Working with business
Partner with us to drive innovation and growth
We help businesses to achieve their ambitions
Help to Grow: Management Course
This government-subsidised management course helps local SME business leaders grow their business, fast. You will receive in-depth training and 1:1 business mentoring.
Learn more about Help to GrowExecutive Leadership Level 7 Apprenticeship
Ideal for senior managers wanting to develop their leadership skills and take on the next stage of their careers.
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Leeds University Business School is dedicated to fostering dynamic partnerships with businesses, offering a unique blend of academic excellence and practical, real-world solutions. From direct collaboration and learning programmes to cutting-edge research projects, we provide the expertise, insight, and innovation needed to navigate today’s rapidly changing business landscape.
Whether you're looking to grow your business, meet climate change goals, or adapt to new ways of working, our partnerships offer access to world-class research, a pipeline of emerging talent, and tailored support for innovation. At Leeds, academic rigour meets real-world business practice, driving success through collaboration.
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Research and consultancy
We help ambitious organisations achieve operational and strategic goals through a range of consultancy and advisory services.
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Tap into our talent through placements and projects. An opportunity to investigate your organisation’s challenges, while helping our future graduates.
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Small businesses operate in a fast-moving environment. As your team and business grow you will find you face new challenges, and that advice from people who have been there before can be invaluable.
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Providing organisations and business professionals with a wide range of transformational learning experiences.
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We work with small businesses, large corporate organisations and public bodies through our executive education, collaborative research projects and talented community of students.
KPMG
In 2022 we partnered with KPMG to deliver a Family Business Leadership Academy that helps prepare members of family businesses to take up a leadership role in the coming years.
Read about the Family Business Leadership AcademyNovuna Consumer Finance
Experts at Leeds University Business School have worked with finance provider, Novuna Consumer Finance, to explore using AI technology to make improved decisions for customers.
Read about our research consultancy projectVirgin Money
We took part in the Virgin Money Levelling Upstarts programme that brought together Masters students with SMEs to share knowledge and provide mentoring opportunities.
Read about the Levelling Upstarts programmeSouthernsBroadstock
Find out how our expertise helped an organisation capture the value of their data to drive their business forward.
Read how we helped use data to transform a furniture supplierCooper King Distillery
Read our case study of how two students undertook a project working with England’s first carbon-neutral distillery.
Read about our latest SME student projectDaletech Electronics
Read our case study of how a local small business owner benefited from our leadership programmes.
Read about how we helped a small business build an effective strategyLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Two senior NHS managers tell us about their experiences of our leadership programme.
Read about how we worked with senior NHS managersHatmill - supply chain logistics consultants
Our Exceptional Non-Executive Director (NED) programme places experienced directors into SMEs enabling them to gain the skills and knowledge to become an effective NED, whilst sharing their experience and guidance with the business.
Read more about how the NED placement benefited HatmillsRe:Work - Leeds-based office furniture business
Re:Work CEO Caroline Wherritt took part in our Help to Grow: Management course for SME leaders who are looking to grow their business. Caroline is one of more than 100 business leaders who have taken part.
Read more about Help to Grow and Caroline's experience of the programmeCollaborative Partnerships
Leeds University Business School has been building long-term partnerships with a wide range of private, public and third-party organisation over many years. We are located just a short walk from Leeds City centre and are perfectly placed to help local organisations to grow and innovate.
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Ideas in Practice seminars
A free seminar series bringing together business people, policy makers and academics.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Benefit from our expertise through this unique Government funded initiative, which has proven results in helping businesses to grow.
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