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Newcastle shines at Enterprise Challenge Awards

Last night saw the culmination of Newcastle University’s annual business planning competition, Enterprise Challenge, in association with Accenture, with a black-tie awards ceremony at the Civic Centre.

This year’s winners included ‘Waiterpal’, a new silver service product developed by Chris Dobie, who managed to squeeze in the recording of his winning pitch alongside his studies towards a PhD in Chemical Engineering; and Beautiful Bottoms, a silk lingerie manufacturer, who won the RMT New Trader Award for their business plan.

Robert Grisdale and Jack Payne, who won with their idea of setting up an automated street based bike hire service, said: “We are honoured to be awarded the TEDCO Business Award - it has given us the drive we needed to take our idea forward to the next step…Keep your eyes peeled for WhipBikes!”

Sponsor Carole White from TEDCO said: “TEDCO is delighted to continue to sponsor the Enterprise Challenge Awards 2009, the quality of the entries get better year on year which is a tribute to both the staff and students. We have worked in a strong partnership with Newcastle University for over 10 years and we passionately believe they are exemplars in their approach to spreading the enterprise message and developing entrepreneurship.”

To find out more about the Enterprise Challenge visit www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/enterprisechallenge.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .