Phoenix Den Winners Celebrated

Global Enterprise week saw the annual Phoenix Den business pitch competition at the University. The students had only 2 minutes to pitch there business idea to a panel of judges who were looking for students who had passion about their idea, and the skills needed to turn the business into reality.

The first prize of £1,000 was awarded to Lee Betts with the runners up prizes being awarded to Richard Burridge, Maureen Bennett and Joe Verlaque. That’s not all, Lee and Maureen were also recommended for a SPEEd grant which is worth over £4,000 to help them start up.

If you have an business idea which you want to develop further, why don’t you pop in to the Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship to see how we can help you. The Institute is based on the first floor of the Student Centre.

For more information around how the Institute can help please visit www.studentsinbusiness.org, the home of the Students in Business society at the University.