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Business Plan Competition

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About

Bath Spa University's annual Business Plan Competition encourages and develops the enterprise  culture within the University and, for those students thinking of starting their own business, it helps them to follow their idea through with the aim of keeping business in the local community.

Any current Bath Spa University student is eligible to participate.

Students are supported with workshops on how to structure a business plan, presentations skills and one-to-one advice sessions on their business plan. All applications are assessed against a matrix of business-related criteria and feedback is given to each applicant on the strengths of their plan and areas to work on.

Shortlisted finalists get the opportunity to showcase their business idea and receive valuable feedback from the judges that they can use to improve and develop their venture. At the same time, the judging panel of local business leaders sees the talent at the University.

Local businesses have generously sponsored prizes in previous years and also give their time to sit on the judging panels.

The case studies section of our website gives some illustrations of former winners and their business ideas.