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£40,000 Innovation Showcase competition closes 6 July

Don't delay! North West businesses have until 6 July to enter the prestigious Venturefest 2017 Innovation Showcase contest.

Organised by Business Growth Hub, the Innovation Showcase Competition is one of the highlights of the Venturefest Manchester 2017 programme.

Open to businesses from across the North West, this year the competition has two awards – one for the best start-up business (trading for less than three years) and another for the best established business (three or more years trading). This is in recognition of the distinct differences impacting businesses in each category of the competition. Each award comes with a £20,000 business support package for the winner.

The competition is free to enter, and all a business needs to do is fill in a short online form on the Venturefest Manchester website: http://www.venturefestmanchester.com/#Competition. If shortlisted for either category, the business will then receive pitching advice and support by finance specialists from within the Growth Hub and make a short three-minute presentation at Venturefest Manchester, which takes place at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on Thursday 14 September.

Last year eighty-eight small and medium-sized businesses entered the competition, and more than £1m of funding offers have since been made to participants.

Richard Jeffery, director of Business Growth Hub [pictured below with Mike Anderson of last year's winners Nothing But Epic] said; “We’ve already had a tremendous response, and it’s been fantastic to see the variety and quality of companies we have in the North West via the entries we’ve already received. I encourage every business owner to apply. As a minimum you will receive some expert support from experienced growth advisors and could walk away with a prize package worth £20,000.”   

Find out more about Venturefest Manchester 2017 at www.venturefestmanchester.com.

Innovation Showcase 2016 winners Nothing But Epic.

 

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