A YOUNG entrepreneur from Mirfield has scooped a prize at this year’s Yorkshire Graduate Entrepreneurship Awards.

Chris Ramsden, of Huddersfield University, who runs The TV King, beat off competition from graduate and student entrepreneurs from universities across Yorkshire in the competition, which involved pitching their business ideas to an independent panel of regional business experts.

Chris was highly commended in the contest and picked up a certificate and a £150 cash prize.

The awards, held to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week, were organised and supported by the award-winning Graduate Entrepreneurship Project, a partnership of Yorkshire’s higher education institutions and led by Huddersfield University.

The project supports entrepreneurs from Yorkshire’s graduate and student population into business.

Ten finalists from universities in Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield, York and Bradford submitted business plans and cash flow projections and presented a “Dragon’s Den” style pitch, before facing a gruelling question and answer session.

The winner of the £1,500 top prize was Lucy Nuttall, of Sheffield Hallam University’s Frontline Forensics. The £350 second prize went to Alex Beardsley, of Bradford University’s Talk Direct Marketing.

Chris, whose business allows people to watch TV from across the globe via legal links, said: “To be awarded ‘highly commended’ in the Yorkshire Graduate Entrepreneurship awards is a wonderful achievement.”

Martin Edmondson, head judge and chief executive of Graduates Yorkshire, said: “The standard of business ideas was extremely high this year.

“Chris impressed the judging panel with strong knowledge of his market and the drive to really grow his business.”