What's the Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition all about?

Here's the lowdown on the Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards - a bit of a summary!

The competition is free to enter, is open to anyone who is 30 or under and who runs any type of business in the Thames Valley region.

If this doesn’t apply to you, you might know someone – a friend, son or daughter, niece or nephew – who would benefit from the opportunity.

Please pass on the good news and encourage people you know to join in...

The competition is running in five Thames Valley areas located around our offices and broadly includes Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Which means there are several opportunities to be a finalist, with five local winners and one overall regional winner.

So let’s start by telling you why you – or they - might want to join in ...

What everyone gets ...

• You’ll become a member of Nigel Botterill’s Entrepreneur’s Circle for a minimum of two
months – that’s available to ALL ENTRANTS – and the winners will get FREE MEMBERSHIP
for a whole year. This is an amazing business and marketing coaching service run by one of the UK’s leading Serial Entrepreneurs.

• Personal growth – whether or not you are one of our finalists or a winner, the simple
process of putting together a business case to present to others and persuade them that you
are a worthy entrant will definitely help you to grow your business skills.

What the winners get ...

• A year’s free mentoring from a hugely experienced Partner from one of HW’s regional
offices in your area. Everything from helping you to make a case to your bank for money to
grow your business, to how to control your daily costs.

• Recognition – doing what you have at such a young age is a really worthy achievement, and
the press coverage we received for our winners last year was outstanding. This is a great way
to publicise your business and your potential.

• Prize money – all our local winners will each receive a cheque for £250 and the overall
regional winner will receive a further £500 – that’s £750 in all.

Is this really for me???

Now, it’s possible that you may be wondering if it is worth the bother for you - or someone you know - to enter the competition. So here are the answers to some key questions ...

Q's and A's

It’s all a lot of bother and I probably won’t win anyway?

1. You apply online and we don’t ask you for huge amounts of information, so it is definitely not a lot of bother.

2. In terms of winning, the competition runs in five local areas in the Thames Valley regions, which means you have a much higher chance of becoming selected as a finalist for one of them.

3. Just think of the personal growth you’ll achieve simply by going through the process of applying – having to set your case out and persuade others just how good you are. It’s very focussing and you will get a lot out of it whether you are selected or not. And anyway, did you really go into business with a defeatist attitude?

The prize money isn’t worth that much?

OK , so £250 - or even £750 – isn’t going to change your life but this isn’t just about the money. Winning means your passion and purpose will have been recognised by some hugely experienced business people who only want to help you succeed. The cash is a bonus.

I’m probably too small – or too big! – or just not the sort of person/ business you are looking for...?

There are simply no set criteria to who we are looking for. Last year’s winner happened to be a very established business run by a young guy with amazing vision. But he was up against new starts and part time businesses and it could easily have gone either way. If you are 30 or under and run any kind of business – you’re in!

I’ve not heard of Haines Watts – why are they interested in young businesses?

The Haines Watts Group – and HW Chartered Accountants – are a very large national firm and are in the top 20 accountants across the UK. In the Thames Valley we have offices in all the key towns. Our Partners are hugely experienced in helping businesses just like yours and simply want to encourage young business people in a difficult market place.

I’ve never heard of Nigel Botterill or his Entrepreneur’s Circle... how can he help me?

Nigel is one of the UK’s leading serial entrepreneurs. His ‘BestOf’ franchise – a local online directory located in 500 towns around the UK - was the fastest growing UK franchise EVER! He now runs five million plus businesses and one of these is Entrepreneur’s Circle.’

Entrepreneur’s Circle is an online and face-to-face network (events are held throughout the UK every month; there’s email advice, webinars, newsletters, phone ins and loads more) and is a major hotbed of ideas and motivation for entrepreneurs of all ages and experience. Nigel is wall-to-wall energy and he is utterly committed to helping smaller businesses grow. You ought to enter this competition – if only for the benefit of two months of his FREE advice.Take a look at www.entrepreneurs-circle.co.uk and decide for yourself!

And finally – how do you enter –– that’s easy. .. just go to www.hwye.co.uk – and fill in the online entry form. You have until 18th September to get your application in. And, as we said at the beginning – this may not be for you – but is there someone else you know???

Don’t forget, pass on the good news ...

We are really looking forward to hearing from you.

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