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North East entrepreneurs' chance to win £1,000

North East entrepreneurs are being offered the chance to win £1,000 cash, marketing of up to £5,000 and a business mentor as part of a new competition.

“Virgin Money £1,000 business challenge” is run in association with Project North East Group, Virgin Unite, Start-Up Loans and Metro Radio, and is open to entrepreneurs aged 18 and over.

Pete Wood, Virgin Money’s head of Social Enterprise Projects, including theStart-Up Loans scheme in the North East and Cumbria, said: “We are delighted to be able to support driven young business minds in new and innovative ways, and backing this challenge is part of that.

“We are confident that the competition will be tough as there is so much emerging business talent in the region. It should be a really exciting few weeks and we are looking forward to revealing the winner and seeing their business become a vibrant new company in the marketplace over the coming months.”

To enter, hopefuls should enter their name, date of birth, email address and describe their business idea in no more than 300 words at metroradio.co.uk/win/the-1000-business-challenge/. They can also bring their pitch to life by using social media channels such as YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare or Skype. The eventual winner will be chosen by the public.

A shortlist of eight will get the chance to pitch their business to a panel of business experts from Virgin Money, Project North East, Virgin Unite and Metro Radio, and three talented finalists will then get the chance to canvas for votes via social media.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .