Harvard University, Entrepreneurship Pitching Contest
Posted on 10th March 2006
Simon Phelps, the inventor of FLOODSTOP beat over 25+ entrepreneurs from Harvard University to win its business pitching competition during Entrepreneurship week USA.
NCGE/Kauffman Scholarship
Posted on 1st June 2006
Simon Phelps was selected by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) and the US-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to be part of its new Entrepreneurship Fellows Scheme. Only 16 individuals have been chosen from the UK, all with the promising high-impact business ideas. The NCGE-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Fellows programme, highlighted in Brown’s budget speech, has been funded to help Britain’s future business hopefuls develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas for starting a business by spending six months in the United States with some of America’s most innovative entrepreneurial thinkers, experts and small business leaders.
Dorset Business Awards Finalist
Posted on 20th November 2006
Dorset Business Awards Finalist Fluvial Innovations Ltd was short-listed, making the final three companies, in the Dorset Innovation award. This is a highly sought accolade with selection being made by the IoD (Institute of Directors).
View DBA website: http://www.dorsetbusinessawards.co.uk/
Shell LiveWIRE South West Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Posted on 14th June 2007
450 plus UK companies entered the Shell LiveWIRE competition. Fluvial Innovations won the UK South West region and made the final 12 – a massive achievement.
Sandbag alternative set to make splash
Posted on 29th June 2007
Simon Phelps, recipient of an enterprise scholarship founded by Gordon Brown, has developed a temporary dam he claims is cheaper and faster to erect than sandbags or metal barrages. “If my product has been out there, it would have made a huge difference,” he said.
Fluvial Innovations Coverage on BBC South Today
Posted on 10th October 2007
A demonstration of the FLOODSTOP modular flood barrier was recentley aired on BBC South Today.
Watch BBC demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReedD7r0HCY