On Tuesday 13 March we kicked off our search for Britain's best entrepreneur in the best way that we know how; with a party!

The Pitch 2012 launch party was hosted as part of Global Entrepreneurship Congress, at Liverpool's Circo Bar, and saw nearly 100 entrepreneurs get stuck in with some serious networking and speed pitching sessions, some of which were filmed and will be posted on BusinessZone.co.uk.

In addition, the crowd were treated to entertainment from fire eaters and trapeze artis...