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Local Business Accelerators Awards – Shortlists Announced
In what has been a fantastic year we are very proud to have been shortlisted for the regions Local Business Accelerator Award. The Local Business Accelerators scheme is an initiative supported by the regional press industry to boost local businesses, fronted by the Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden and supported by the Business in You.The Business in You campaign is supporting Local Business Accelerator based on a shared goal of helping small businesses find the help they need to thrive and grow. Business in You brings together the best advice from government and private partners on everything from finding finance to exporting and employment. Like LBA, Business in You also showcases small businesses who have found success despite challenging times as a way to help inspire other entrepreneurs.
We have been shortlisted by the East Anglian Daily Times with 3 others for the prize, with the winner going forward to the national final. The overall national winner will receive free membership of the CBI for a year, free business advice from the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales) valued at £2,000, and an iPad from Freeagent, which is also offering a year’s free access to its accountancy software to each of the national finalists, valued at £300 per finalist.
That’s in addition to the campaign’s main prize of mentoring from the campaign’s national ambassador Deborah Meaden, of Dragons’ Den, and a free ad campaign in their local newspaper. The Business Growth Fund has also contributed with a £10,000 cash sum for the overall winner.
The regional winner is announced in February 2013, so fingers crossed until then.
