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Swap something
for a pair of passes
To mark our new partnership with BBX, we're giving away 25 pairs of 2-day passes to Ideas Fest 2026. Pitch us what you'd trade for a pair. Best 25 swaps win.
Swap inspiration
Stuck? Steal one of these.
Real pitches from real founders. Yours can be funny, useful, interesting or downright unhinged. We just want it to be yours.
How it works
Three steps. No cash.
Pitch what you'd swap
A service, a product, a skill, an experience. Anything you'd genuinely trade for a pair of Ideas Fest passes.
We pick our 25 favourites
The 25 most creative, useful or outright brilliant swaps win. Judged by the Ideas Fest team, celebrated with BBX.
You're in the field
Two 2-day passes to Ideas Fest 2026, 9-10 September at Champneys Tring. Bring your favourite person.
Meet our new partner: BBX
The network where businesses swap what they have for what they need, all year round.
Trade what you've got.
Get what you need.
BBX is a trade network where businesses swap what they have for what they need - no cash changing hands. We're proud to welcome them as a partner. The Swap Series is our way of celebrating what they do.
Sign up to BBXSwap, don't spend
Trade your excess capacity for what your business needs.
1,000s of members
A live network of businesses ready to trade today.
Real value
Every swap valued in BBX Trade Pounds, 1:1 with GBP.
No cash
Keep your cash, use your capacity. Simple as that.
BBX in action
Real businesses.
Real swaps.
A few of the businesses turning spare capacity into serious growth through BBX.
Florist
Smiles & Tears
£450,000+ of trade over 15 years, turning flower sales into a far more valuable business.
Read the story
Business services
Auto Stopcock
More than £97,000 generated without touching the bank balance, converting extra sales into trade credit for marketing and professional services.
Read the story
Engineering
GHS
Staff downtime became over £80,000 of growth, funding training, marketing and expansion.
Read the storyPitch your swap
What have you got
worth swapping?
Keep it short. This is a hook, not an application form. We'll be in touch if yours is the swap that wins us over.
Ideas Fest × BBX. By submitting, you agree to be contacted about your pitch.
The prize
25 pairs of
2-day passes
- 25 winners, each receiving a pair of 2-day passes
- 9-10 September, Champneys Tring
- Full access to every stage, StartUp Village and beyond
- 6,000 business leaders and entrepreneurs in one field
- Face value: £598 per pair
What you're swapping into
6,000 business leaders. A 100,000+ community. Two days that don't feel like a conference.
Straight answers
When is the deadline?
What's the prize?
Who can enter?
What counts as a swap?
Does the trade actually happen?
Who is BBX?
How are winners chosen?
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What's your
best swap?
25 pairs of passes to Ideas Fest 2026. 25 winners. Pitch us what you'd trade.