Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Bradford is an extraordinary, diverse and exciting place to live and do business. It is also the UK's youngest city: a district positively bursting with creative energy.

To celebrate this entrepreneurial spirit we are introducing a new award category for this year's Telegraph & Argus Bradford Means Business Awards.

The Young Entrepreneur of the Year category is open to anybody aged 30 or under and based within the Bradford district who has a business idea and has either not yet registered it with Companies House or whose business has been incorporated for less than three years as of January 1, 2018.

For the purposes of the competition, the term 'incorporation' is defined as the date on which the business was first registered at Companies House, and the Bradford district is defined as Bradford including the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and Denholme.

Providing expert help and advice to high growth businesses, AD:VENTURE is here to help your business reach its full potential. The programme delivers funded growth support to businesses in their first 3 years of trading and people planning to start a business. The services available include expert mentoring, events and workshops, specialist sector advice, access to finance and grant funding up to £25,000.

AD:VENTURE can support businesses in or locating to: Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield and York (within the Leeds City Region)

Is your business less than 3 years old?

Do you have growth plans?

Are you trading with other businesses?

Yes? Register online to find out more.

Please note: ERDF eligibility criteria does apply, and businesses in consumer retail (selling to the public), primary agriculture, nuclear decommissioning and education provision will not be eligible.