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Entries open for young entrepreneur contest

The search for the UK’s best young entrepreneurs is starting again.

The Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, which recognises and celebrates the achievements of the UK’s young entrepreneurs, is now open for entries.

The award offers entrepreneurs aged 16-30 the opportunity to win a cash injection of £10,000.

Jamie Murray Wells, the 2005 winner of the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, founded Glasses Direct from his parents’ living room in 2004 using the last installment of his student loan. The business, which sells cut-price prescription glasses over the internet, now has a multi-million pound turnover and sells a pair of glasses every three minutes all over the world.

James Smith, Shell UK Chairman, said: “It’s great to see that Britain’s young entrepreneurial community is not being put off by the recession and there is still a hunger to start up businesses. An external vote of confidence can make all the difference when you are trying to get a business off the ground. We hope the Shell Livewire Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award will provide a welcome boost to aspiring young entrepreneurs.”

The deadline for applications is 11 September 2009. To qualify for entry, applicants must be aged 16-30 and have been trading not less than three months and not more than 18 months on 11th September 2009. To find out more or enter the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards, visit www.shell-livewire.org.

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