Working with business
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.
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Executive Leadership Level 7 Apprenticeship
Ideal for senior managers wanting to develop their leadership skills and take on the next stage of their career.
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Share your challenge with us
We invite you to share your challenge with us. We regularly collaborate with organisations through research projects and consultancy.
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Working with business
The Business School is an internationally renowned centre of business excellence, supporting and collaborating with organisations regionally, nationally and internationally. In addition, academics are involved at government level to influence policy makers and business agendas. We work with small businesses, large corporate organisations and public bodies through collaborative research, consultancy, executive education and events.
Research and consultancy
We help ambitious organisations achieve operational and strategic goals through a range of consultancy and advisory services.
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Providing organisations and business professionals with a wide range of transformational learning experiences.
More on Professional and Executive EducationWorking with students
Tap into our talent through placements and projects. An opportunity to investigate your organisation’s challenges, while helping our future graduates.
More on Working with studentsSmall business support
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.
More on Small business supportCase studies
- Leeds students work with England’s first carbon-neutral distillery
- Helping a small business build an effective strategy
- Driving leadership excellence in the NHS
- Using data to transform a furniture supplier
- Supporting 60 local SME businesses
- Customised leadership programme in Arts and Cultural industries
- Developing the next generation of female leaders in the Middle East
- Apprenticeship programme for NHS leaders
Leeds students work with England’s first carbon-neutral 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 projectHelping a small business build an effective strategy

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 strategyDriving leadership excellence in the NHS

Two senior NHS managers tell us about their experiences of our leadership programme.
Read about how we worked with senior NHS managersUsing data to transform a furniture supplier

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 supplierSupporting 60 local SME businesses

We delivered a programme of peer networks and coaching to support 60 local small businesses.
Read about how we worked with local SMEsCustomised leadership programme in Arts and Cultural industries

We are partnering with the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong to design and deliver a tailored Executive Leadership Programme in Arts and Cultural Industries.
Read about how we developed a customised programme in Arts and Cultural IndustriesDeveloping the next generation of female leaders in the Middle East

We successfully launched a women’s leadership programme for executives in the Middle East.
Read about our customised programme helping develop female leadersApprenticeship programme for NHS leaders

NHS managers are just one group of professionals benefiting from our Leadership Apprenticeship Programme.
Read about the experience of an NHS manager on our leadership programmeFind out more about how we can help
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.