Terms & Conditions

1. The deadline for receipt of entries is midnight Thursday 15 June 2008. No liability for entries lost of delayed will be accepted.
2. All entries will be acknowledged by email. If you do not receive this confirmation, email us on info@businesschallenge2008.co.uk.
3. With regard to postal entries, proof of postage is no guarantee of receipt.
4. Entries received after the closing date will not be considered.
5. Every effort will be made to safeguard all material submitted but no responsibility can be taken for loss or damage.
6. Responsibility within the scope of these conditions cannot be accepted for any failure of confidentiality. Entrants will be expected to protect those aspects of their businesses that may be patentable, registerable or otherwise secret and governed by intellectual property, copyright or similar legislation.
7. The organisers reserve the right to publicise the results of the Business Challenge competition and to use winning entries in press releases and publicised case histories. It is a condition of entry that participants will co-operate with the media. Winners may use Business Challenge in their own capacity following approval by the organisers of any such material.
8. Families and employees of the judges, managing and sponsoring organisations cannot enter Business Challenge.
9. It is a condition of Business Challenge that entrants must declare whether they, or the business they represent, are involved in (or could be involved in) any dispute or judgement that could in any way significantly interfere with the proper conduct of Business Challenge.
10. There can be no appeal against the decisions of the judges and these decisions must be accepted as final in respect of all matters concerning Business Challenge, including the interpretation of the conditions of entry.
11. No correspondence will be entered into.
12. The judges also reserve the right to broaden the entry categories if there are insufficient entries in any particular category. They also reserve the right to move applicants from one category to another if they believe it to be appropriate.
13. The organisers reserve the right to change the judging deadlines should circumstances necessitate.
14. These awards are open to anyone over the age of 18 on 1 January 2008 provided they represent a profit-making business that has established a trading base in Devon or Cornwall or both.
15. The business can be a sole trader, a private or public limited company, a partnership or limited liability partnership or a business unit within a company.