The Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition

We are now open for applications for the 2022 competition. This year there are five awards each with a £20,000 prize fund.

Check out our highlights video below of the 2021 awards.

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The programme

It is a competition that has asked London’s students to come up with viable, sustainable business ideas since 2012. Each of the winners gets £20k to start up their business along with expert mentoring from staff at City Hall to get their idea to market.

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Workshops

Come along to one of our free online workshops to find out more and gain entrepreneurial skills along the way.

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Challenges

For 2021/22 there are five awards. We’ve pulled together some Challenges facing our city to help you know what kinds of topics we expect to see in each category and maybe give you some inspiration!

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Submit your idea

Enter the competition

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Mentoring

We offer past finalists and winners the chance to work with professionals on developing an aspect of their business or skills set.

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Success stories

Find out what previous winners and finalists are doing now.

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FAQs

Answers to the questions we are asked most often.

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Contact us

Get in touch with the team

By encouraging London-based students into entrepreneurship, the competition taps into their perspectives and creativity to find innovative solutions that will improve the capital. Check out our 2021 highlights video for a glimpse into the competition process.