Finalists Announced

The finalists for this year's awards have been announced. Click here to find out more about them and their ideas...

What Are The Awards?

The Heat is on Awards is a competition for entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland that have an exciting new business idea. £3000 is up for grabs for the most imaginative and also feasible idea. Only business ideas that have not started up yet can be considered.

Launching The Heat Is On Awards, clockwise from L-R, Paul Byrne (Country Stoves), Brian MacAuley (Dungannnon Enterprise Centre/Smartboss.co.uk), Gerard Molloy (Country Stoves), Malachi Cush (5, 6 & 7FM and the Q Radio Stations), Jonathan Taylor (Alpha Newspaper Group)

A judging panel made up of business people from Northern Ireland will assess the entries and choose the 6 best ideas, with the winner being decided at the final taking place at the end of September 2009.

Some examples of the ideas that the judges could consider are, a traditional business idea but with an innovative spin on it, or a completely new untested idea or invention.

Closing Date: Entry Now Closed