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Why the Northern Powerhouse remains crucial for Yorkshire

Critics of the Northern Powerhouse view it as a triumph of rhetoric over substance. While applauding the ambition of growing the North’s economy through infrastructure investment…

Industrial strategyEconomic growth

Millennials and their careers: what we can tell you about what students want

Millennials, born between 1980 to 2000, now make up the majority of the undergraduate student body at universities across the country. As these students complete internships,…

EmployabilityProfessional developmentMillenialsCareer progression

Why you should consider hiring a chairman

Most entrepreneurs want to 'be their own boss' but a wise helping hand can be a big asset. Great entrepreneurs tend to be terrible employees. We don’t want a job, we want an…

Start-upsRecruitment

Developing an entrepreneurial culture amongst students through LUMS’ network of Entrepreneurs in Residence

Lancaster University has a very strong reputation of working with business – particularly SMEs. This was reflected by the University receiving a Small Business Charter Gold…

InnovationBusiness engagementStart-upsMentoring

Communicator-in-chief: The key trait for entrepreneurs building businesses

Entrepreneurs need to define their mission and the purpose of their firm.

CommunicationsEntrepreneurshipSustainabilityTechnology

“One of the best decisions we have made” – How Tangle Teezer supported its business by working with a business school

Gemma Clarke of Tangle Teezer and Ella, a Marketing undergraduate at Loughborough University’s School When Tangle Teezer was launched on The Dragon’s Den in November 2007, it…

Local business supportStudent placements

Insight Blog – Join our campaign and support small businesses everywhere…

Small Business Saturday really is a labour of love – right from the beginning it has been brought together by volunteers and organisations with one goal – to support, inspire…

Local business supportConsumer awareness

10 Tips for Entrepreneurial Success

Angus Bankes is a technology entrepreneur with experience of growing and selling tech start-ups in the UK and the USA.  He founded Moreover Technologies in 1998, where he served…

Start-upsOrganisation culture

Why businesses and universities should work together

There is a long-standing view that our universities are places where students go to learn theory and are a source of potential talent but have little to offer businesses…

Economic growthInnovationBusiness engagement

Entrepreneur with vision for developing enterprise

Mention the words charter, Government and university and most entrepreneurs’ eyes glaze over. The original thinkers who dream up the best ideas are often rebellious and don’t…

EmployabilityStart-ups