Innovation and enterprise

Great reasons to attend Creative Entrepreneur 2016

Have you heard of Creative Entrepreneur 2016? It is Salford Business School’s industry collaboration event! Here at Salford Business School, industry collaboration is really important. We really want to make sure our teaching is real-world relevant and that our graduates are as employable as possible. How do we do this? How do we create a bridge between […]

How 3D printing works #PUPRU

How does 3D printing work? Have you heard abut 3D printing technologies? There are lots of things you could print. We have already been printed a few things already, like a duck, a Salford ambition sign and a butterfly clip! Recent improvements and falling prices of 3D printers meant that the technology is more accessible […]

How do beacons work? #PUPRU

Have you heard about beacons? How do beacons work? Beacons are one of many technologies that Salford Business School’s PUPRU is working with. If you don’t know by now what #PUPRU is, you can read about it here. The #PUPRU team are a group from the Centre for Digital Business with a focus on researching […]

Ignited: Salford Business School Magazine

Salford Business School Academics show innovation and insight in business thinking. I am delighted to be able to introduce you to the second issue of the Salford Business School (#SalfordBSchool) magazine Ignited. Having recently joined the School I had done my research before I joined as Dean. I knew that Salford has a great reputation […]

Competition: Win a ticket to #CampDigital

Future Entrepreneurs Wanted: Calling all innovators! What: Camp Digital is an inspirational conference that brings together the digital, design and user experience (UX) communities for a series of seminars and workshops exploring the latest thinking. When: 23 April 2015. Where: Museum of Science & Industry, (MOSI Manchester). The Centre for Digital Business is setting students a […]

Puro y Simple: more than just a family business

Family businesses within the food industry are very common. Mine is a very pure and simple business. ‘Puro y Simple” (”pure and simple’ in English) is a wholemeal bread manufacturer based in Venezuela. Since 1981, Puro y Simple has specialized on offering Venezuelans an alternative to the traditional white bread, natural wholemeal bread of the highest […]

Can crowdsourcing bring students and companies together?

The adage “two heads are better than one” is at the core of a new European project UC-Crowd. The project has the ultimate goal of enabling companies and universities to work effectively and productively together on real business challenges – using a platform called Challenge Academy. The project team are using the latest technological advances […]

Salford Business School receives Small Business Charter Award

Salford Business School is celebrating after receiving the Small Business Charter Award at a special ceremony at 10 Downing Street, in recognition of the role it has played over the years in helping to kick-start British enterprise. The Small Business Charter Award is a new scheme that recognises the great success achieved by British business […]