By Matthew Legg

Last updated at 11:43, Thursday, 03 November 2011

COULD your business benefit from three months of free advertising and professional mentoring from one of Cumbria’s best known business leaders?

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If it could, you’ve got just a fortnight to enter our Local Business Accelerators scheme.

Three lucky winners in The Whitehaven News’s area will receive three months of free advertising in our newspapers plus a money-can’t-buy prize of professional mentoring from some of our best-known businesspeople.

Our mentors, who will also be judging the competition, include Bill Dobie of Dobies Group and Andy Hooper of West Lakes Engineering.

The national scheme is run locally in association with Armstrong Watson and the University of Cumbria.

Professor Peter Strike, vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria, said: “We are delighted to be supporting to this national campaign to encourage and support local entrepreneurs.

“We put a great emphasis on developing new business talent and providing solutions, partnership working and expertise from a wide range of sectors.

“A strategic goal of the university is to support business and entrepreneurship, helping boost the regional economy and raise the level of competitiveness of businesses.”

Local Business Accelerators is spearheaded by The Newspaper Society and is backed by Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden.

The competition is open to all businesses active in our community, between one and three years old.

To enter visit www.accelerateme.co.uk Entries close on Monday November 14.

First published at 11:10, Thursday, 27 October 2011
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk