Do you have a young business with raw potential? Are you looking to take your business to the next level? Or do you have a great business idea and need help to get started? The Big Business Boost is here to give you the support, training and maybe even the cash you need to be an Essex business success story.
The Essex BIG Business Boost is an inclusive business competition which exists to celebrate the diversity of entrepreneurial ability across the county.
In 2016, the BIG Business Boost will be supported by the Essex Employment & Skills Unit to deliver the Disability Entrepreneur Award to celebrate entrepreneurship across Essex for people with a disability. The BIG Business Boost is FREE to enter and open to any Essex-based business with fifteen employees or less, or any idea for a business based in Essex. There are four categories for businesses to enter; - The BIG Business Boost Award – the overall award for Essex’s most innovative business - £1,500 cash boost + business support package - ENTRY CLOSED - The Young Entrepreneur Award – for business owners aged from 16 to 30 years of age - £1,500 cash boost + business support package - ENTRY CLOSED - The Women in Business Award – for the county’s most innovative female-led businesses - £1,500 cash boost + business support package - ENTRY CLOSED - The Disability Entrepreneur Award – Eligible to Essex-based individuals with a disability (physical, sensory, learning disability or difficulty, autism and mental health), with a great commercially sustainable business or business idea - £2,000 cash boost + business support package - ENTRY CLOSED (Due to the similarity of the awards we have decided to merge the Personal Triumph Award and the Disability Entrepreneur Award) The winners won’t necessarily be the most profitable business or the one with the biggest turnover – instead the winners will be the business ideas and concepts that excite the judges with innovation and imagination. Could that be you? The Big Business Boost is all about finding businesses like yours, and providing the right resources to enable your growth into one of Essex’s success stories of the future.
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON 31 AUGUST 2016 FOR THE DISABILITY ENTREPRENEUR AWARD - ALL OTHER CATEGORIES CLOSED;
- ENTRY EXTENDED TO 31 AUGUST 2016: The Disability Entrepreneur Award – Eligible to Essex-based individuals with a disability (physical, sensory, learning disability or difficulty, autism and mental health), with a great commercially sustainable business or business idea.
"The Essex Innovation Programme works with established companies and small businesses to help them to develop, and take to market, innovative products and services. Find out more at www.essexinnovation.co.uk"