Meet Darren from our team of business advisors. Darren has worked with hundreds of businesses helping them to look at business strategy, process improvement, and digital challenges. He provides expert support on those grant funding applications too.
While studying at Sheffield Hallam, Ella won a competition ran by the University's marketing society to pitch a PR campaign to creative agency, Rise at Seven who have their headquarters here in Sheffield. This helped her secure a graduate role as a junior social media executive at the agency.
Meet some of our students and see why they fell in love with Sheffield.
Whether you’re a digital SME, artisan producer, or in the FTSE 100 you’re in good company in Sheffield. Our business community is a crucible of ideas, skills and opportunity. No matter the size of your business or ambition, there's also a whole host of FREE support services available to help you thrive here.
The Business Sheffield team is made up of our permanent staff and a wide array of specialists who you can speak to directly to get support, advice and help. You can take a look at more information on any of the advisors to see what they specialise in and how to get in touch.
Each year, as Hillsborough Park gets ready to host the main Tramlines Festival, the rest of the city also gears up to stage a whole host of music events for all tastes. Taking place in various Sheffield venues 24 - 26 July 2026.
2023 is set to be a landmark year in the city’s music history, as some of Sheffield’s best-known exports return to play historic headlining shows. Meanwhile a Sheffield-made musical has just won two Oliver awards and Sheffield's DIY music scene is also making waves in national press...
Sheffield is one of the few places in the world where people talk to each other in the streets, on the bus, in shops. It's a truly welcoming and warm city full of open and genuine folk.
The Economic Recovery Fund (ERF) ran between February 2021 and April 2025. It was a unique, innovative grant fund that aims to support local economic recovery in local high streets by empowering local groups of businesses to implement changes themselves.
Discover Sheffield’s buzzing independent food and drink scene. Bold chefs, indie eateries and standout bars and pubs make Sheffield one of the UK’s most exciting places to eat and drink.
The Sheffield tech ecosystem has developed significantly over the last few years with more tech businesses relocating and scaling in the city - in fact, in 2022 Startups has ranked us the best city in the UK to start a business.
We know businesses of any kind need help, and Business Sheffield have the experience to do just that. We've been doing this for over 30 years and have helped more than 3500 businesses in one way or another.
Music in the Round and Ensemble 360 host an annual Festival each May in the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse and other venues around the city to present informal and inventive performances of classical and modern classical music.
Kicking off the outdoor season with a bang! Each March, Festival of the Outdoors offers a full month of events and activities celebrating Sheffield's great outdoors and communities. With a really wide variety of events there's something for everyone!
We have 61% greenspace within our borders, we have more trees per person than any other city in Europe, we have over 800 managed greenspaces across 4,000 hectares of land, and it’s recently coming to light that we have more peatland bog than any other city too (which tops the charts for carbon capture). These facts are a source of great pride, but come with a duty to look after what we have.