The Princes Trust is the Uk’s leading youth charity, helping to change young lives. They help young people aged between 14 and 30 to develop their confidence and skills, and to get children into education, training and employment. We specifically want to donate the funds towards their business start-up efforts, where The Princes Trust work to raise funds to provide start up loans, grants and mentoring to the people they help.
Please fill out this form to enter the Royal Holloway Apprentice Competition:
Do you want to unlock the potential of an entrepreneurial idea? Do you have an idea for a sustainable, scalable commercial or social enterprise that needs an injection of cash to show that it could work? A competition is now open to all Royal Holloway students and staff. Up to ten grants of £2,000 are available for staff and student teams who want to show their idea to be worthy of further investment.
Last year 40% of applications were successful.
Teams must include at least one RHUL staff member and one undergraduate or postgraduate student.
Key dates
The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 19th March 2010 and results will be announced on 15th April.
Mini-grant clinics
If you would like some early feedback on your idea, you can meet with the Entrepreneurship Careers Adviser, John King. A drop-in service operates:
10:00 to 11:00 every Tuesday – Careers Service
How to apply Competition rules and an application form are available from the Research and Enterprise website. For more information please email minigrants@rhul.ac.uk.
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Make Your Mark in the Markets – the competition to give two people the opportunity to turn their entrepreneurial ideas into reality and start trading on a Market of their choice for SIX months for FREE!
What you could win:
Six months free trading! That’s right, rent free! What could you do with that extra cash?
£1,000 to support your business.
Free NMTF membership, which includes public liability insurance.
Free marketing and advertising for your business, through all partners involved.
Opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs – share ideas
Opportunity to test your business, with minimal financial cost to you.
Free business starter pack, which includes top tips from Matthew Crawford, winner of the first Make Your Mark in the Markets, funding advice, business advice and much more.
Is it for you?
Ask yourself these questions:
Do you want to start or grow a business?
Do you want to turn a hobby in to a business?
Could your idea or business benefit from a free retail space?
One lucky business wins 6 months free trading in The Mall!
The Make Your Mark in Retail competition is for any small retail business looking to grow. The hardest part of growing your business is getting in front of the right customers. This competition gives the opportunity for one lucky business to do just that and for FREE.
In partnership with Natwest, Enterprise UK and The National Skills Academy, The Mall are offering one lucky business 6 months rent FREE trading in one of their centres on a Retail Merchandising Unit. As well as this they also have a whole host of additional prizes key to ensuring your long term business success.
Make Your Mark In Retail total Prize:
6 months free trading in a shopping centre on a Retail Merchandising Unit
Free business banking for two years
Access to a business relationship manager to advise you in your financial decisions
A free place on the National Skills Academy Retail Masterclass
A free place on the exclusive BSSA Oxford Summer School where you will learn about retail in more depth
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The European Commission is encouraging enterprising film lovers to prove their creativity and skills by producing a short video that deals with the following questions: What is entrepreneurship all about? What could encourage people to become entrepreneurs? What could counteract old prejudices and offer new visions of entrepreneurship?
Make Your Mark in the Markets – the competition to give two people the opportunity to turn their entrepreneurial ideas into reality and start trading on a Market of their choice for SIX months for FREE!
