The prizes

Last year our prize package topped out at £50,000 worth of business services. Anthony Lau, inventor of the Cyclehoop and last year's winner, walked away with a number of excellent prizes, including a PR campaign, £2,500 worth of advertising from Yell, a website redesign, free office space, a custom hand-made business suit and even a mentoring session with ex-TV Dragon Doug Richard.

This year The Pitch has been working hard, compiling a massive cache of prizes and goodies to benefit whoever is lucky enough to be crowned ‘Britain’s Best New Business’. These are just the first few prize items to be finalised, watch this space for announcements as the competition progresses.

Mentoring with Doug Richard's School for Startups

The overall winner of The Pitch 2010 will win this 'money-can't-buy' prize, a business mentoring session with former TV dragon and Pitch 2010 grand final judge Doug Richard, coverage on his School for Startups website, and a feature appearance at one of his live entrepreneurs’ events. What better way to give your business an inspiration injection!
www.schoolforstartups.co.uk

£5000 advertising with Yell

If you're worried about customers being able to find your business, worry no more! The competition sponsors, Yell have put forward £5000 of advertising activity on their extensive directories for the winner of The Pitch 2010. You'll be fighting customers off with a stick!
www.yell.com

Sage business software

Worried about business software driving you to distraction? Worry no longer! Business software and services specialist Sage will provide the winner of The Pitch 2010 with a full suite of business software. Plus a year's Sage Cover, which provides 24 hour access to all sorts of invaluable business support and advice. www.sage.co.uk/

Does your website work as hard for you as it could?

Sift Groups, an online community solutions provider established in 1996, will provide our winner with in-depth consultancy services covering areas including web marketing and sales and how to build an online community around your business.
www.sift.com/

Become your own PR guru

Three months free PR coaching from acclaimed Boot Camp PR mentor Paula Gardner, the PR guru for high profile small and medium businesses. Over the past ten years she has shown her clients how to get into national press, glossy mags, trade publications and TV and radio.
www.doyourownpr.com/index.asp?tested=y

A Suit That Fits

A Suit That Fits.com have offered to fit the winner out with an individually hand-tailored business suit. The expert tailoring company has three London branches and ten travelling 'TailorStops' in UK cities.
www.asuitthatfits.com

Press coverage with Business Matters Magazine

Fancy seeing your name in print? Capital Business Media, publisher of leading small business title Business Matters, will interview our winner about the story behind their company for a full-page article in the magazine with a readership of 46,000.
www.bmmagazine.co.uk

Market research services courtesy of Trends Research

How well do you know your customers? Trends Research will conduct in-depth research to help our winner discover whether their product or service is hitting the right market and gather important feedback on how to beat their competitors.
www.trendsresearch.co.uk/

Free rail travel

Need to get about the place but sweating over the cost of business travel? Relax, rail operator First Great Western has offered three months free first class travel on any First Great Western rail service. Don’t just travel for free, travel for free in style!
www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/

Swanky office space

A package of virtual office services that can be tailored to your needs, including a London-based email and telephone answering service, monthly meeting room space in plush surroundings of the English capital. Perfect for impressing potential clients, partners or investors.

Sell online with Actinic Catalog

Now in v10, Actinic Catalog is ideal for start-ups wanting to sell online. Easily customised, Actinic provides everything you need to build and manage a comprehensive web store, with an easy-to-use content management interface, and loads of features and design options.
Actinic Catalog