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.
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Working with business
At Leeds University Business School, we specialise in building transformative partnerships with businesses and organisations, blending academic excellence with practical expertise to deliver real-world impact. Whether you seek cutting-edge research, tailored learning programmess, or innovative solutions, we’re here to help you navigate and thrive in today’s fast-evolving business environment.
Our <b>External Engagement Team </b>connects you to world-class research, a pipeline of emerging talent, and bespoke support for innovation. From driving growth and achieving sustainability goals to adapting to the future of work, we align academic insight with business practice to create meaningful, results-driven collaborations.
Contact the Business School’s External Engagement Team: LUBSExternalEngagement@Leeds.ac.uk
Ways to partner with us
Research and consultancy
Collaborate with us through a range of consultancy and advisory services. We help ambitious organisations achieve operational and strategic goals.
More on Research and consultancyWorking with students
Inspire our talent through placements and projects, with opportunities to investigate your organisation’s challenges, while helping our future graduates.
More on Working with studentsExecutive and Professional Education
Learn with our dedicated teams of experts from academia and industry. We provide organisations and business professionals with a wide range of transformational learning experiences.
More on Executive and Professional EducationOur events
Our events are designed to bridge disciplines and drive transformative change. Through our flagship series and strategic partnerships—including collaborations with the Bank of England and Leeds Digital Festival—we foster a vibrant ecosystem of knowledge sharing and innovation.
Upcoming events
Corporate Wisdom event series
Welcoming talks from key business figures from across the globe, with the opportunity to network with like-minded business professionals
Ideas in Practice seminars
A free seminar series bringing together business people, policy makers and academics.
Who we work with
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 programmeNews

Marks and Spencer CFO delivers talk to students
Thursday 19 December 2024
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