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The Gala Evening Final for the 2008 HSBC Unipreneurs Award took place at London’s BAFTA theatre on the evening of 23rd April. The five National Finalists for the 2008 HSBC Unipreneurs Award were quizzed on-stage before a live audience, who then voted for the candidate who impressed them most. For more information and the full videos of the above please click below. The Gala Evening Final for the 2008 HSBC Unipreneurs Award took place at London’s BAFTA theatre on the evening of 23rd April. The five National Finalists for the 2008 HSBC Unipreneurs Award were quizzed on-stage before a live audience, who then voted for the candidate who impressed them most. The competition encouraged over 400 applications from students and recent graduates to develop their ideas for starting their own business and the judges have reviewed a wide range of innovative solutions and services, from organic waste recycling to computer accessibility solutions.

Luke Jefferson and Luke Walsh were voted HSBC Unipreneurs 2008 and win the grand prize of a cheque for £20,000. Their company, Scratchface Ltd, has developed computer algorithms that help people with colour blindness use computers more effectively. Both Luke Jefferson and Luke Walsh were 2007 NCGE-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Fellows.

The five finalists were:

Company	Working Business or Idea	Name
118TAXI	Working Business	David Garrec
Scratchface	Working Business	Luke Jefferson & Luke Walsh
Red Button Design	Idea	Amanda Jones & James Brown
RMP (ratemyplacement)	Working Business	Chris Wickson, Alastair Lindsay, Oliver Sidwell & Ben Smith
Zolo Designs	Working Business	Leona Dean & Zoe Robson

Unipreneurs Scratchface Introduction:

Full Unipreneurs Judging of scratchface (Peter Jones):

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