Business Minister Mark Prisk has this week launched a nationwide competition to find the most innovative pre-market products, processes and concepts the UK has to offer.

The Make it in Great Britain Challenge is open to inventors, manufacturers, engineers, designers, businesses of all sizes, young people and the general public. It forms part of the Make it in Great Britain campaign, which aims to raise the profile of modern manufacturing.

Judges are seeking entries across five categories that represent the breadth and depth of the manufacturing industry, and highlight the innovation and talent in Britain today.

The winning entries from each category will showcase their creations on a weekly basis at the Make it in Great Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London, which will coincide with the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

Visitors to the six-week exhibition will be invited to vote on their favourite entry. The winners from each weekly vote will feature together in the final week of the exhibit.

To find out more about the Make it in Great Britain Challenge, please visit http://makeitingreatbritain.bis.gov.uk. The deadline for entries is Thursday 5 April 2012.