Welcome to the Student Enterprise '09 website!

The team shopping days have been decided! 9 teams have each been allocated a day in the Student Enterprise '09 shop. 4 teams will be entered in the lucky dip tonight at the launch to fill the final 2 shopping days. Come along tonight and find out if you have a day or if your successful in the lucky dip. The launch is tonight at 5.30 in the shop. Good luck!

We're working out which are the best ideas to go into the Student Enterprise '09 shop and we need you to give us your preferred selling days. So, Team Leaders, please talk to your team and send us your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices. The shop will be open in November on the following days

Tuesday 10
Wednesday 11
Thursday 12
Friday 13

Saturday 14
Sunday 15

Monday 16
Tuesday 17
Wednesday 18
Thursday 19

It's unlikely that every team will get their first choice - unless you all pick different days - so please remember to give us all your preferences. Use the 'contact us' form on the website to let us know. Your day will be announced at the shop launch on Thursday 5 November so please make sure you're there to find out which day your team is selling and who your mentor will be!

Start-up Funds

We're going to give you £200 to get you started in the shop and you'll have to follow normal Student Union rules and regulations for spending it eg get receipts for everything you buy and keep proper financial records about your expenditure. You must spend it in the execution of your business idea and you'll have to pay it back at the end and deduct the amount when working out your profits. (Obviously there is a chance that you might make a loss but we'll brief you on how to deal with this and you'll still have to get receipts and account for expenditure.

Tills and floats
We'll give you a till for your shop. If you would like a float (to put in the till at the start of trading so you can give people change straight away) you will need to collect this from the SU Finance Office the night before.

Selling
We will ask you to keep a written record and/or count of items/services sold during the day so that you can match this written record with the till record. This will also need to form part of your online presentation - see the 'keeping a record' page. As with any business - you should know exactly where all the money has gone.

Cashing up
At the end of the trading day you will need to cash up. The till can print out a record of the days takings and you'll put this together with all the money (including the float) into a special money bag provided by the SU Finance Office. Your team leader will nominate two people to return this money to the Students' Union. We have a nightsafe and we will have a Bar Manager on duty who will be able to access the safe and deposit your takings. SU Finance will deduct your initial float from the takings to give a total amount of money taken during your day of trading.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:

Every team must have a team leader and have between 2 and 8 members. Each user must register separately! Please make sure the team name is the same for all team member.

The word is out! Register your team and your idea for a chance to sell from the Student Enterprise '09 shop in the centre of Bath during Global Entrepreneurship Week and then take the most money and produce the best online presentation of your team's story and walk away with your profits.

Oh and if you're doing it for charity we'll donate your profits:)

Only 9 days left until launch. Register your team now!