Awards for Enterprise showcase staff and student business flair

Doug Richard, the entrepreneur best known for his appearances on BBC's Dragon's Den , presented the awards in the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre. The Awards for Enterprise were established to recognise the efforts and accomplishments of UCL's most innovative and entrepreneurial academics and students, and bring together all of the entrepreneurship and business elements of UCL. Tim Barnes, Director of UCL Advances, said: 'UCL's Awards for Enterprise are unique among UK universities in providing a showcase for all the entrepreneurship and enterprise activities that we are engaged in at a single event, from academic-led spin-out companies to student business plan competition winners. The breadth of UCL's business engagement makes it a leader in the university sector.' UCL Business Award: Professor Quentin Pankhurst (UCL Physics and Astronomy) for his endeavours in the establishment of Endomagnetics Limited, which aims to improve healthcare through magnetic sensing technology. UCL Consultants Award: Professor Tadj Oreszczyn  (UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies and Director of the UCL Energy Institute), who has championed consultancy work and UCL Consultants since its inception in 2003. The London Entrepreneurs? Challenge Awards are a workshop programme and business plan competition open to all members of UCL and the London Business School that aims to show participants the process of starting a business by helping them do it for themselves. Winner:  36Zero, an off-road no-snow mountain board company, started by two UCL undergraduates, who have already submitted a patent application for their first design.