Starling offers £5k SME grant - but founders need to impress Carol Vorderman first

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'Business today is about giving back': Judge Carol Vorderman and CEO Anne Boden on how SMEs can bag a £5k grant in Starling Bank competition

Starling Bank has launched a new initiative to help SMEs reach their potential

They will have to pitch their business to celebrity judges including Vorderman

Ten SMEs will win £5k and benefit from a support package and expert guidance

As only Starling Business customers can apply, we look at other grants on offer

By Angelique Ruzicka For Thisismoney.co.uk

Published: 02:55 EST, 18 December 2021 | Updated: 03:44 EST, 18 December 2021

For many small business owners struggling to get off the ground, spending money on marketing, branding and raising their profile can feel frivolous.

But this is exactly the kind of thing that Starling Bank wants to help them to do, with its new competition which could net start-ups thousands of pounds in cash.

The challenger bank's Take Flight initiative will see SMEs pitching their business case to celebrity judges who themselves have experience in running companies, including TV personality and business founder Carol Vorderman.

The ten winning companies will each be awarded £5,000, which Starling says will help them 'get to the 'next level'.

TV personality and founder of The Maths Factor, Carol Vorderman says she is looking for business leaders that are determined and have established businesses

Anne Boden, CEO and founder at Starling Bank, explains: 'This is a ..

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