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Enactus Leeds: Empowering Change Through Enterprise and Social Impact Alec Lai is a 2nd Year economics student at the University of Leeds and has just been elected to run ENACTUS Leeds. ENACTUS Leeds is a dynamic society that blends together business innovation with real-world social impact. The society is part of a wider international organisation...
The Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies (CEES) has been highly commended at the 2025 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres (GCEC) Awards. Leeds University Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies (CEES) has been highly commended in the Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines category at the 2025 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres (GCEC) Awards. The announcement was made...
Enactus Leeds is one of the many societies linked to the Leeds Business School and is a dynamic society that blends together business innovation with real-world social impact. The society is part of the wider international organisation, Enactus, which has partner universities all across the Projects with Impact At the heart of this year's agenda...
Innovation hub Nexus, and the University of Leeds, have been recognised for their 'West Yorkshire Innovative Entrepreneurs Programme' at the Yorkshire Financial Awards. Lucy Savage (author) reveals that the triumph winner of the ‘West Yorkshire Innovative Entrepreneurs Programme’ goes to The University of Leeds and Nexus hub, crowning their programme the ‘Accelerator of the Year’. The programme...
In April 2025, The Times wrote an article that featured one of our CEES ambassadors, Rana Harvey, about her company, Monster Group. Rana Harvey is the Managing Director and founder of the multi-million-pound retail business, Monster Group. The company is best known for its racking and shelving, but it also sells a wide range of...
The last session of the Africa Science Entrepreneurship Programme (ASEP) was delivered earlier this month. Funded by the British Council through the International Science Partnerships Fund this ten month long initiative was run by the Leeds University Business School in partnership with the National Research Foundation, IBM Research Africa, South Africa Radio Astronomy Observatory and Empire Partner Foundation. Co-designed by Dr Jane Khayesi and Tone Thomas Vaduthala, the ASEP set out...
Leeds University Business School welcomed small business owners and senior leaders from across the region to its latest SME Leaders Forum on Wednesday 2nd July, held at Nexus, University of Leeds. The focus of this well-attended event was the timely and topical question: “Generative AI (GenAI): Profit or Peril?” The afternoon brought together academic experts, industry...
Leeds University Business School has been re-accredited with the prestigious Small Business Charter (SBC). The accreditation is for a further three years, recognising its sustained excellence in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurship, and regional innovation. The Charter celebrates the School’s significant impact through leadership development programmes, knowledge exchange initiatives, and dedicated student enterprise...
Dr Francesca Giliberto, Senior Research Fellow in the Management and Organisations Department, has been awarded the Water Woman Award 2025 for Early Career Academic. The University of Leeds Water Woman Awards recognise the achievements of women whose work contributes to the objectives of water@leeds in securing competitive research funds, producing world-class research or achieving significant societal impact....
Small business owners across the county are being urged to take their business to the next level through the nationally acclaimed Help to Grow: Management Programme. With the next cohort starting on 8th September 2025, delivered by Leeds University Business School, Liz Brewster, Managing Director of Craven Consultancy Services talks about how the programme provided a game-changing opportunity to step...