Ready to scale-up?

Join us to find out about support available to expand your business into new markets.

Scale-Up Forum event

Thursday 14 March, 2024

4-6pm, Alliance Manchester Business School

Penthouse, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB

The University of Manchester invites you to join us for a friendly, informative and practical networking session covering the support available to expand your business into new markets. 

The Scale-Up Forum is a peer-to-peer network for ambitious, growing businesses to share experiences and common challenges, and discuss scale-up-related topics with the regional business support ecosystem. 

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Agenda

At our last meeting, members told us that they wanted support with access to new markets, so we are pleased to be hosting an agenda featuring:

Professor Hongwei He, Alliance Manchester Business School

How understanding market segments, customer needs, competing offering, brand and products can support your business journey into new markets. A practical case study of academic research being applied to a business opportunity.

Dr Michelle Lockwood, senior Innovation and Growth Specialist at Innovate UK Edge

Innovate Edge UK is a key part of the UK innovation agency's investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth. Businesses can benefit from support with opening new markets, sourcing funding and finance, and exploiting business innovation.

Christos Kottis, The Department for Business and Trade

Our Trade Partnerships Manager for Greater Manchester, Christos, will give the DBT view on market access, highlighting new FTAs being signed globally and the support DBT can offer through their network of trade teams based in embassies and consulates in 185 countries.

Caroline Stanton, Head of SME Partnerships, University of Manchester

Hear about how partnering and collaborating with the University of Manchester can support your business innovation and growth.

Collaborate

The event will include:

• A round room question and answer session.
• Interactive future direction planning.

We are currently planning an exciting calendar of events for the year ahead. Further details will be posted here soon; in the meantime please contact the Business Engagement team to be added to the circulation list for future event information.