Yorkshire Forward's Yorkshire's Big Idea competition has attracted interest from both the founder of Internet Service Provider (ISP) Freeserve, and the founder of educational travel firm i-to-i.

Both will be judges in the competition, which will award the winner with £30,000 of investment towards the early-stage development of a new or innovative business idea. The winning concept must be able to prove its market and commercial potential, and also be able to demonstrate protectable intellectual property.