Promising business ideas including a new way to buy music have won top awards at an annual University of Wolverhampton ceremony.

Scooping first place and a £1000 cheque in the Business Enterprise category was Charlotte Fardon, from Wednesfield, who is studying a Foundation Degree in Music Industry Practice at Major Key Studios. Her business plan focused on offering an innovative retail music service, operating from hairdressers and beauty salons, called Music HiLites. The second prize winner and the recipient of a £500 cheque was MSc Sport and Exercise Sciences student Nico Kolokythas, 36, from Wolverhampton, who plans to establish a website for sports science support, called ithinksport.

Steve Moore, from the Institute for Innovation and Enterprise (IIE) at the University, presented the awards at the ceremony. He said: “In the current climate, the University of Wolverhampton is pleased to support all of our students who are looking to secure their own future through starting innovative businesses.”