"I chose to work in Sheffield because I didn't want to leave! I have a really lovely group of friends still here, there's a great music scene and I love being able to dash off to the Peaks after work.”
On Monday 7th June 2024, the Diverse Business Advisory Board met at the National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering (NCEFE) to celebrate the first-year achievements of the Diverse Business Advisory Board, reviewing the priorities we’ve delivered on, and offering suggestions for what’s worked well and what could be improved.
Sheffield has been a nationally significant centre for online learning and educational technologies since even before the decision to site the University for Industry here in 1998. Since then, there has been a steady stream of talent and new businesses born of this activity, developing resources and platforms for learning across many different industry verticals.
Liam has been embedded into the musical fabric of Sheffield since he arrived in the city in 1991.
Meet Mubarak Hassan. You would find Mubarak regularly out and about in his patches- Shalesmoor, Wicker, Spital Hill / Burngreave, Firth Park, Pagehall. Greenhill, Heeley, Nether Edge, Sharrow Vale and Abbeydale Road
Julian Gjini bought his café on Abbeydale Road when there were hardly any thriving businesses in the area, and has watched the independent business community grow to the point where Tesco is almost the only chain store on the street.
Business Sheffield's Andy Sorsby helps Blake UK with a successful application for a Business Productivity Grant.