Centre for Enterprise

Our mission at the Centre for Enterprise is to transform businesses through innovation and learning, enabling them to embrace the future, grow sustainably, and thrive, in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Our specialist team turns leading research into practical solutions. We provide businesses with support to upskill staff, adopt emerging technologies and boost productivity.

We look at the needs of micro, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and help them identify achievable steps. Whether it’s developing action plans, marketing strategies or business toolkits through our growth programmes, or identifying how to adopt digital or green technologies, or bring a new product or service to market through our innovation services, we can help. 

We offer a variety of part and fully subsidised support, providing access to:

Cutting-edge research into business and technology,
Our world-class facilities,
Networking opportunities with like-minded business leaders.

Our ambition is to help businesses achieve sustainable growth, creative excellence and help create greener futures for all.

Effective support for SMEs

We have held the Small Business Charter (SBC) accreditation for over 10 years. This 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.

Since 2012, we've supported more than 3000 SMEs to grow and won funding bids worth over £48million to innovate in university-business engagement.

Professor Jennie Shorley

Academic Director for the Centre for Enterprise

Since 2012, we've supported more than 3000 SMEs to grow and won funding bids worth over £48million to innovate in university-business engagement.

Professor Jennie Shorley

Academic Director for the Centre for Enterprise

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Growth services

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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Innovation services

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Centre

Access to technological expertise and capacity building for innovation-ready businesses in sustainable materials development and advanced materials.

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Centre for Digital Innovation

Access our supercluster of digital expertise, knowledge, research and facilities to develop new products and technologies, create new supply chains, build collaborations and help train your staff.
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Cheshire Innovation Network

Cheshire West-based businesses can fast track innovations or ideas to commercialisation through this programme.

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Greater Manchester Electrochemical Hydrogen Cluster

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 Innovation Retreat

The Innovation Retreat is designed to help Greater Manchester businesses to develop plans for prototyping new products and services and accelerate their launch.
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Made Smarter

Solve manufacturing operational problems with digital technology
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Our learning activities actively reflect and build on lived experiences; create time away from the workplace to work on the business; provide peer-to-peer networks for sharing experience; and teach academic theory via practical workplace activity.

Joanne Daley

Professional Services Director for Centre for Enterprise

Innovate with world-leading technology and expertise

Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre

Helping to develop the next generation of power sources.
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PrintCity

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