Jolly Big Business Boost 2024 Guidelines and Application Link

Jolly Big Business Boost Guidelines and Application Link

 

The Jolly Big Business Boost is a competition supported and organised by Market Place.  It offers young businesses the unique opportunity to expose their products to over 1 million visitors at the award-winning Market, FREE of charge.

To date every winning business has gone on to continue trading and their business has received that all-important cash injection that is vital to success in the early stages of growth.

The competition is open to businesses or sole traders operating for at least 6 months but for no more 24 months selling quality products (in the categories listed below) and deemed by our judging panel: Martina Connolly (CEO of Belfast One), Andy Pidgen (Market Manager) and Christine McCaughey (Owner of Bathe Botanicals and Winner of the JBBB 2023), to be of interest to visitors at the Belfast Christmas Market.

Winners will receive

- A FREE chalet at the Belfast Christmas Market from 16 Nov–22 Dec 2024

- Inclusion in Christmas Market related PR activity

- Business mentoring in advance of the market opening

Rules for entrants

• Applications must be submitted (by email) no later than 12noon, 22nd August 2024

• Entries must include

  • A completed application form

  • A 2-minute video telling us about you, your business and your products and why they would be a good addition to the Belfast Christmas Market offer. Videos can be recorded on phones but must be supplied as an MP4 file no bigger than 10MB

• All applicants must be aged 18 years or over

• The business / sole trader must not be currently registered to trade as part of the Belfast Christmas Market

• The business/ sole trader must have been trading or registered for no less than six months but for more than 24 months

• Eligible Product Categories: Art / Craft, Fashion, Vegan and Vegetarian Food (excludes fast food, confectionery or drinks), Handmade Toys or Festive themed products

• Product samples cannot be included as part of the application

• The business must be able to trade for the full opening hours of the Belfast Christmas Market: 16 November – 22 December 2024

• The winner is responsible for branding and dressing their chalet in conjunction with the Christmas Market guidelines

• Canvassing will result in disqualification

Key dates

• Applications must be submitted by email to megan@hallerclarke.com by 12noon on 22nd August 2024

• The winning business will be notified on the 23rd August 2024

• The winning business must be available for a PR opportunity in September

• The winning business must be able to begin trading from 12 noon on 16 November 2024 – 22 December 2024 during the following hours *: Mon – Wed: 10am – 8pm / Thurs – Sat: 10pm – 10pm / Sunday: 1pm – 6pm

* Please note trading dates and times may be subject to change

 

DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION PACK HERE