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Centre for Enterprise

Supporting business leaders to innovate and grow with practical insights from leading research, tailored support and world-class facilities.

What we offer

The Centre for Enterprise supports business leaders to innovate and grow.

Our specialist team transforms leading research into practical solutions that help businesses. We focus on support to upskill, embrace emerging technologies and boost productivity.

We look at the needs of micro, small and medium-sized businesses, and help them identify achievable steps. Whether developing action plans, marketing strategies or business toolkits in our leadership and growth programmes, or identifying how to adopt digital or green technologies through our innovation services, the Centre can help. 

We offer a variety of part- and fully-subsidised support, providing access to cutting-edge research into business and technology and networking with other owners and leaders. 

Our world-class facilities are available to small businesses as are opportunities for collaboration and networking.

All that we do underpins the drive to help businesses grow sustainably, achieve creative excellence and create greener futures.

Our support and services

Effective support for SMEs

The Small Business Charter (SBC) award is given to business schools that play an effective role in supporting small businesses, local economies and student entrepreneurship.

It’s the highest level of accreditation, which means you can expect to tap into an experienced, successful and highly valued business network when you work with us.

Small Business Charter

Our services

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    Help to Grow: Management

    Find out how our management training can help your business to innovate, scale and strategise. Meet other growing firms and build your network.

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    OPENSME

    Develop your skills with our free online training for small to medium businesses. Fit your learning around your schedule, whenever and wherever suits you.

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    Digital innovation support

    Find out if your business is eligible for free guidance and support from our digital technology experts.

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    Build a sustainable business

    Get help to exploit the commercial potential of hydrogen as a fuel source, and play your part in the drive to Net Zero.

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The Centre for Enterprise is a multidisciplinary team of experts who make academic knowledge work for businesses.

Since 2012, we've supported more than 2000 SMEs to grow and won funding bids worth over £40million to innovate in university-business engagement.
Professor Jennie Shorley
Academic Director for the Centre for Enterprise
The Centre for Enterprise is a multidisciplinary team of experts who make academic knowledge work for businesses.

Since 2012, we've supported more than 2000 SMEs to grow and won funding bids worth over £40million to innovate in university-business engagement.
Professor Jennie Shorley
Academic Director for the Centre for Enterprise

Research-led innovation

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    Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre

    Helping to develop the next generation of power sources.

    Go to the Fuel Centre
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    PrintCity

    Manchester Met's 3D additive and digital manufacturing centre.

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About the department

Contact and connect

Get in touch by phone or email, or connect with us on social media.

Address

The Centre for Enterprise

Manchester Met Business School

All Saints Campus

Manchester, M15 6BH

cfegrowth@mmu.ac.uk