Here's a list of the major events in this year's competition:

• Launch Event, Ramside Hall Hotel - 6 November 2009.
• Challenge 1,  Building a Business Team, Ramside Hall Hotel - 3 December 2009.
• Challenge 2, Our Business, submission deadline - 29 January 2010.
• Challenge 3, Our Location, submission deadline - 12 March 2010.
• Challenge 4, The Cash, Town Hall, Durham City - 30 April 2010.
• Challenge 4, Annual Budget Plan, submission deadline - 21 May 2010.
• Challenge 5, Advertise and Flog It, submission deadline - 18 June 2010.
• Challenge 6, The Presentation, Ramside Hall Hotel - 2 July 2010.
• Awards Dinner, Ramside Hall Hotel - 2 July 2010.