Winners of Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2014 announced

I am pleased to be able to tell you the results of the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2014

 The winners of each section will now get the opportunity to go on to double their winnings during Global Entrepreneurship Week on Thursday the 20th November and Ruth Badger will be joined by Amy Archer Deputy Managing Director Swift Group, Harry Hopkins winner Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2013, Mike Pennington Managing Director Hull Daily Mail, Nina Stobart Board Member Humber LEP,


The victors of each section will now get the opportunity to go on to double their winnings during Global Entrepreneurship Week on Thursday the 20th November and Ruth Badger will be joined by the winners who were:

Primary section, Ainthorpe Primary won £400  to go towards creating their book about the 80th Anniversary of the school the two runners up were Gillshill Primary for their a photo Book idea relating to City of Culture 2017 and Victoria Dock Primary School Enterprise Captains for their greetings card idea &  each win £150
Secondary school section was won by Theo Farrer for his App idea to help students manage their daily workload, who won £500 and will be supported by Kit Hargreaves of Apple Pear and Louis Thorley Digital Art Designer who won £200 and is to be commissioned to do some work for Hull City Council.

The Post 16 section was won by Louise Upfold for her bespoke dressmaking business & she won £650, a free website and photography session. Abbie Jackson came second and will receive £200, a free website and free photography session to further develop her jewellery and pet accessories business.

All the entrants had to present their idea to the first judging panel, made up of people from the public, private and community sectors. There were some fantastic entries, and many of them walked away with sponsorship deals and business opportunities.

It was a privilege to chair the pre judging panels of Ruth Badger Enterprise Challenge, we had some great enterprising ideas from all the different age ranges, many of which had a digital theme building on the recent launch of the Duke of York’s iDEA Programme, there is no doubt  that Hull is leading the way in nurturing future entrepreneurial talent and all the winners will sell their ideas in a clear and enterprising way to Ruth Badger and her colleagues.