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Fuelling Innovation Through Placements
Cardtrend, a software development company specialising in payment and fleet management, have been working with BCU to h...
Mentoring Future Talent
Sanina Kaur, from SK Copy Co Ltd, has been working with BCU on the Professional Mentoring Programme, supporting student...
UK housebuilding: a year on, what’s really changed for SMEs?
Following Birmingham City University's Centre for Future Homes hosting the 17th Housing Summit at Arup , we asked Mi...
How AI could influence your future recruitment
Are you considering the role AI is playing when it comes to recruitment? In this blog we look over how the rise in AI ...
What is disruptive innovation, and why does it matter?
In an ever-more competitive business landscape as technologies evolve, businesses must do more than just keep up, they...
BCU and BBG partnership - next steps
In April we ran a blog on BCUs exciting partnership with Birmingham Botanical Gardens looking ahead to the summer and...
What does the new industrial strategy mean for business?
The UK's Industrial Strategy 2025 was published in the summer. We review what the focuses are and what this means for W...
The Apprenticeship Levy Share Scheme – new skills from unspent taxes
The Apprenticeship Levy Share Scheme offers a viable means through which SMEs, who may not be able to sustain the cost ...
Welcome to our Business Services
In support of the strategic pillar ‘Power Prosperity’ outlined in our new 2030 Strategy, Birmingham City University (...
Introducing BCU Business Services: How to make the most of our expanded offer
Find out how your organisation can make the most of BCU's newly expanded Business Services support in our blog.
Meet BCU's 100th short course learner!
When Pam Virk-Paul signed up for Birmingham City University’s Digital Marketing Short Course in January 2025, she had n...
Seven finance tasks businesses can do themselves
Accountants play a very important role in ensuring that your business adheres to Government regulations. But did you kn...
CreaTech Frontiers - Birmingham Music Experience
Creative SME's in the West Midlands are being offered grants of up to £10,000 to bring innovative ideas to life, as par...
Growing together - BCU and BBG Partnership
Birmingham City University is a Strategic Learning Partner of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG) and our Vice-Cha...
The fastest growing job roles in the UK and Birmingham
At the start of 2025, Linkedin reported on the fastest growing job roles in Birmingham and the wider UK. In this blog, ...
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