The University is dedicated to providing support to our budding entrepreneurs. For our students who want to use their innovative and creative skills, we recommend you contact GCU Entrepreneurial Hub to discuss your ideas further and put together an action plan.

GCU Entrepreneurial Hub is a vibrant ecosystem established to empower our staff, students, and alumni on their journey to entrepreneurial excellence.

The Hub delivers an array of complimentary services tailored to bolster business acumen, from seasoned advice to practical workshops and networking. Members of the Hub can benefit from the opportunity to secure seed funding, dedicated workspace and meeting rooms.

They offer free support for:

• One-to-one business advice
• Access to members-only co-working and meeting facilities
• Support with developing professional connections
• Exclusive workshops and networking events
• Access to exclusive internal start-up funding and help with accessing external opportunities.

If you’ve already developed your idea, then the next step is to get support for it. Entrepreneurial Spark is a business accelerator (hatchery) where start-up and early-stage businesses are hot-housed, nurtured, and enabled in an intensive five-month business accelerator programme.

Whatever stage your business is at, Business Gateway offers a wide range of professional resources and support. All are designed to help you learn new skills, create opportunities and develop strategies for a sustainable business.

If you’re thinking about the franchise model, then the British Franchise Agency is a good starting point. It is a self-regulating governing body for franchising with information and help for current and prospective franchisees. It also includes a list of members and training events.

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