The HSBC Start-Up Stars Award is Britain's premier award for new businesses, with a top prize of £50,000 for the most inspirational start-up business and the entrepreneurial brains behind it. Now in its eighth year, Start-Up Stars is supported by HSBC, Sky News, the Daily Express and Google.

We are pleased to announce that at the Central Regional Finals, on Wednesday evening, we were one of only 20 companies to be selected to go through to the next round.

Should we be fortunate enough to get through the Semi's, we are off to an evening at The Dorchester Hotel in London for the UK Finals - and a chance to win the £50000 first prize and hopefully meet some useful contacts from the sponsors - being internet based, understanding a little more about how Google operates will be a real bonus - but we also advertise in the National Newspapers, need a helpful bank manager at times and could really do with a bit of TV exposure - potentially a very good night ahead!!!!

Click here for a link to learn more about the HSBC Start-Up Stars Award

On Wednesday, we were at our Gardener's World Live stand at the NEC - a real rush to get to the Regional Finals before 7.00pm!!

We will report back in a few weeks and let you know how we get on.