In its competition, 'One Minute Pitch', it reveals some of the practical or quirky ideas the finalists have dreamt up to win a prize of £100,000.
They include:
- an online employment agency for over-55s who have specialist or business skills and could offer short-term help to employers;
a website to help drivers find parking spaces;
- Japanese-style capsule hotels, in airports so travellers can rest during stopovers;
- an internet business, which would deliver nutritious packed lunches to children at school;
- a 24-hour helpline manned by taxi drivers that will provide directions to people who are lost in London or stuck in traffic;
- a fitness machine that goes under a desk so that people could exercise while they were at work.
- a website called Scratchmyback.com where people could swap their talents or skills.
Full article: Top 100 ideas for starting a new business - Sunday Times.
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Top 100 ideas for starting a new business
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Susie Hughes - 08:25 02/08/05
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Re: Top 100 ideas for starting a new business
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bodge - 08:57 05/08/05
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Re: Top 100 ideas for starting a new business
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MichaelR - 20:45 06/08/05
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And things to avoid ....
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brianc - 07:29 08/08/05
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"It's" ? This forum is in English
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pF - 21:07 08/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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brianc - 06:07 09/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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pF - 03:15 10/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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brianc - 06:40 10/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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pF - 21:13 10/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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brianc - 01:05 11/08/05
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It's not English.
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pF - 01:15 11/08/05
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Re: It's not English.
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brianc - 07:04 11/08/05
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"Grammer"?
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pF - 21:43 11/08/05
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"its" the Mail on Sunday
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richardturner - 04:54 17/08/05
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It's v. its?
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The Editor - 08:54 11/08/05
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Re: It's v. its?
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pF - 21:45 11/08/05
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Leader of the Bans?
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Susie Hughes - 08:24 12/08/05
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Milk of human kindness.
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pF - 00:44 13/08/05
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Re: It's v. its?
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brianc - 07:01 12/08/05
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Re: It's v. its again
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brianc - 08:00 12/08/05
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Re: It's v. its again - it's right.
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Susie Hughes - 08:23 12/08/05
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Re: It's v. its again - it's right.
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brianc - 10:55 12/08/05
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FT style book
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Susie Hughes - 16:11 12/08/05
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Re: FT style book
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brianc - 16:34 12/08/05
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Exactly
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The Editor - 16:56 12/08/05
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Its'
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pF - 00:55 13/08/05
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pf banned again ...
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brianc - 08:42 13/08/05
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Re: pf banned again ...
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brianc - 08:51 13/08/05
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Brian Sedgemore again ...
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brianc - 08:58 13/08/05
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Re: Brian Sedgemore again ...
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brianc - 08:59 13/08/05
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Re: Brain Sedge more of a git...
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pF - 00:13 14/08/05
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Re: Brain Sedge more of a git...
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brianc - 08:16 14/08/05
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Re: Brain Sedge more of a git...
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pF - 20:58 14/08/05
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typo
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pF - 21:01 14/08/05
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Re: Brain Sedge more of a git...
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richardturner - 05:10 17/08/05
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Brain tries to evade the subject.
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pF - 22:02 13/08/05
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BRAIN !!!!
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richardturner - 05:06 17/08/05
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BRAIN !!!!
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richardturner - 05:06 17/08/05
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BRAIN !!!!
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richardturner - 05:06 17/08/05
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Re: It's v. its again - it's right.
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BlueSpline - 11:54 16/08/05
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Historical observation: tis - it's
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pF - 01:36 14/08/05
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Re: Historical observation: tis - it's
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brianc - 08:22 14/08/05
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A neologism: obsereved?
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pF - 20:50 14/08/05
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Re: Historical observation: tis - it's
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richardturner - 05:13 17/08/05
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Re: Historical observation: tis - it's
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richardturner - 05:13 17/08/05
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alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe
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pF - 21:03 17/08/05
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Brain ain't got no edu K shun.
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pF - 00:24 13/08/05
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"its" the daily mail
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richardturner - 04:58 17/08/05
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war ahh
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tbacon - 09:51 12/08/05
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Re: war ahh
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pF - 01:24 13/08/05
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You should be a Greengrocer.
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pF - 00:33 13/08/05
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Re: It's v. its?
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BlueSpline - 11:52 16/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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BlueSpline - 11:44 16/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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kje - 12:34 16/08/05
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Re: "It's" ? This forum is in English
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brianc - 09:10 13/08/05
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My Own Porpoise.
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pF - 20:53 13/08/05
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