The Heat
Can you stand the HEAT of competition?
Do you have a brilliant business idea? Are you either planning to start your business or in the early stages of taking your idea to market? Then the HEAT competition could be for you. Enter this ‘Dragon’ Den’ style competition and be in with a chance of winning thousands of pounds worth of cash and business support prizes .
The Heat is a competition for the Forth Valley region, organised by Ceteris and Business Gateway Clackmannanshire with support from Business Gateway colleagues in Falkirk and Stirling. HEAT stands for Highlighting Entrepreneurship All Together.
Who can enter
The competition is strictly for Forth Valley businesses with less than two years of trading at the time of The HEAT final (September 2024), or entrepreneurs who have a new idea that they are hoping to develop into a successful business.
All you need to do to enter is to complete a simple application form outlining your idea, who the target market is for your product or service and why you should win the competition. That’s it!
THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MONDAY 26 AUGUST 2024. APPLY NOW!
An incredible prize pot!
We’d like to say a big thank you to construction firm, Robertson for sponsoring the HEAT 2024 competition. Plus a range of local businesses have also donated prizes to share between the top 3 business ideas. These include:
- Cash prize from Robertson for the winning entry
- Over £4000 worth of IT and HR consultancy from STEP
- Nearly £2000 worth of accountancy support from Arm in Arm Accounting
- Nearly £1000 of learning vouchers and free access to co-working and meeting room space from Ceteris
- Cash and learning vouchers from Forth Valley College and the University of Stirling
- A year of membership from Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce
Previous winners have included an artisan ice cream parlour, a martial arts gym, a golf rewards app, a drone videographer and an inventor of magnetic post-it notes. The diversity of businesses that apply highlights how vibrant our Forth Valley economy is.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to this year’s HEAT sponsors:
Ceteris, STEP (Scotland) Ltd, Arm in Arm Accounting, University of Stirling Management School, Forth Valley College, and Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce.