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Innovative Entrepreneurs Programme wins 'Accelerator of the Year award'

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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...

Leeds University Business School and partners celebrate the culmination of the Africa Science Entrepreneurship Programme

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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...

SME Leaders Forum July 2025: Exploring the Future of AI for Small Businesses

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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...

Small Business Charter reaccreditation success

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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 wins Water Woman award

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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, Big Ambitions: How Help to Grow is Fuelling SME Success

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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...

Marks and Spencer CFO delivers talk to students

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Last month we were delighted to welcome back to the Business School, Jeremy Townsend, Chief Financial Officer at M&S as he delivered a guest talk to our students as part of the MBA Masterclass series. Jeremy talked about his career to date and and highlighted the challenges and achievements throughout it, as well as talking...

Managing the Unmanageable: Lessons from the Business of Football

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On 18 February the Business School welcomed COO of Nottingham Forest, Paul Tyrell, as part of the International Executive Speaker Series. This dynamic programme of guest speakers offers students a unique opportunity to learn firsthand from senior executives operating at the highest strategic levels of business. Paul delivered his talk titled Managing the Unmanageable: Lessons from...

Former Spark Scholar Joins NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme

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We are delighted to share that Kate Gerrard, former MSc Enterprise and Entrepreneurship student at Leeds University Business School (2023–24), Spark Scholar, and one of our featured case studies, has been accepted onto the NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme (Cohort 9, 2025–26). Kate is currently completing her MBChB Medicine degree at the University of Leeds. The...