Scratchface announced as HSBC UniPreneur 2008
A University of East Anglia student who designed a product aimed at helping the 2.5 million people in the UK affected by colour-blindness, has made his business £20,000 richer after winning the first HSBC Unipreneurs Awards - designed to recognise Britain's brightest young men and women who are combining their studies with running a successful business.
Luke Jefferson (28) along with fellow student and colleague Luke Walsh (25), were voted the UK's No.1 Unipreneurs last night by a specially invited audience of 200 guests, at the BAFTA Theatre in London.
Jefferson and Walsh beat four other contenders to walk away with the cash after being grilled live on-stage by a celebrity panel of experts who decided that their company had the vital X-factor for future success.
Students. Have you got a £20,000 business idea in you?
Could you be the face of young British entrepreneurship in Britain?
Are you a student with a business idea? Or perhaps you're a student or graduate with a newly launched small business? If so, we want to hear from you. HSBC Unipreneurs is a new £20,000 business award that aims to encourage a new generation of young business creators.
For your chance to win this prestigious
£20,000 award you'll need to:
- be at university or have graduated since May 2006
- have a business idea in development, in the process of setting up a business or trading for one year only by 17th September 2007
If you have
any questions you can contact the Awards Office on
020 8673 2020
