INTERNAL

Competitons to watch out for in 2011/2012

• The Southampton Apprentice: 4 rounds of gruelling business competition. This will be the second year of Fish on Toast running the competition and will be host to bigger and more challenging tasks than ever seen before!

EXTERNAL

• Marketest’s Startup Business Plan competition open to Southampton Students: 

Taking part in business plan competitions is a great way for Southampton students to add valuable facts and figures to business ideas. Business competitions are an opportunity to pitch your business plan ideas to an objective panel who can give you reliable opinions as well as providing you with various types of support to bring your business ideas to reality. That is exactly what Marketest are offering you and your business plan. If your have the entrepreneurial spirit, a new product or service idea or a young start-up, you can enter the Marketest business competition and win £1,000 of tailored market research conducted by experts in the field and here is exactly why conducting market research is a great opportunity for your business:

* Directly target your marketing

* Strengthen your pitch to investors

* Get consumer insights

* Objective analysis of your plan

Marketest has over 10 years experience helping start-ups, young businesses and entrepreneurs conduct qualitative online market research. With more and more individuals creating their own jobs in the uncertain economic climate, Marketest’s competition aims to stimulate and promote the entrepreneurial spirit and initiative through bringing the start-up idea closer to launch. Target markets, clients and potential customers are difficult to predict and this makes business planning even more vital. Market research is an essential ingredient when developing this plan. This exciting competition can provide the winner with £1,000 market research survey and report, answering important marketing and product questions. Anyone can enter whether you are a student, pre-start-up, young business owner or entrepreneur!

To view more details please visit the Start-up Business Competition section on the Marketest website. http://www.marketest.co.uk/business-start-ups-competition Best of luck Southampton Students!