• #1 Instaprint "Best UK Cities for Millennial Start-Ups"

  • #2 Barclays’ SME Growth Factors Index "best cities in the UK in which to start a business"

  • #3 Instant Office’s "UK’s Most Entrepreneurial City 2018" Ranking

  • UK #1 for increase in digital business births 2006-16 at 568%

  • #4 Paymentsense "best UK cities to start a business in 2019"

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We organise and promote mentoring, talks, advice, collaboration and workspace offerings with a “give first” ethos. We warmly welcome people of all backgrounds.

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Do you have technology or business needs that DMU students could provide free, remote help with during the pandemic? 

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Do you have technology or business needs that DMU students could provide free, remote help with during the pandemic?  Someone to help you use social media or meetings tools? Website development? Hands-on help running your business remotely? Brand and messaging enhancement? Other needs? DMU is keen to know whether their students could provide urgent remote assistance to […]

Leicester-based start up FoodTrolly, created in six days as a direct result of COVID-19, now live and taking orders.

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Leicester-based start up FoodTrolly was created as a direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The concept of FoodTrolly.org was discussed last Wednesday. By Thursday morning a decision was made to go ahead, with the aim to help ease the burden of food delivery slots, currently full across the UK. By Friday morning the app was […]

Leicester based high-street App LoyalFree, have announced how their technology is being adapted to support local businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Following new government advice on social distancing, the Loyalfree app encourages people to shop local whilst also staying safe at the same time. A series of new ‘Home Delivery’ trails are now appearing on the app, detailing which local businesses can offer their services through online or safe delivery options. LoyalFree will be adapting their […]

Locumbell is now recruiting drivers for all pharmacies across the UK to help with the serious problem of delivering prescriptions

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Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, it has been a very difficult time for pharmacists to ensure staffing needs are met. Locumbell is now supporting pharmacies across the UK to help with the delivery of prescriptions to patients. https://www.locumbell.com/public/locum/index.html  

Locumbell.com is now supporting all 350 Tesco pharmacies in the UK

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Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, it has been a very difficult time for pharmacists to ensure staffing needs are met. Locumbell is now supporting Tesco pharmacies to ensure staff needs are met. Locumbell technology allows a business to communicate with hundreds of locums within seconds. The business logs in and with a few clicks can define […]

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Next Events

April 6, 2020
Mon
06
Founders' Weekly Goal Setting & Roundtable
Location: Virtual
A weekly check in, troubleshooting, and goal setting exercise with other founders in Leicester

Let's own the week:

It might feel like chaos out there - but we all still have a job to do: building our startups.

Every Monday morning, at 9am, Founders across Leicester come together on Zoom to share ideas, troubleshoot, and set their goals for the week. Each and every Monday we're checking in with each other, keeping each other motivated, and holding ourselves accountable.

If you're a founder, you're warmly invited to join us. Register here: https://leicesterfounderroundtable.eventbrite.co.uk

April 7, 2020
Tue
07
Open Coffee Club
Location: Virtual
Open Coffee Club is a simple idea - have a fixed time and place where entrepreneurs, investors, developers and marketers involved and interested in startups could get together in a really informal setting to meet, chat and make connections. https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Leicester-Co-working/events/267685173/
April 8, 2020
Wed
08
Female Founders Round Table
Location: Virtual

The entrepreneurial journey can be full of change, uncertainty and be quite lonely. It can sometimes be difficult to focus and reflect on your next steps. So at Female Founder’s, we want to help support you with our Founder’s Round Table to have open and frank discussions about the challenges you are facing. Each session will start with a group discussion reflecting on the previous week, each founder will have a chance to share their weekly challenges and contribute to supporting other founders. Then each founder will be supported in setting goals for the next week! Sessions will be held weekly every Wednesday at 9.30am, please note that there are limited spaces to this event and it is open only to women with startups/businesses. Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-founders-round-table-tickets-101662007802

Wed
08
Lunch & Learn with Founder Jim Willis
Location: Online

Lunch and Learn with the Founder: Jim Willis

Join Leicester Startups online for an hour with Jim, one of the most exciting and experienced founders in the region.

You'll hear his story, learn what Jim thinks about marketing and positioning during the current market challenges, and spend some time asking your questions.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-with-the-founder-jim-willis-tickets-101795625456

Jim Willis is a business leader, with a wealth of experience in launching and scaling startups across a diverse range of sectors from Craft Breweries to Geospatial Tech.

As co-founder and managing director of the award winning (Chartered Institute of Marketing Excellence Awards) digital agency Bulb Studios, he holds notable client relationships with Warner Bros., Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Jaguar Land Rover, amongst an array of others.

Jim was a founder of CrowdLab; a tech startup with offices in the UK and US. In 2015 Jim negotiated the sale of CrowdLab to media giant Omnicom Group.

His charitable board roles include: The Inclusion Club; a global charity raising awareness of disability in sport and Pedestrian; an education charity which provides accredited learning to disadvantaged young people.

Jim sits on the International Advisory Board of The University of Leicester’s School of Business and is an ambassador for inward investment for Leicester City council.

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April 13, 2020
Mon
13
Founders' Weekly Goal Setting & Roundtable
Location: Virtual
A weekly check in, troubleshooting, and goal setting exercise with other founders in Leicester

Let's own the week:

It might feel like chaos out there - but we all still have a job to do: building our startups.

Every Monday morning, at 9am, Founders across Leicester come together on Zoom to share ideas, troubleshoot, and set their goals for the week. Each and every Monday we're checking in with each other, keeping each other motivated, and holding ourselves accountable.

If you're a founder, you're warmly invited to join us. Register here: https://leicesterfounderroundtable.eventbrite.co.uk