Finance Yorkshire is a £90 million fund set up to provide businesses across Yorkshire and Humber with funding to start and grow. Finance Yorkshire provides seedcorn, loan and equity linked investments, ranging from £15,000 to £2 million, to help small and medium businesses raise the funding they need alongside investment from the commercial market.The fund will boost business growth throughout Yorkshire and the Humber particularly in manufacturing and new technologies.

The investment packages are suitable for

most business sectors, the main exceptions being retail businesses, primary industries and some property development.

For more information about Finance Yorkshire, please visit www.finance-yorkshire.com or ring 0845 649 0000.

Gripple is driven by innovation. More than 300 million Gripple wire joiners are securing agricultural fencing, vineyard trellising and suspending mechanical and electrical services across 85 countries, with exports representing 80% of production and a 2010 target turnover of £29m. The company has 240 employees, worldwide partners and has won many awards, including two Queen's Awards.

For more information about Gripple please visit their website.

Loadhog, is the supply chain innovator challenging convention with returnable packaging solutions. The company's Queen's Award-winning Smartstak, the Loadhog lid, the Pally and the Hogbox, not only deliver significant cost savings to customers - through ease of use and the elimination of one trip packaging materials, but also class-leading environmental benefits.

For more information about Loadhog please visit their website.

HLW Keeble Hawson is a regional firm of solicitors with offices in Sheffield and Leeds which offers both a full commercial legal service to the region's small to medium enterprises, owner managed businesses and entrepreneurs and also advice to banks and other organisations servicing this market.
hlw Keeble Hawson have been involved with the Enterprise Challenge competition for a number of years, running workshops for our students so we are delighted that they are joining us this year as competition sponsors. For more information please visit their website.