The search is now on for the brightest young business brains aged 30 and under. Entrepreneurs from across the UK can now submit their entries to the prestigious Enterprising Young Brits competition, the annual search to unearth the best young entrepreneurs in the UK.
Enterprising Young Brits Awards is a great opportunity to get the spotlight shining on you and your venture!
Not only do lucky winners receive £1,000 for their business but they also get valuable coverage in national media and an invitation to join the Make Your Mark Ambassador programme. As a Make Your Mark Ambassador they will get a chance to network with some of the UK’s top entrepreneurs and help us inspire the next generation of Richard Bransons and Anita Roddicks!
Daily Mail Enterprising Young Brits, supported by the Institute of Directors, is a national competition to recognise young people who have turned their ideas into reality.
Part of the Make Your Mark campaign, the competition is open to anyone aged 30 and under who has grown their own idea, exploited an opportunity, or developed a new way of doing things.
This is the fifth Daily Mail Enterprising Young Brits awards and we have seen our winners and finalists develop as entrepreneurs and grow their businesses from early stage start ups to successful companies!
Louis Barnett, Chokolit: 2007 finalists in the teen category
Louis founded innovative chocolate company Chokolit when her was only 15. Louis turned his passion for chocolate into a successful business which is now trading through out Europe.
Amanda Jones and James Brown are the co-founders of Red Button Design, an award winning design house developing products for the Aid and Humanitarian markets.
From hundreds of inspiring stories of people making their ideas happen, twenty finalists across five categories went through to the finals of the Enterprising Young Brit 2009 awards. Below are the winners and finalists in each of the categories.
Being told off by his mother for forgetting to bring the washing in before it rained was the incentive for Roger Hind to develop the Rotamate two years ago.
Lotty Cunningham set up dance and drama company, Streetz Ahead after noticing that there were very few activities in her local area for young people to take part in during their free time.
