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Business Competition 2024-25 now open for entries

We are delighted to confirm that the UHI Business Competition for 2024-25 is now open for entries. Interested in entering or want to know more information then check out -

Businesses - UHI Business Competition 2025

This year the competition closing date is 12 noon on 26th February 2025 with the judging and award ceremony taking place at UHI House on 26th March 2025. To find out what is involved in our award ceremony why not read more on the Winners of our Business Competition 2023-24.

Winners of our Business Competiton 2023-24

Our generous sponsors donated a total prize fund of £8,000 of cash prizes as well as accountancy and legal packages offered by Johnston Carmichael and Harper Macleod LLP.

Shortlisting took place on 30th April with the finalists invited to pitch to our judges on 22nd May 2024 and from there the judges made their final decisions with the winners announced at our finals event that evening.

Our judges listened to all the pitches and had a difficult job choosing winners for each of our prize categories and it was down to the wire to have the certificates prepared for the evening presentation.

Our prizes included -

Top Prize of £1,000 along with accountancy and legal packages
Best Student Award
Best Social Impact
Best Commercial
Best Tech Idea
Best Engineer

We also had prizes awarded to -

Youth Entrepreneurship
Best Use of Technology
Best Researched and
Most Innovative.

Our evening started with our stallholders and a 2-course meal before heading through to the lecture theatre to listen to our Keynote Speaker - Debbie Strang, founder Director and Chief Operating Officer of SaxaVord before moving on to the prizegiving.