2009/10 Finalists and Award Winners

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AwardIdeaEntrant(s)
Winner
(Business) and audience favourite
Pies Cream
Pies Cream aim to establish themselves as a leading brand for the events food market. The concept offers the heartiness of a pie and mash meal with the mobility and functionality of an ice-cream.
James Purslow and Alex Tristram
Winner
(Social Ent)
Kick Start Enterprise
Kick Start Enterprise works with young people, parents and teachers with his self-development Hero Programme. The workshops help young people gain greater self-knowledge, confidence and self-esteem.
Joe Constant
Winner
(Creative Design)
Start Cards
Greeting card business, promoting up and coming West Country artists. The range displays an original selection of art by local artists and contains contact details for people interested in the work.
Holly Hearn
Runner-up
(Business)
ADR Solution
ADR Solution is an online service providing advice and support to landlords and letting agents who are disputing protected security deposits at the end of a tenancy.
Tom Derrett
Runner-up
(Creative)
Photoboy
Photo archiving service that digitally re-masters historical photographs, allowing a family to save and value the importance of their original photos, whilst also having a digital copy.
Paul Blakemore
Runner-up
(Social Ent)
Karma Care
Not-for-profit community interest company specialising in alternative sports and activities for primary school children. It provides a range of after school clubs using fun and imaginative ways to engage kids.
Luke Boulton-Major
Runner-up
(Social Ent)
The Severn Project
Supports individuals' post treatment for addiction issues. Everybody has a fundamental need to be creative, demonstrate altruism and integrate with others. Without context these principles are simply words.
Steve Glover
CIM Marketing Prize
(Creative)
Arcomis
Arcomis promotes and facilitates the commissioning of new classical music. It enables individuals and businesses to commission new music tailored to their needs.
Adrian Hull
Social Networking Prize
(Business)
Adsyst EnergySafe
A proposed new division of ADSYST Automation Limited. The aim is to launch the business by releasing the first of many revolutionary energy and safety products: SentryCook,a device to monitor and take action against unattended cookers.
Aaron Heyworth and Martin Liniker
Finalist
(Business)
Rim of Knowledge
Assuming an answer to a query exists online and is accessible to the user, then by application of natural language processing we can understand the question, find the answer and present it to the user.
Matin Mavaddat and Javid Vossough
Finalist
(Business)
Interactive Places
Producer of interactive smartphone applications for heritage sites and museums, utilizing GPS and other sensors to deliver location-specific media, with which visitors interact for an immersive, fulfilling experience.
Tom Bennett
Finalist
(Business)
Big Ben School of English
Cambridge exam courses for adults & children. British Council will organise Cambridge exams. Summer school in the UK. Organisation of events/conferences for companies/groups for adults.
Geoff Alsopp
Finalist
(Social Ent)
Postgrad Funder
Postgrad Funder is a web-based community for current and potential postgraduate students. Users can create an online profile to receive donations towards their tuition fees and find out about available courses.
Alison Flind
Finalist
(Social Ent)
Step Up Enterprise
Aims to enable under-privileged teenagers to obtain workplace through vocational courses, workshops and taster sessions, which would be followed by work placements for the best achievers.
Ben Kelly
Finalist
(Creative)
You Know How
A fashion label designed for women and including a range of garments. It aims to bring versatility and freedom of expression into the wardrobe of the modern woman. Uncomplicated, effortless style.
Amy Tibbs, Alexxsia Elizabeth and Charlie May
Finalist
(Creative)
The HopOn by Flourish & Tots
Flourish & Tots is a new business which aims to produce products designed to make parenting easier. The primary product is the HopOn, a portable and lightweight hop on hop off wheeled platform for kids.
Anthony and Gemma Pike
Finalist
(Creative)
New House of Design
It is a design agency that works with creative graduates on a freelance basis, forming hand-picked teams for each client project, producing work that is both innovative and cost-effective.
Kieron Gurner and Gemma Boyce

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thebizIdea 2010 business category winners

The 2010 business category winners James Purslow and Alex Tristram of Pies Cream receive their trophy from Richard Noble OBE, director of the Bloodhound SSC Project.


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