BUDDING entrepreneurs in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have the opp-ortunity to turn their ideas into commercial reality.

Entries are now invited for the annual Innovention 2003 competition and exhibition, hosted by Business Link Wessex.

All finalists will be invited to showcase their ideas at the exhibition, which will be attended by the region's leading investors, business people and media.

And those who impress the judges will share prizes of more than £25,000.

Judges will examine inventions to ascertain their commercial potential.

Business development director at Business Link Wessex David Bartlett said: "Turning new ideas into marketable products is extremely challenging. Inno-vention 2003 provides inventors with a unique opportunity to get noticed by the people who matter."

For more information and an entry form, call South East Enterprise Agencies on 023 9244 9449. All entry forms to be received by close of business on May 9, 2003.