UCL and LCF partner to build local businesses with Enterprise4Good
- Written byLondon College of Fashion
- Published date 17 April 2024
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East Bank Partners London College of Fashion, UAL and UCL, in collaboration with Enterprise4Good, have teamed up to support local entrepreneurs and emerging businesses in east London with a Business Builder skills programme.
LCF's Fashion Business School and the UCL School of Management have launched the free Business Builder programme, which sees its first recruits all set to join in May.
Academics and entrepreneurs from FBS and UCL have worked together to create and develop a hybrid 6-week programme designed to support emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses based in east London. It recognises the innumerable opportunities that entrepreneurship offers local communities in relation to stimulating economic growth and prosperity and will support their ability to compete in the future labour market.
The Business Builder programme is being offered free to all successful applicants and will be delivered from the new LCF campus in Stratford and UCL East campus in Stratford.
Participants will benefit from expert teaching and be given real-world examples and implementable actions to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and key frameworks that will grow their business.
“The FBS Enterprise team is very excited to be managing and facilitating the Business Builder programme. Students will learn key business skills which will help them grow their business and have the opportunity to create a business model canvas. Each student will also receive 2 hours of individual mentoring. We are delighted to be supporting our local entrepreneurial community.” - Nicole Dunlop, Program Director for Product, Innovation and Enterprise at LCF.
"It's fantastic to see colleagues from UCL complementing the skills and expertise of our East Bank Partners London College of Fashion, UAL, to deliver an impactful programme to support the next generation of entrepreneurs. Together our two institutions will share experience, knowledge and networks to enhance and support local entrepreneurs build their businesses in east London." - Simon Magness, Partnerships Manager for UCL East.
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