Start-up businesses in Stoke-on-Trent can win free hot desk space for a year as part of a £3,000 prize package up for grabs thanks to a new initiative.

The Business Elevator is open to businesses less than three years old and offers a prize designed to deliver tangible, day-to-day benefits for growth.

The collaboration between Smithfield Works, Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Growth Hub and PR firm BabaBaboon encourages businesses to enter via an online registration form. Those shortlisted will be invited to showcase their products and/or services to a judging panel.

The winner will receive a 12 months free hot desk space at Smithfield Works in Hanley, 12 months free start up membership at the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, plus a two-hour PR strategy session with Sonya Farrall of BabaBaboon.

Entries close on Friday, 29 May and should be submitted via this link.

Judging will take place over the following two weeks with an awards celebration evening planned for Friday, 26 June.