The Business Club

Working together for a thriving region

Every year, we work with hundreds of businesses, providing them with expertise, training, funded support and facilities. This is having a real impact on the skills base, economic prosperity, productivity, and sustainability of our region — particularly as we learn to adapt and build back following the pandemic.

To celebrate these achievements and encourage more partnership working between business and the University, we’re launching the Business Club. It will be:

free to join
open to any organisation that wants to build contacts and collaborate with us and other local businesses
suitable for start-ups, scale-ups and even established corporates.

Why join the Business Club?

The Business Club will be a place to network, learn and influence. We want everyone to contribute and take something away from it.

Maybe you’re looking to:

recruit new talent
find partners to support you with research and innovation
develop skills within your company
build your network
help shape the future workforce.

All of these, and more, are possible when you’re part of the Business Club — sign up now.

Watch an interview with Claire and her peer group

Claire and the other members of her peer group talk here about the benefits of having this support network.

Collaboration stories

Find out how we've been collaborating with businesses to help them adapt, innovate and thrive.

Partnership with local SME supports growth and develops future innovators

Find out how we've been working in partnership with digital technology studio, Bloc Digital, since 2016.

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Graduate Talent and CPD - Airport Information Systems

AIS develop support software for the airport industry. They have been working with our University on succession planning, new skills development and networking.

Citizens Advice recruit Derby interns

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia has recently recruited two new Derby interns to help with its digital marketing, thanks to support and funding from the Productivity through Innovation programme.

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Funded management training for business leaders

Hear from SME business leaders who have been taking part in the subsidised Help to Grow Management Programme.

De-carbonising the construction supply chain

Our DE-Carbonise project team are working with metal recycling and waste management specialist, Ward, to increase sustainability and reduce emissions among the local construction supply chain.