If you want to be in with a chance to win £1,000 and money-can’t-buy profile for your venture, please visit www.makeyourmark.org.uk/youngbrits for more information and to enter. The closing date for entries is 27 February 2009 so get your entry in quick!

The categories are:

• Business Entrepreneur - For enterprising individuals who have started their own business, large or small.
• Social and Community - For ventures combining the principles of a successful business with an emphasis on the social and environmental benefits it can provide.
• Teen - For anybody aged 13 – 19 who is making an idea happen.
• Creative - For enterprising individuals, businesses and endeavours that have shown creative flair or that are based in the creative industries.
• Going global - For businesses that are successfully operating in the UK and abroad.