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AMBS offers 50% funding for Greater Manchester leaders on Executive Education courses in 2025

Monday, February 3, 2025

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) is offering 50% funding towards Executive Education course fees for local Manchester leaders in celebration of its 60th anniversary in 2025. >>

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AMBS receives Athena Swan Silver Award

Friday, January 31, 2025

Alliance Manchester Business School has received the prestigious Silver Athena Swan Award in recognition of its continued efforts to advance gender equality. >>

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AMBS and National Trust collaborate to enhance leadership capability for 2025 strategy

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

A partnership between AMBS and National Trust aims to equip leaders with the skills to successfully sponsor the delivery of complex projects - readying National Trust to implement its 2025 strategy. >>

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Regional empowerment key to Britain's productivity revival

Monday, January 27, 2025

Highlights the importance of collaboration between national and regional authorities in the UK, emphasising empowered local leadership, tailored policies, and scaled-up powers to address productivity disparities and foster long-term economic growth across regions. >>

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AMBS Advisory Board appoints two new members

Thursday, January 23, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Nick Allen and John Wrathmell have been appointed to the Alliance Manchester Business School Advisory Board. >>

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Manchester-based Tech startup Arcube secures $1.5m in seed funding

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Arcube, a Manchester-based startup aiming to transform the airline industry, has successfully raised a $1.5 million seed round co-led by Fuel Ventures & Oxford Capital Partners.

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Enterprise
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AMBS appoints global agri-food tech founder and alumnus Patrick Vizzone as Honorary Professor

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Patrick Vizzone, a global financier, investor and agri-food tech founder with a significant international footprint, has been appointed an Honorary Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship at AMBS.

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Enterprise
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A new era for enterprise

Monday, July 8, 2024

The University of Manchester announces Entrepreneurship Director.

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Enterprise, School
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Manchester eyewear company Specscart named on prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Specscart founder, Sid Sethi, who won a Masood Entrepreneurship Centre Venture Further Award and is a University of Manchester alumnus, has been listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list for disrupting the UK eyewear industry.

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Enterprise
Venture further award competition winners. The event was held at the Whitworth Hall at the University of Manchester

Entrepreneurs share £100,000 prize money at Venture Further Awards

Monday, May 15, 2023

The Venture Further Awards were held in the Whitworth Hall on Wednesday 10 May, celebrating the entrepreneurial talent and creativity from students and recent graduates across The University of Manchester.

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Enterprise, School
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