Shell LiveWIRE Awards

£10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010

Now open for entries - deadline 5pm on 6th September 2010!

If you're aged 16-30 and have been running your own business for more than 3 months but less than 18 months, this annual competition could see you walk away with a £10,000 cash injection plus support from top PR agency Blue Rubicon at the Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! award final taking place in London on 13th October 2010 (see photos of the 2009 event below).

The judging process (.PDF, 260kb) will see entrants from across the UK shortlisted to a Shell LiveWIRE 'Hot 40' before 8 regional finalists go on to face a panel of judges including Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne, Tim Campbell (Bright Ideas Trust) and Emma Jones (Enterprise Nation).

So, if you think you've got what it takes to be our Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, simply login at the very bottom of this page to apply.

£1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards

If you're aged 16-30 and need funding to get your new business idea or project off the ground, the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards offers up to to 6 x £1,000 prizes each month to the most innovative or unusual ideas submitted by new businesses in their first 12 months of trading. (See our section about previous Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Award winners).

You've got until the last day of each month to apply for the £1,000 awards - simply login below to access the application form.

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