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E: 05/06 Win a £1000 Business Grant (restricted areas - see terms and conditions)



The eBay Business Roadshow is making its way around the UK to support small businesses across the country with a networking event, and you’re invited…
Whether you’re a small business owner, a side hustler or you’ve got a business idea bubbling in the back of your mind, eBay Business Roadshow are offering you the opportunity to come and meet like-minded people!
The event kicks off with evening drinks on the Thursday, where local leaders, local heroes, and small businesses will be able to share their stories and network.
This will be followed by a Friday full of educational sessions to give you the expertise to tackle different business challenges.
By attending the event you could be in with a chance to win a business grant from £1,000 to £5,000!
Competition opens for entries on Monday 23rd May at 00.01am and closes for entries on Sunday 5th June at 11.59pm.
eBay Business Roadshow will be visiting Reading on what date?
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS for “Ebay Roadshow” (the “Competition”).
These terms and conditions (the “Specific Terms”) for the Competition should be read alongside our general competition terms and conditions at: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html (the “General Terms”) which will also apply to this Competition. Where there is any conflict between these Specific Terms and the General Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail.
1.ENTRY ROUTES AND COSTS
There will be 12 winners in total; 1 winner for each different geographical location across the UK as listed below.
The entry mechanic will remain the same across each area – see 2.0 COMPETITION MECHANIC AND HOW TO WIN.
Entries are restricted to one entry per person, per location. Each entry is regional, and each entrant must have proof of a postcode from within the TSA of their local regional station. If a winner has entered a competition not local to them, they will be disqualified from the competition.
Entry to the Competition is available via the following routes:
Geographical Location 1: Manchester & Bolton
Live dates: Monday 23rd - Friday 27th May
Stations to enter:
- Hits Manchester: https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/manchester/
- Gaydio Manchester: https://www.gaydio.co.uk/manchester/
- GHR Manchester: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/manchester/
- GHR Bolton: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/manchester/
Geographical Location 2: Teesside & Tyne and Wear
Live dates: Monday 23rd May - Sunday 5th June
Stations to enter:
- Metro: https://planetradio.co.uk/metro/
- Sun FM: https://sun-fm.com/
- TFM: https://planetradio.co.uk/tfm/
- GHR Tyne & Wear: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/north-east/
- GHR Teesside: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/teesside/
Geographical Location 3: Glasgow area & Stirling
Live dates: Monday 30th May - Sunday 12th June
Stations to enter:
- Clyde: https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/
- Nation Scotland: https://nationradio.scot/
- Central FM: https://www.centralfm.co.uk/
- Clyde 2: https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde-2/
Geographical Location 4: Norwich
Live dates: Monday 13th June - Sunday 26th June
Stations to enter:
- GHR North Norfolk: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/norfolk/
- GHR Great Yarmouth: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/norfolk/
Geographical Location 5: Leciester
Live dates: Monday 27th June - Sunday 10th July
Stations to enter:
Geographical Location 6: Reading
Live dates: Monday 11th July - Sunday 24th July
Stations to enter:
- Greatest Hits Radio (Berkshire & North Hampshire): https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/berkshire-north-hampshire/
Geographical Location 7: Southend On Sea
Live dates: Monday 22nd August - Sunday 4th September
Stations to enter:
- Radio Essex: https://www.radioessex.com/
Geographical Location 8: Plymouth
Live dates: Monday 26th September - Sunday 9th October
Stations to enter:
- Pirate FM: https://planetradio.co.uk/pirate-fm/
- Radio Exe: https://www.radioexe.co.uk/
Geographical Location 9: Cardiff
Live dates: Monday 31st October - Sunday 13th November
Stations to enter:
- Nation Radio Wales: https://nationradio.wales/
- Dragon Radio: https://dragonradio.wales/
- The Wave Swansea: https://planetradio.co.uk/the-wave/
Geographical Location 10: Bristol
Live dates: Monday 26th December - Sunday 8th January
Stations to enter:
- Hits Bristol and South-West: https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/bristol/
- GHR Bristol and Bath: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/bath/
- GHR Somerset: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/somerset/
Geographical Location 11: Belfast
Live dates: Monday 16th January - Sunday 29th January
Stations to enter:
- Cool FM: https://planetradio.co.uk/cool-fm/
- Downtown: https://planetradio.co.uk/downtown/
- Q Radio: https://www.qradio.com/
Online entry is free of charge.
2.COMPETITION MECHANIC AND HOW TO WIN
There will be twelve (12) winners of the competition, over the campaign period stated in section 3. ENTRY PERIOD. There will be winner for each different geographical location across the UK as listed in 1.0 ENTRY ROUTES AND COSTS. All valid entries from each geographical location, will be pooled and the winner will be chosen via a judging panel.
In order to be eligible to win, entrants must go online to one of the entry routes mentioned in section 1 and do the following:
- Give full name and contact details
- Tell us your “business start-up” idea or mission; how it would work and why it’s important to you
All valid entries will be pooled and will be judged on how realistic, profitable, and unique they are. All entries will be judged by a Bauer Media production team, the production manager, and an independent judge. This will conclude the final winner from each geographical location.
If the winning entrant does not pick up the initial call to check availability, it is at the discretion of the Bauer Media production team whether they wish to continue with this entrant or select a new winner.
The winning entrant must be willing to record a short piece of audio about their winning idea. This audio will be used on air as part of the on-air promotional trails for the overall campaign. If the winning entrant does not want to voice the audio it is at the discretion of the Bauer Media production team whether they wish to continue with this entrant or select a new winner.
3. ENTRY PERIOD
The campaign period will run across the entry periods names in section 1. Each entry is regional, and each entrant must have proof of a postcode from within the TSA of their local regional station.
Entries must be submitted during the following entry period:
Geographical Location 1: Manchester & Bolton
Live dates: Monday 23rd May at 00.01am - Friday 27th May at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 2: Teesside & Tyne and Wear
Live dates: Monday 23rd May at 00.01am - Sunday 5th June at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 3: Glasgow area & Stirling
Live dates: Monday 30th May at 00.01am - Sunday 12th June at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 4: Norwich
Live dates: Monday 13th June at 00.01am - Sunday 26th June at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 5: Leciester
Live dates: Monday 27th June at 00.01am - Sunday 10th July at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 6: Reading
Live dates: Monday 11th July at 00.01am - Sunday 24th July at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 7: Southend On Sea
Live dates: Monday 22nd August at 00.01am - Sunday 4th September at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 8: Plymouth
Live dates: Monday 26th September at 00.01am - Sunday 9th October at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 9: Cardiff
Live dates: Monday 31st October at 00.01am - Sunday 13th November at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 10: Bristol
Live dates: Monday 26th December at 00.01am - Sunday 8th January at 11.59pm
Geographical Location 11: Belfast
Live dates: Monday 16th January at 00.01am - Sunday 29th January at 11.59pm
Entries received before the Start Time or after the End Time will be invalid.
Winner Announcement. The winner will introduce themselves as a winner on the winning audio trail name in section 2. The winner will only need to name their first name in the audio. This will be the only form of winner announcement.
4. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS
- Open to UK residents aged [18] years or over on date of entry.
- Our employees (and their family members) or employees of any company involved in the Competition, including any Prize Provider, are not permitted to enter.
- We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner who does not comply with any of the eligibility criteria and/or is in breach of these Terms. We reserve the right to repeat the competition mechanic or any stage of it in order to draw a winner that fulfils all of the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms.
- If you or any other person at your household has won a prize valued at £500 or more on any Bauer brand in the past 6 months, you nor they are not eligible to enter or win this competition. The full list of Bauer Media brands can be found here: https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands
- Use of a false name will result in disqualification
- Winners must be able to prove they live in the postcode of TSA of the station they are entering on.
5. THE PRIZE
Twelve (12) winners will receive a prize detailed below (the “Prize”):
- £1,000 internal bank transfer
Prizes are non-negotiable, non-transferable, non-refundable and no alternative will be offered to the prize.
The prize will be provide by Bauer Media.
OTHER CONDITIONS
- DATA PROTECTION. Names, email addresses, and /or telephone numbers (which, for all SMS competitions, will be shared with our SMS provider) will be collected and used to process entries. Winner’s details may be given to a Prize Provider to arrange delivery of the prize. Your details may remain stored after the End Date but will not be used for marketing unless you have ticked an opt-in box on entry. For SMS entries you automatically consent to receive marketing. You may opt out at any time by texting the word STOP to the relevant text shortcode number. If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, then your details will be used in accordance with the information given when you ticked the opt-in box and gave your consent. For more details, see: http://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk/.
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENTS. By entering this Competition, you are consenting to our use of your entry both to publicise this Competition, our radio station or any other radio station which we own or control. This means that we may use all names, images, descriptions, photographs video footage, and other information, which you have submitted on entry, in any media, without paying you any remuneration therefore and without any time restriction. You also agree that we may film, record or photograph you in connection with the competition and /or the Prize if applicable. We will own these films, recordings or photographs and we may use them publicly, including on the internet, for our radio broadcasts and/or for any promotional purposes. You will also have waived any moral rights or right to payment that you may have had.
- MISCELLANEOUS.
- Entries which do not comply with these Terms or the General Competition Terms and Conditions will not be accepted and any entries may be disqualified if we have any reason to suspect that there is a breach of, or non-compliance with, these Terms.
- Where a competition mechanic involves the answering of questions, the correct answers to questions must match our answers to win (or be sufficiently close in our sole reasonable opinion) to be acceptable. In the event of any dispute about any answers given and whether they are correct, we reserve the right to amend what we deem a correct answer, however we are not obliged to, and our decision in either case is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- We are not responsible if you fail to get through when you call / text to enter, or if you lose signal during a call.
- You are responsible for all costs of entry and where necessary, obtaining the bill payer’s permission. Please refer to your tariff with your network provider for information about charges you may incur for entry into our competitions via any SMS or phone call entry route.
- We accept no liability for network, technical or signal errors, issues or failures experienced by entrants when entering the competition or at any stage during the mechanic of the competition.
- Whilst on-air, you must not make any inappropriate, profane, indecent, harmful or offensive statements. If you do so we reserve the right to take you off-air immediately and disqualify you from the competition. You may be also disqualified from the competition at any time if you are incomprehensible, inaudible or if you appear to be driving, intoxicated or likely to offend listeners. Any prize already won may be withdrawn and re-awarded to another entrant.
- As far as it is lawful to do so we exclude our liability for any losses suffered in connection with the Competition or any element of the Prize.
We may cancel, end or suspend the Competition where we are required to do so in circumstances outside our control. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any stage during the Competition if such amendment is necessary to facilitate the administration of the Competition.
- CONTACT DETAILS. Any concerns? Please email: win@bauermedia.co.uk. Correspondence will not be entered into regarding any competition which has closed more than 14 days prior to correspondence being received.
Bauer Radio Limited is the promoter of this Competition, see: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-website-terms.html for details of our registered office and company number.
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Geographical Location 2: Teesside & Tyne and Wear
Live dates: Monday 23rd May - Sunday 5th June
Stations to enter:
- Metro: https://planetradio.co.uk/metro/competitions/win/ebay-roadshow-teesside-tyne-and-wear-sponsored/
- Sun FM: https://xd.wayin.com/display/container/dc/30cf5caf-43ce-48fe-adca-a4bcd98ba6cd/details
- TFM: https://planetradio.co.uk/tfm/competitions/win/ebay-roadshow-teesside-tyne-and-wear-sponsored/
- GHR Tyne & Wear: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/competitions/win/ebay-roadshow-manchester-bolton-sponsored/
- GHR Teesside: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/competitions/win/ebay-roadshow-manchester-bolton-sponsored/
Posting is a privilege, not a right. This is a privately-owned site. Posting is a privilege, not a right. Any inappropriate posts or any issues that take up a disproportionate amount of resources or make it a worse place to be will be stopped at our discretion - with or without explanation. No one pays to use this site; when there are issues, we pay to resolve them. Sometimes we need to prioritise spending money on the site, other issues or better resources.Please be nice to all MoneySavers. That’s the forum motto. Remember, the prime aim is to help provide info and resources. If you don’t like someone, their situation, their question or feel they’re intruding on ‘your board’ then please bite the bullet and think of the bigger issue. A Guardian article once "doffed its cap" to this forum as being the one place where consumers can collect together and fight back. Our job is to help keep it that way.Facebook = FB | Twitter/X = TW/X | Instagram = IG | Threads = THS | Snapchat = SC
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