Do you have a creative idea for a business venture involving the UK and China?

Do you want a share of the ￡13,000 in cash prizes? Do you wish to build your international network of contacts?

Do you expect to receive professional suggestions on your business plan?

Then, please join in the 8th China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge Competition! The competition is open to all university teams both in the UK and China. Teams will be selected to participate in the final competition for winning: ￡13,000 cash prizes. An investment opportunity of ￡500,000 for the best business plan!

A possible free work space in London for up to one year provided by Cocoon Global ltd! Overall timetable of events：

1. Registration and outline proposal deadline: Monday 18 May, led by CIDA;

2. Evaluation, selection and notification of best 20 teams: Thursday 21 May, led by Lancaster University and CIDA, with all other universities;

3. Mentoring workshop, selection of 8 semi-finalists: Thursday 28 May, led by UCL with UEA and University of Edinburgh;

4. Semi-final: Thursday 25 June, led by Lancaster University;

5. Final: Friday 3 July, hosted by Bank of China, led by CIDA with all other universities.

To find out more, please visit: http://www.sinouk.org.uk or http://chinaukchallenge.com

Application and inquiry address: competitoin@cidauk.org

Welcome to join our group on WeChat: ruguowoshiyu2007 Initial registration, proposal submission and selection deadline is 5pm Monday 18th May 2015. The competition is held by University of College of London (UCL), University of Edinburg, University of Lancaster, Northumbria University, and University of East Anglia (UEA).

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2015第八届中英创业计划大赛开始报名

你有创新的中英商业想法吗？

你想收获13,000英镑大奖吗？

你想搭建全球化人际网络吗？

你想获取专家们的商业构想点评吗？

马上报名免费参加第八届中英创业大赛吧 ！

大赛对所有在英国和中国的在校学生团队开放 ！

入选团队将会参加最终决赛比拼，赢取一万三千英镑大奖 ！

优秀的商业策划将有可能获得由科控全球资本提供的50万英镑投资 ！

和在伦敦长达一年的免费办公场所 ！

如何参加:

首先，点击比赛官网，下载报名表，填写相关团队信息以及商业计划。

评判标准请见链接：http://www.sinouk.org.uk

http://chinaukchallenge.com/

报名地址：competition@cidauk.org

5月21日选出并通知入选团队。

英国地区入围的20个团队将有机会参加5月28日由伦敦大学学院主领的研讨会。届时，创业家们以及来自中国的专家们将会分享不同经验，帮助提高完善各团队成员的商业技巧，并且提升团队商业思维。

然后，八组优秀团队将会参加由兰卡斯特大学主领的6月25日的半决赛。当天，向中方商业人士以及专业评委展示团队商业策划。

最后，经过上一轮比拼选出的四组优秀团将会参加7月3日由中国银行主持，各个大学主办的最终角逐，最终有机会赢得现金大奖。

获取更多关于本次大赛详细信息，请见大赛官网:

http://www.sinouk.org.uk 或http://chinaukchallenge.com

如果你有任何疑问，可联系大赛邮箱，地址：competition@cidauk.org

报名截止时间为2015年5月18日（周一）下午五点整。

此次大赛由英国五大名校: 伦敦大学学院，爱丁堡大学，兰卡斯特大学，诺桑比亚大学，以及东英格利亚大学联合主办。

• Wednesday 22April
• 5.30pm-7.30pm
• Showroom Café

Come and hear from past Enterprise Challenge finalists!

This will be your chance to ask them your questions on what starting up in business is like, how the competition helped them and to find out what they have achieved since they entered the competition and won a prize!

Find a mentor!

The evening is also a chance to come and network with local business people who would like to offer mentoring support to those who have entered the competition or those who would like some additional support. Although the Enterprise Team at Sheffield Hallam University can arrange 1:1 specialist advice for those interested in being self-employed, these are in structured weekly or monthly appointments. The benefits of a mentor are:

• It is the chance to talk over your ideas with someone else (although the Research and Innovation Office offers 1:1 specialist advice these are on a weekly or monthly booked appointment basis. A mentor can offer additional support, as listed below, at other times)
• It is likely to be someone who has had similar experiences and problems to you
• They are likely to have additional contacts that they can put you in touch with
• They will be able to give you advice on specific areas of self-employment and business
• It builds up your professional skills. You will need to arrange the meetings and liaise with the mentor in a professional manner
• The mentor has volunteered their time, they want to help you!

1 free drink will be available on arrival and a light buffet will be available throughout the evening

The speakers at this years event include:

Belinda Noda and Paul Stanton – 2014 winner of Enterprise Challenge, winner of the Audience Vote at the Enterprise Awards Dinner and winner of the Best Manufacturable Product prize

Matt Parks – Winner of the second prize in Enterprise Challenge 2014 and Audience Vote runner up http://www.1plus2travel.com/

Liz Poxon and Claire Turner – Winners of third place in Enterprise Challenge 2013  https://landlordlettingnetwork.co.uk/

Enterprise Challenge is Sheffield Hallam University’s annual business start up competition.

From 13th February to 9th March we received 72 entries for Enterprise Challenge. Through different stages of the competition there is both 1:1 training and workshops to give all those that enter the chance to win a first prize of £5000, a second prize of £1000 and a third prize of £500. There is also a new prize this year of £2000 for the best Manufacturable Product and £2000 for the best Social Enterprise www.shu.ac.uk/enterprisechallenge

To find out more about the support available from the Enterprise Team for those interested in becoming self-employed visit our website http://www.shu.ac.uk/employability/self-employed/