Participants learn how to prepare a 5-year business plan forecast using a detailed  spreadsheet model that they can use after the event

The programme is free to enter for participants, runs over three days and includes three nights full board hotel accommodation.

Great learning for budding entrepreneurs and researchers who

want to gain extra employability skills and stand out from the

crowd at interview. Learn the techniques of how to go about planning a new business venture, meet local entrepreneurs and business leaders who have done it for real and have a lot of fun at the same time!

In addition to mentoring from industry experts during the workshops, all participants get a chance to have a free half-day’s mentoring after the competition

Engineering YES is a residential training experience for research students and staff that introduces participants to business people, business thinking, enterprising environments and illustrates how connections are made between academic research ideas and commercial realities.

Lord Digby Jones will present the prizes at the one-day Grand Final at the Birmingham Science Park Aston where the top teams from each heat go head to head