£1000 Grand Ideas Question....

[theclassroommanchester]

So I've just been looking at the £1000 Grand Ideas criteria..
It says about being a business in its first 12 months of trading....I am in the process of setting up a business and would like to enter - I havent yet started trading (the £1000 would help considerably)
Am I able to enter? Presumably it being Grand Ideas suggests that I could....

Also it says:
Items NOT eligible for the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards include (but are not limited to):

a project that is not innovative
a new laptop / PC or new equipment/ capital items
a new website
your rent
wages
stock
staff costs

Does this mean I can't spend any of the £1000 on these things? - Not sure what else I would spend it on as the business doesnt involve research or anything....