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Application Terms and Conditions for The Thrive Street Programme

These terms and conditions apply to the application process for businesses wishing to participate in the Thrive Street Programme.

The Thrive Street Programme is a Mastercard and Worldpay initiative supporting UK small and medium-sized businesses through training, mentoring and market events. The programme is delivered by Mastercard (Mastercard Europe Services Limited, 7th Floor, 1 Angel Lane, London, England, EC4R 3AB) in collaboration with Worldpay (now Global Payments) (Worldpay UK Ltd, Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London EC4N 8AF) and Portas Agency Ltd (Portas Agency Ltd, 33-35 St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DS), with input from Mary Portas. Mastercard, Worldpay and Portas Agency Ltd are referred to in these Terms as the “Thrive Participants”. Applications will be collected through a form hosted by Mastercard. Thrive Participants will review applications and select the businesses invited to participate in the Thrive Street Programme.

By completing and submitting the application form, you confirm that you are authorised to apply on behalf of your business and that you accept these Terms and conditions.

Event: Thrive Street pop-up market at Leeds Kirkgate Market, Vicar Lane, Leeds City Centre, LS2 7HY on Friday 19 March and Saturday 20 March 2027.

Successful applicants will receive the following:

  • Free retail space at the Event
  • Mentoring opportunities with experienced business and retail leaders such as Mary Portas
  • Access to business workshops and educational sessions from experts from Mastercard and Worldpay
  • Access to payment technology and practical business support
  • £200 Mastercard prepaid card to contribute towards travel and/or parking expenses

  1. Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria set out in the application form to be considered for a place in the Thrive Street Programme.

      2. The application criteria include the following:
    • Small, mighty and rising: your business is small or medium-sized and has a turnover of over £50,000.
    • Forward thinker: your business has reimagined a product, service or way of operating in a way that is distinctive, innovative or commercially meaningful.
    • Striver mindset: you can describe the ambition, resilience and growth plans behind your business.
    • Positive impact: your business contributes to the wellbeing of its community, customers, employees or the environment.

  2. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, resident in the UK and authorised to submit the application on behalf of the business applying to participate. Employees and their immediate families of the Thrive Participants, its subsidiaries, other group companies, its agents, or anyone else professionally connected with this Thrive Street Programme cannot apply.
  3. You confirm that all the information you provide on your application form is true, accurate and not misleading. Thrive Participants have the right to verify the content of the application and exclude any applicant, who provided false, misleading or incomplete information. Applicants confirm that they have all necessary rights and permissions to submit and disclose the content through the application and that it does not infringe any third-party rights.
  4. The closing date for applications is 11:59pm GMT on Sunday 22 November 2026.
  5. The Thrive Participants accept no responsibility for applications not successfully completed and entered due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.
  6. Mastercard will notify successful applicants that their business has been selected via a joint decision of Thrive Participants for the Thrive Street Programme by Monday 14 December 2026 via email, provided in the application form and will need to confirm their acceptance by Wednesday 6 January 2027.
  7. Selected businesses may be required to agree further operational, event, marketing or participation terms before taking part in the Thrive Street Programme.
  8. The application process is free to enter. Successful applicants will receive a £200 Mastercard Prepaid Card to contribute towards travel and/or parking costs associated with attending the Event. Any accommodation costs and all other expenses incurred in connection with attendance at the Event shall be the sole responsibility of the successful applicants. Worldpay may support selected businesses with payment-related arrangements for the Thrive Street Programme, where relevant. Additional Worldpay terms may apply to any payment services or equipment made available to selected businesses. These terms can be found here: https://www.worldpay.com/en-GB/legal/merchant-services-terms-conditions.
  9. The decision of the Thrive Participants regarding selection of successful applicants is final. No correspondence will be entered into about the outcome, except where required by law or regulation.
  10. The Thrive Street Programme may be withdrawn, amended or suspended at any time without notice.
  11. The Thrive Participants will not be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising from an applicant’s participation in, or inability to participate in the Programme except where caused by the relevant Thrive Participant’s breach of these terms or negligence.
  12. Personal information supplied during the application process will be used as described in the Thrive Street Programme Application Privacy Notice. If you choose to opt in, Mastercard may also use your contact details to send you information about future Mastercard small business programmes, events and opportunities. Opting in to future communications is optional and will not affect your application. Please reach out to ThriveStreet@biggroup.co.uk with any queries.
  13. These Terms are governed by laws of England and Wales.