flare ignite
Our enterprise ideas challenge, flare ignite, is a highly competitive annual competition giving budding Herts students and alumni entrepreneurial support and training to bring their business ideas to life. The finalists are competing for some top prizes and you can cast your vote now for your favourite business in the People's Choice Award, which has a cash prize of up to £1,000.
The winner of the People's Choice and our the highly coveted award categories will be announced at a celebratory awards presentation which is taking place online on Thursday 22 October at 16:00 - book your place now.
This year, more than any other, our finalists have overcome unprecedented challenges to kick start their business ideas. Please show your support by voting now and joining us for the awards event.
Award Categories
Scalable business award - £8,000 supported by Santander Universities UK
Innovation and impact award - £5,000
Lifestyle business of the year - £2,000
Social impact award - £2,000
People's choice award - £1,000
Meet our finalists
School of Engineering and Computer Science Alumni
Aerial Icon is an aerial filming and surveying company that provides affordable drone filming solutions to other businesses.
School of Engineering and Computer Science Alumni
The mission of Aries VR is to accelerate pilot training using the power of immersive technologies and artificial intelligence.
School of Creative Arts Alumni
Courageous Art Therapy works with primary schools to help children impacted by developmental issues, trauma and a variety of other issues.
Jhanae is a Hertfordshire Business School Alumni
House Cleaners Ltd provides in-depth cleaning to student accommodation and private residential homes.
School of Creative Arts Alumni
Mochic is a contemporary fashion label which aims to slow down fashion waste with gender-neutral and modularised brand DNA.
Hertfordshire Law School Alumni
NokNok is an on-demand delivery service that delivers drinks, snacks, groceries and essentials from the local convenience stores under 30 mins via a simple app.
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Rahio works with driving assistive technology, a step towards the autonomous vehicles.
Hertfordshire Business School Alumni
Joy’s book "Under the Umbrella" is a collection of personal and expressive poems.
M. Adil Akhtar and Usama Shafique - EV Solutions
EV Solutions plan to offer the installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of electric charging points for electric vehicles. Having identified a shortage of charging points in relation to the number of electric vehicles on the road, Muhammad and Usama hope to address this problem by installing points in both domestic and commercial locations, and at a much more affordable price than their competitors.
Vote now!
Help us pick the winner of the People's Choice Award decided by public vote, and help them kick start their business with a cash prize of up to £1,000. Voting is open now and closes at midnight on Wednesday 21 October.
.Feeling inspired?
If you have an idea or want to talk over how to take your idea to the next step take a look at some of the upcoming support on offer.