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At Bury College, we’re here to help businesses in the local community grow and succeed by offering them business support. As a part of the Greater Manchester Colleges group, we are partnering with Innovate UK to deliver business growth and innovation as a part of the Further Education Innovation Fund. Our Business Innovation team can partner with you to help in a number of different ways.
Get in touch
We can partner with you to provide local support to your business, there’s no business too small or idea too big. Please don’t hesitate to introduce yourself to us.
Please get in touch with our Business Innovation Manager, James Shuttleworth, via James.Shuttleworth@BuryCollege.ac.uk for more information.
Explore opportunities for your business to grow cost-effectively
We can support you in optimising existing resources and processes to help make the most of what you already have, as well as working with you to explore low-risk innovation opportunities.
Identify or solve business challenges or limitations that you may be facing
We can collaborate with you to pinpoint obstacles and challenges and develop an effective response, helping you to problem-solve and develop practical solutions that address your business needs.
Implement new ideas in your business to drive growth, efficiency, or cost-effectiveness
We can help you streamline operations and enhance productivity by helping you identify and adopt simple and effective changes that align to your business goals.
Work with you to understand your appetite and ability to grow and adapt
We can diagnose how willing and able your business is in the context of innovation and development. We’ll be able to identify opportunities and weaknesses and work with you to inform strategy.
Connect you with credible subject expertise to help develop your ideas
We can introduce you to industry experts whose experience you can leverage, in the form of practical guidance and insight, to help advance your ideas and introduce you to new ones.
Provide access to specialist tools, materials, or knowledge
We can connect you with state-of-the-art facilities and resources in production and manufacturing to help you develop new products or services and explore what is possible.
Highlight potential funding sources and opportunities
We can work with you to identify available funding channels including any available grants, investment opportunities and tax breaks that may be applicable to your business.
Develop and grow your workforce, now and for the future
We can support the identification of training needs and provide opportunities that will help you build a talented and resilient workforce equipped with the skills needed for long-term success.
Put you in touch with wider business support groups
We are well-connected with a whole host of Greater Manchester business & innovation networks so we can find you the right support to help you on your way.
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