Competition to win business space worth £25,000

A major competition has been launched by SEGRO, Europe’s leading provider of business space, giving a new or fledgling business in Nailsea the chance to win a business unit free for a year at its Ashton Vale Trading Estate in Bristol.

 

Called The Entrepreneur, the competition is being run in the Bristol Evening Post and is open to businesses within the newspaper’s circulation area – including Nailsea.

 

To win the prize, worth £25,000, businesses have to send in an overview of their operation and outline why they think they should win the unit which includes the lease for 12 months incorporating rent, rates and service charge.

 

Entrants will then be shortlisted, with those successful being invited to present their case in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style presentation to a panel of judges.

 

The judging panel includes Mike Norton, editor of the Bristol Evening Post, Rod Mackinnon, headmaster at Bristol Grammar School, Chris Davies of SEGRO and Rob Law who is a local entrepreneur and brains behind the hugely successful ‘Trunki’ brand and who appeared on the BBC’s Dragon’s Den TV show and gained an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List.

 

The competition is open to businesses which are already trading or just starting up which would benefit from new premises. Schools, colleges or universities in the area with an entrepreneurial idea are also eligible if they have an idea which would use the unit creatively for a year.

 

The winner will be announced at the newspaper’s black tie Business Awards in June.

A series of open days have also been arranged so those considering entering can take a look at the unit before they submit their entry and are taking place on 15, 16 and 17 February.

 

Anyone interested in entering can visit www.thisisbristol.co.uk/theentrepreneur or www.segro.com/bristolworks