THE winner of a £50,000 prize fund for young entrepreneurs has been announced.

Rochelle Rekowski-Donovan scooped the prestigious Young Start Ups Award at a special ceremony at Brighton Racecourse.

The evening was hosted by the founders of the competition, Lorraine Nugent, the managing director of Media Word Waves, and Matt Turner, the managing director of Creative Pod.

The other finalists were Anya Krasnikova of Life View, Warren Munro of Morigami and Alice Larkin of Locketsmiths.

Ms Rekowski-Donovan won the prize for her business Enjoy Arts, where she provides a range of creative art classes for children and adults.

She said: “I am astonished to have won the prize fund with such strong competition. I am really excited about the future and will be fully focused now on running and growing the business. I am looking forward to the year ahead. I have met some great people during the process and have thoroughly enjoyed this experience.”