Welcome to the Shell LiveWIRE Video Lounge where you will find inspirational and informative business videos, elevator pitches, event coverage, webcasts, top tips and more. (If logged in, Shell LiveWIRE members can even rate and leave comments beneath each video).
A selection of these videos are also featured on our Shell LiveWIRE YouTube Channel
Shortlisted for the July 2010 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards, Scott Pryor runs www.usports.co.uk, a website that aims to be the primary source of information for anyone interested in university sports.
The site will provide match reports from all top games, featured articles written by budding sport journalists and other exciting features such as captain interviews and team profiles.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/ScottPryor
www.usports.co.uk
Shortlisted for the June 2010 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards, Alexander Robinson's business Trendring is a personalised review website, connecting social networking and ecommerce, giving people the confidence to make online shopping decisions based on opinions formed by friends and family.
Shortlisted for the June 2010 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards, Conrad Thornton's Green Street Media is a green, eco-friendly marketing company offering pavement advertising across every city in the UK.
Etching adverts into any hard stone or concrete surface from pavements to walls, the only cleaning fluid they use is H2O - pure clean water, and so adverts leave a clean ‘green’ impression wherever customers want it.
Shortlisted for the May 2010 and July 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Dorothy Urban runs Brighter Brick, a company that specialises in urban regeneration through the utilisation of disused high street retail space. Brighter Brick reopens unused, derelict commercial properties both in the high street and in malls and replaces the window space with innovative advertising or an interactive window display. This is done in a bid to improve the nation’s consumer spending and breathe life back into depressed high streets.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/durbanbb
www.brighterbrick.co.uk
Shortlisted for the May 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Freyja MacGregor runs FKM Events, an environmentally-friendly wedding and events planning business that works with its clients to organise their big day in a way that minimises their carbon footprint. By encouraging clients to care for the environment, FKM Events hopes to develop their client's eco-friendly profile as well as their own.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/Freyjam05
www.fkmevents.co.uk
Shortlisted for the May 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Ignaty Dyakov runs Periplus Home Education, a company designed to help support home-educated students to achieve their learning objectives by providing them with motivation, one-to-one tuition, small group tuition, drop-in consultations, interactive study materials and more.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/periplus
www.periplus.org.uk
Shortlisted for the April 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Lorraine Pang runs Nostalgia Knits, a company that is dedicated to rescuing treasured clothes from the back of the wardrobe and turning them into beautiful, custom-made, personalised quilts and cushions. By a clever process of cutting and sewing, old clothes are given a new twist. It's perfect for clothes that you don't or can't wear in public again and makes great use of special items that may have been accidentally shrunk or stretched in the wash.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/lorrainepang
www.nostalgiaknits.co.uk
Shortlisted for the April 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Stuart Greenwood runs Pixel Monster, a company that creates motion graphics templates that can quickly and easily be amended to include text or images specified by its customers. The animations are then rendered, burned to DVD and then posted out to the customer or supplied digitally.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/stu_pxmr
http://www.pixel-monster.co.uk
Shortlisted for the April 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, David Scotford runs Red Monster Records, an independent record label based in Stourbridge. Red Monster Records works with young and up-and-coming bands and solo acts from around the UK, Europe and the United States, building their gig calender, fanbase, organising recording and mastering of their original material, building national and local touring calenders and producing and distributing both physical and digital versions of their original material.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/Dave Scotford Scotford
www.redmonsterrecords.co.uk
Shortlisted for the March 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Max McClure is an entrepreneur who has developed a new image/light-based product for businesses that is designed to produce a relaxing yet stimulating environment for employees working in offices.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/maxmcclure
www.maxmcclure.com
Shortlisted for the March 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Kindred Sole is an online footwear boutique speciailising in up and coming designers as well as established brands. Kindred Sole seeks to enable young, innovative footwear designers to launch their own name/brand under the Kindred Sole label.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/kindredsole
www.kindredsole.com
Shortlisted for the March 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Maggie Cassidy's is a modern day couture house, workspace, cloth house, tailor and fashion house all in one. Maggie Cassidy's creates unique garments specifically crafted for the individual customer. This is done by conducting a person consultion with each client to determine their own unique identity and lifestyle needs and encouraging them to participate in choosing all the variables from the cut to the cloth.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/maggiecassidy
www.maggiecassidys.com
Shortlisted for the February 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, FYI Finance is a website providing financial services targeted at under 30s and students. FYI Finance aims to encourage people to consider financial planning for their future.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/CathiParasols
Shortlisted for the February 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, ID Theft Prevention UK plans to offer seminars and conferencesto small business to educate them on how they can prevent themselves from becoming victims of ID theft.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/idtpuk
Shortlisted for the February 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Graduate Toolbox aims to become the number one online information repository for UK postgraduate researchers. Graduate Toolbox contains useful resources, details of companies offering appropriate services, online competitions, topical news items and careers information. Their objective is to expose the postgraduate audience, who have traditionally been very hard to reach due to the decentralised nature of research, to company services and specialised job vacancies.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/GraduateToolbox
www.graduatetoolbox.net
Shortlisted for the February 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, LROPS Flight Simulation provides training solutions to virtual and real-world pilots of all skill levels. LROPS offers e-books and other online materials to help people get the most out of virtual flying, which is used by the majority of their clientele to aid their professional training routes to being commercial pilots. Keen enthusiasts also use the products for their own entertainment on virtual platforms such as Microsoft Flight Simulator.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/Joshua Mason-Allen
http://lrops.com
Shortlisted for the December 2009 - January 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, www.localhunter.co.uk provides a cost-effective way for start-ups and SME's to attract more customers, increase enquires and maximise potential sales opportunities by providing these enterprises with technology for them to list their latest offers, deals and vouchers to potential customers closet to their business postcode.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/helmutokike
www.localhunter.co.uk
Shortlisted for the December 2009 - January 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Internocracy is an internship organisation that aims to change the culture of internships across sectors in the UK. They work with organisations to set up or improve their internship programme, as well as offer free guides to help interns understand their rights.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/rjheath
www.internocracy.org
Shortlisted for the December 2009 - January 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Lowpricelessons.com allows learner drivers to compare instructors on a range of terms such as price, location and rating, while offering instructors a booking, payment and diary system, making the whole process of driving tuition simpler and more efficient for both parties.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/Richard.curran
www.lowpricelessons.com
Shortlisted for the December 2009 - January 2010 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Interface3 designs and delivers engaging customer experiences through innovative multitouch and gestural-based software for the finance and retail sectors. Their expertise lies in interface design of multitouch software; which requires a significantly different set of steps from single-touch interfaces (e.g. touch-screen kiosks) and keyboard and mouse design paradigms.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/kho
www.interface3.com
A large part of Shell LiveWIRE LIVE!, the daytime event comprised of networking opportunities and workshops, and the evening Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Final, was geared toward developing young people in a number of business areas. Shell LiveWIRE LIVE! offered participants the opportunity to attend various workshops and to network with other like-minded individuals. Attendees of the workshops and, indeed, of the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Final, had the opportunity to not only come away with great contacts, but great advice and tips as well. Our eight finalists were no exception; throughout the morning they practised their elevator pitches, coupling their existing business knowledge, experience and passion, with the guiding hand of Shell LiveWIRE personnel. This video is the result of their hard work. Enjoy!
Shortlisted for the November 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Bad Pony Media Ltd
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/badponymedia
www.badponymedia.com
Shortlisted for the October 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Strong Point Theatre is a company of musical theatre performers composed of recent graduates from Guildford School of Acting. They promote new, fresh and vibrant talent and value creativity, quality and skill over commercial success and celebrity endorsement. Their aim is to work with and develop material that is either undiscovered, or has not yet earned its deserved recognition in the UK. With an ardent commitment to exciting theatre, their work is a statement against the tired revivals and hackneyed jukebox musicals currently dominating the market.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/StrongPointTheatre
Shortlisted for the October 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Harrington's of Bawtry is a traditional barbers offering therapeutic treatments and personal fitness. They specialise in traditional techniques such as cut-throat shaves, massage and facials. They use only the highest quality products and pride themselves on their customer care skills and experienced members of staff. Harrington's is unique not only because of the high level of customer service but also because their services are designed for men, offering them an opportunity to look after their personal appearance and personal wellbeing.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/jamesherrington
Shortlisted for the September 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Ayetours Ltd provides audio and visual guides to Scottish cities and specific tourist attractions. These take the form of downloads and preloaded Mp3 players as well as movement activated fixed points. The guides do not just inform the customer of the history and current uses of the tourist attraction, but, rather, give additional information on the best places to eat, see live music, etc. All of the guides are conducted in an informal and fun way, bringing new meaning to the term 'infotainment'.
To find out more visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/JamieMac
www.ayetours.com
Shortlisted for the September 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, The Gin Palace is a Glasgow-based company that endeavours to create a nurturing, encouraging and creative platform for design talent in Scotland. The Gin Palace's ultimate aim is to create a single, permanent space consisting of a gallery, shop and cafe bar, along with designer’s studios.
For more information visit:
www.theginpalacecollective.blogspot.com
www.shell-livewire.org/network/leahblack
Shortlisted for the September 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Fluxedo Ltd makes men’s dress shirts that are seemingly normal when seen from the front, but on the back of these shirts are stylish designs and patterns. Custom designs for shirts and bowties are available, but Fluxedo also has a range of premade designs that will suit any fun-loving character and impress a wide variety of people. The Fluxedo brand stands for originality and unconformity: be bold, be recognised.
For more information visit:
www.fluxedoshirts.co.uk
www.shell-livewire.org/network/grahammilton
Shortlisted for the August 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Muddy Wellies is the brand name for a range of student-developed products including; Muddy Wellies Ale, Christmas hampers, jams and chutney.
Most of the items are simple products with added value through creative branding and target marketing. The brand emerged from a student-run club whose aim is to encourage and support the development of new ideas and enterprises.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/youssef%20jemmoua/
www.rac.ac.uk/?_id=3855
Shortlisted for the August Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Mutant Labs aims to create fun, interactive and innovative video games on a variety of platforms including flash and iPhone, with aspirations of eventually tackling the console market. The company also provides website design, animation, programming and illustration services in order to help fund their true gaming passion.
For more information visit;
www.shell-livewire.org/network/rizzle86/
www.mutantlabs.co.uk
As one of our runners up in the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for July 2009, Jenny Brough (Festival Getaways) aims to make festivals more appealing and less daunting to those who have never been to a festival before, those who have no one to go with and do not wish to go alone and those who are seeking new friendships and experiences with like minded people.
The company’s ethos is about bringing people together to share in their common interests.
To find out more visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/bruffy100
As one of our runners up in the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for July 2009, Jamie Macaulay (Ayetours) produces downloadable audio guides for tourists. Each guide has an associated map with the audio points marked (e.g. the customer can go to Audio Point 2, press play on track two of the audio player and hear about where they are standing).
To find out more visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/JamieMac
www.ayetours.com
One of our runners up in the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for July 2009, William Goodwin of Cambilla Clothing provides quality, responsibly-sourced or UK-produced clothing for students at prices they can afford. They provide good quality t-shirts, polo shirts, hooded tops and rugby shirts with either catchy graphics or simple, plain branding.
To find out more visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/cambilla/
www.cambilla.co.uk
As runner up in our Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for June 2009, Nikki Hesford (Miss Fit UK) designs, prototypes, manufactures, wholesales and retails blouses and dresses for big busted ladies aged 21-35.
After a successful start to the business in 2009, Miss Fit UK now needs column inches and magazine advertising to raise its profile so Nikki has devised a marketing strategy which, if successful will attract celebrity endorsement and press coverage worth many thousands of pounds.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/missfituk/
www.missfituk.com
As runner up in our Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for June 2009, Michael Rainsford's StuRents.com website offers a platform for landlords and letting agents to advertise their properties to the student population who use their simple search function to browse through hundreds of properties.
StuRents.com services are completely free to all students, landlords and letting agents providing a crucial service to the student property community, and the aims is to reach ten university networks by September 2009.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/MRainsford/
www.sturents.com
As runner up in our Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards for June 2009, Darren Wilson's Kabloom is a small product design and manufacturing business based in Glasgow whose first product - 'SEEDBOM' is a genuinely original product for today’s eco-conscious and forward thinking consumers, a tool for eco-warriors and guerrilla gardeners to be officially launched onto the market in the summer of 2009.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/Kabloom/
www.kabloom.co.uk
Shortlisted for the May Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Anthony Gradwell’s company Adapt Formwork supplies public sector construction companies with civil engineering solutions (concrete moulds). The company aims to improve the efficiency of UK water works by way of a product that will greatly increase the onsite productivity of construction companies, allowing for better water quality and more efficient waste treatment.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/anthony01
Shortlisted for the May Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Street Soccer Scotland is an organisation created by David Duke which aims to use sport to prevent social exclusion and improve the lives of socially disadvantaged groups.
The goal of Street Soccer Scotland is to enhance the life of the individual programme participants as well as the wider community by providing a fundamental source of purpose, motivation and pride for participants and produce a positive impact in the community through sport, coaching and mentoring.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/streetsoccerscotland
www.streetsoccerscotland.co.uk
Shortlisted for the May Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Sakeena Tucker is a professional make up artist, providing a mobile/freelance service for the general public as well as for photographers, video technicians and designers.
Her services include occasion, fashion/photographic and bridal make up, utilising traditional or airbrush make up techniques, as well as eyebrow shaping and eyebrow/eyelash tinting services.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/sksashi
www.sakeenaproartistry.co.uk
Shortlisted for the May Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Cleo Barbour is a shoe designer that has recently launched her own collection of women's shoes. All styles have a hidden spongy insole to aid comfort and unique adornments that decorate the front of the shoes.
Meant to appeal to shoe lovers between the ages of 21 and 50, the colourful collection is fashion-forward and fresh, offering the originality of a higher-end brand at a more accessible price point.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/cleob
www.cleob.com
Shortlisted for the April Shell LiveWIRE ‘Grand Ideas’ Awards, RE:thinkthings is a product design and creative education consultancy owned by Ilsa Parry - a designer and lecturer of design who was the winning contestant on BBC reality documentary TV show Design for Life with Philippe Starck.
Ilsa’s first industrial product Flo is an innovative new product that has been designed to allow anybody with a lower limb weakness to stand and walk with ease, dignity and pride.
For more information visit:
www.rethinkthings.co.uk
www.shell-livewire.org/network/ilpilfruit
Shortlisted for the April Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Kelly Morshead (CollegeBox UK LLP) sells readymade starter packs for students going to university for the first time to help them settle in to life away from home and make the transition as simple, worry-free and cost-effective as possible.
Her USP is that the packs are full of quality brand names but at cheaper than high street and direct competitions prices. We have 4 main products for different areas of student life, from studying to cooking.
For more information visit:
www.collegebox.co.uk
www.shell-livewire.org/network/Collegebox
Shortlisted for the April Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Marlon Carthy created his own clothing brand - Jac of All Trades Clothing using graphic art work and printing the images onto garments including smart casual clothing, hoodies, cardigans, t-shirts and plunge neck dresses.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/marloncarthy
Shortlisted for the April Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Charlie Ledger (Seduced By Circus) aims to research and develop the first accredited hula hoop instructor qualification which will be recognised in the fitness industry, alongside her burgeoning business that hand-manufactures a wide variety of professional dance and fitness hula hoops in a range of vibrant colours and sizes suitable for adults and children.
For more information visit:
www.seducedbycircus.com
www.shell-livewire.org/network/seducedbycircus
Sabirul Islam (The World At Your Feet) was shortlisted for the March 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, and used this elevator pitch video to talk about his new board game that aims to give young people the entrepreneurial mindset of a successful business person in their own home.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/masif1234
Michael Warr (TraidAid Supplies) was shortlisted for the March 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, and used this elevator pitch video to talk about his unique storage facility for the construction industry in which products are housed on site, and customers are only billed for their usage each month, leading to reduced cost and wastage.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/tradeaid
Laura Williams (Voices of the People) was shortlisted for the March 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, and used this elevator pitch video to talk about her new vox pop agency providing bespoke footage of consumers for insight purposes to be used as a platform for targeted and successful marketing/pr activity.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/VOICESOFTHEPEOPLE
Ian Cathro (BOX Soccer Training) was shortlisted for the February 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, and used this elevator pitch video to talk about his soccer coaching and training support package, with customised online affiliate programme and viral video marketing campaign.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/cathro
Laura Burgess (Ecoescape) was shortlisted for the February 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, and used this elevator pitch video to talk about her ‘Future Postcards’ project will provide an online portal where people can upload digital and mobile postcards of their travels as part of an eco-tourism promotional campaign.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/laura@ecoescape.org
Shortlisted for the January 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Samata Angel (Samata's Muse) is a fashion designer from London who created this elevator pitch to ask for funding to pay for a new promo video for her clothing label.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/sangel
Shortlisted for the January 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Priya Lakhani (Masala Masala) has developed a range of authentic, chilled Indian cooking sauces, and used this elevator pitch to ask for funding to pay for the launch of an in-store demonstration campaign within Waitrose.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/lakhanipriya
Shortlisted for the January 2009 Shell LiveWIRE 'Grand Ideas' Awards, Russell Layton (Eco-Domes) has developed an eco-friendly greenhouse made from renewable timber, and used this elevator pitch to ask for funding to pay for a prototype.
For more information visit:
www.shell-livewire.org/network/rusty699