Do you want to win up to £5,000 worth of legal support and mentoring for your new or early-stage business? Apply now for the 2018 Business Advantage Awards, run by Leeds Beckett University and solicitors Lupton Fawcett. Now in their fourth year, the Business Advantage Awards are open to students and graduates of Leeds Beckett (within five years of graduation) and clients of the University’s Business Centres in Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax.

Five Business Advantage Awards are on offer, with each providing up to 50 hours of mentoring and/or legal support. One of these awards is reserved for a current student or graduate of Leeds Beckett University. Award winners will also have access to one-on-one mentoring support from a Lupton Fawcett solicitor with expertise in fields such as Intellectual Property, employment law, taxation and premises legal support.

For more information, and to submit your application, please contact universitybusinesscentres@leedsbeckett.ac.uk or call 0113 281 6770. The deadline for entries is Tuesday 27 February 2018. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to give a 10-minute presentation on their business to a panel on Tuesday 27 March 2018. Application forms are available at http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/eiahub/services/business-advantage-award/.