Business Blueprint

The Blueprint Business Planning Competition brings together all five North East universities to develop the sharpest business ideas from the region’s graduates, undergraduates staff and Alumni.

The Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside each hold their own business planning competitions throughout the year, and the winners of these competitions go forward to compete in the regional Blueprint competition. Entrants to both the local and regional competitions receive expert business advice to help them turn their bright business ideas into well researched, practical business plans.

The regional Blueprint competition sees entrants present their business plans in three separate award categories: the Blueprint Business Award, Creativity & Design Awards and the Blueprint Science and Technology Awards.   All three awards offer significant cash prizes and in-kind business support from the region’s business community, as well as a great deal of regional and national exposure for their business. The Science & Tecnology strand of the greatly enhances the competition, giving academic staff and Alumni the opportunity compete. 

More at blueprintcompetition.co.uk