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Students in the LUBS5536M Small Business Growth module had the opportunity to present their growth strategies to real small businesses, applying the theory learned in the module to a relevant discipline. Over the semester, students worked in groups to analyse and explore the growth strategies of relevant companies and to expand their skills and attributes...
Leeds Business School recently held its annual International Entrepreneur Awards, where students pitched their business proposals to a panel of experienced industry experts. Ideas ranged from an AI-powered personal stylist to a smarter nutrition app. This year's winners, Ali Hussein and Yasmin ElBanna, are both undergraduate Business Management students, pitched a habit-tracking app designed...
On May 7th, the University of Leeds held its first Whopathon challenge, where students had the opportunity to develop real digital businesses and receive live feedback from a panel of industry experts. The event, delivered in partnership with HELIX and the Center for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies, was the first of its kind to be...
On November 11, the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies hosted Ambassador Day, our bi-annual celebration of enterprise, creativity, and collaboration. Following on from the spring 2025 event, this edition once again brought together students and entrepreneurs to explore the future of business and innovation. The day featured the AI Business Student Challenge, where Leeds...
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...