The Pitch, organized by leading B2B publisher Sift Media, gives entrants the chance to pitch their businesses to a panel of industry experts. The winner will receive a mouth watering £50,000 in services and goods and coverage from Sift Media’s network of 10 websites, automatically gaining them an audience of 250,000 professionals.

The competition is open to those with businesses in the UK that have been trading for three years or less and employ no more than 20 members of staff, as well as those who are not currently trading but can present a credible business plan. According to their website, the winning applicant will have to demonstrate ‘innovation, market knowledge, customer engagement and financial viability’.

Entry into the competition is free.

The deadlines for each heat follow:

• Bristol: 18 May
• Manchester: 25 May
• Glasgow: 1 June
• Birmingham: 15 June
• London: 22 June

For more details visit: http://www.thepitch2009.com/about.html
Or if you’d rather skip to the entry form: http://www.thepitch2009.com/enter.html

Goodluck!