Meet last year’s finalists
Our enterprise ideas challenge, Flare, is a highly competitive annual competition that gives Herts student and alumni entrepreneurs the support and training they need to bring their business ideas to life, no matter how far along they are in development.
Each year finalists compete for prizes, and attendees of the awards ceremony have an opportunity to cast their vote for their favourite business in the People's Choice Award, which has a cash prize of up to £500.
The winner of the People's Choice and our highly coveted award categories were announced at a celebratory awards presentation and networking event which took place in June 2022 at the Enterprise Hub.
Will you be there this year?
2022 Winners
Lifestyle business of the year - £2,000
Awarded to the business where the focus is not on growing rapidly but sustaining a way of life for the owner.
Winner - Farrell Masterson for his boxing training business, The Combination Club
Social impact award - £2,000
This award recognises businesses, ideas or solutions that operate in both an ethical and socially impactful manner, whose core aim is to improve the world we live in.
Winner - Lauren Williams for her fashion brand By Lauren Williams
Innovation and impact award - £2,500
Awarded to highly innovative and creative ideas and solutions, demonstrating a bold approach to disrupting the market or the potential to do so.
Winner - Stephan Trotman for his event and media platform, The Freezer
Scalable business award - £3,500
Supported by Santander. For those entrepreneurs with a well-developed idea or a trading business, a detailed business plan and the potential to scale quickly.
Winner - Oke Oladimeji Amos for his PR/Communications PRBEAN
People's choice award - £500
As voted for by the audience.
Winner - Oke Oladimeji Amos for his PR/Communications PRBEAN
Engineers in Business Fellowship award - £1,500
Supported by the Engineers in Business Fellowship, this award is available to entrants whose teams are made up of engineers or to multidisciplinary teams that include at least one engineer. Ideas must have an engineering focus to qualify for this prize.
Winner - Harpreet Singh for his interactive investor education and awareness platform, NiveshaQ
