February 2005
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ThinkBusiness@Bradford Company Receives Special Award

ThinkBusiness@Bradford company, Studio 163, received a special award to support the development of their business at the Incubator Business of the Year Awards.

Studio 163 is a film and animation company established in September 2003 by Gary Palmer and Stuart Howe, graduates of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications.

The Incubatee of the Year Award was organised in partnership with the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward and four Yorkshire Universities, including the University of Bradford, and was hosted by Business Start-up@LeedsMet.

Gary Palmer and Stuart Howe from Studio 163 receiving the "Young Entrepreuers of the Year 2004" award

Seven finalists competed for the award and were judged on economic development, organisational growth and personal development within the incubator. The overall winner of the £3,000 competition was Luminary Solutions, who have been supported by Leeds Metropolitan Business Start-up programme.

However, Studio 163 was presented with "Young Entrepreneurs of the Year 2004" - an additional award created on the night.

Speaking of the awards, Gary said they were "really surprised" to win. After a difficult start attempting to penetrate the multimedia market, Studio 163 found their niche in video and animation through support from Simon Atherley of Acunity Training.

Since then, they have won many awards for their entrepreneurialism and secured some key business contracts and have recently expanded to new offices.

ThinkBusiness@Bradford is committed to providing a range of services to help graduates (both undergraduates and postgraduates) and University alumni with one-to-one advice, business planning, mentoring, access to professional services and business skills to develop their entrepreneurial potential.

• ThinkBusiness@Bradford has an Ideas Lab providing office facilities for new businesses in Horton Building on the University's central campus. For further information on business start-ups telephone 01274 235543, or email ThinkBusiness@Bradford.ac.uk

14 February 2005

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