Pictured above: Tim Sayers and Nicki Gray from Blinc presenting Adrian Campbell (centre) from Planes TV with the winner's trophy

An aviation enthusiast from Tealby in Lincolnshire has won a package of business support services worth over £8,000 to help him set up a new Internet television channel. 

Adrian Campbell, founder and Marketing Director of PlanesTV, and four other candidates pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges at a Dragons' Den-style event at Lincoln City Football Ground.

Sitting on the panel was Managing Director of The Women's Business Clubs, Kelly Stevens; James Hazel from McKinnells Solicitors; the Managing Director of DnA Group, Dean Hyde; Gusto Group Chairman Steff Wright; and Director of Aspect7 Jonathan Bowman.

Among the hopefuls to take part in the Blinc Business Den were University of Lincoln student Sophie Bulgin, who wanted to set up a website buying and selling second-hand university books, and Pauline Mountain from the charity Hearts of Positive Energy (HOPE) who wanted to develop a support service for people with heart failure. 

Meanwhile Stephen Williams and Amiee Holland pitched their idea for an Amateur World Cup football tournament. 

After listening to the judges' comments the audience voted for who they wanted to win with Adrian gaining the most votes followed by Katharine Armstrong-Short of Katharine Armstrong-Short Interior Design, who presented her plans for a mural painting business.

Planes TV has been producing and selling videos and now DVDs of international airshows for over 20 years and now Adrian and his team want to take their business to the next level and start a 24-hour Internet aviation television station.

Adrian explained: "After 20 years we have a huge archive of produced programmes and quality material never seen before. Just like Google and YouTube we will make all our content free to view and offer any seller of an aviation product a platform to promote their product on PlanesTV free of charge by way of a video feature.

"We will take orders for the product and pass the order to the seller for fulfilment, taking a commission on any sales."

The prize package worth over £8,000 includes a logo and stationery designed and printed by Ruddocks, signage, vehicle livery or exhibition material produced by Allen Signs, 24 hours of business mentoring by 318 Business Resource and £600 worth of legal consultancy and advice by McKinnells Solicitors.

CEO of Blinc Nicki Gray said: "This package includes everything you would need to set up a new business or launch a new product or service and we would like to thank all of our sponsors.

"We'd also like to thank our entrepreneurs who were brave enough to step into the Blinc Business Den. They had some brilliant ideas and quality of their presentations was exceptional.

"Adrian was a thoroughly deserving winner and our judges were very impressed by his business plan and his confident and dynamic pitch.

"We're now looking forward to the next Blinc Business Den in July and are already on the lookout for our next batch of brave entrepreneurs. For more information please call Tim on 07747 397005.