Cash prizes will be awarded to First, Second and Third place winners for the best business idea submitted via a business plan by current registered students (including recent graduates - 2006/2005/2004) from Durham University, studying any degree discipline. Business categories are:

Arts and media (including digital media)
Science and technology
Social and community enterprise
General

If you are in any doubt as to which category your business idea fits into, please email rachel.orange@durham.ac.uk with your question.

 

There are TWO stages: the Blueprint Durham University Business Planning and Creation competition, and the regional North East Universities competition.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO READ THE COMPETITION RULES AND REGULATIONS BEFORE ENTERING.

See Competition Rules and Regulations.
 

Entries for the Blueprint Durham University Business Planning and Creation competition must be submitted by 5.00pm on Friday 26th January 2007 by sending an outline of your initial business idea.

Send us your outline now.
 

Semi-finalists for the Blueprint Durham University Business Planning and Creation competition will be notified by 5.00pm on Friday 2nd February 2007.

Semi-finalists for the Blueprint Durham University Business Planning and Creation competition will each be assigned a mentor to assist in working up their ideas up into full business plans.

Final submission of full business plans by 5.00pm on Friday 27th April 2007.

 

The winner of the Blueprint Durham University Business and Creation Planning competition will be automatically entered into the regional North East Universities Business Planning competition, competing head-to-head with winners from the Universities of Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside and Sunderland.

Our Blueprint Durham winners last year were:
First Place: Simon Creek with Auricularis
Second Place: Dan Rackham, Daniel Harvey and Adam Clements with Vimuse Technologies

LATEST NEWS:
Aricularis and Vimuse Technologies swept the board at the Blueprint Regional Business Planning Competition.
FOR MORE INFO...
 

Blueprint is a competition for those seriously interested in setting up a business venture.
 

Before you send us your outline idea, you may wish to visit: www.bizplanit.com
and...
The North East Centre for Scientific Enterprise (NECSE).

Please apply to send us an outline of your business idea.

More info is also available on the regional competition.

See the competition rules.

Go back to the enterprise exchange home page.