Enterprise Bureau
Enterprise Bureau (EB) is an excellent opportunity for SMEs to enrich their businesses by using skilled undergraduates/postgraduates and expert academics as an invaluable resource.
The EB programme focuses on developing your business through a project-driven partnership between your company, a high quality student (known as an Associate) and the research expertise of a university.
With a firm structure of a 6 week full time, supervised student project, the programme is designed to help participating businesses:
- Improve their competitiveness
- Increase their profits
- Implement new business solutions
- Access specialist technical problem solving expertise
- Overcome any skill gaps that might exist within the company
- Access the wealth of knowledge and expertise possessed by universities
- Keep abreast of technological developments.
Projects are shaped according to the individual needs of your business, with concrete positive outcomes and benefits as the objective result. Not only do EB projects draw upon the skills and innovation of a high-calibre Associate, but full academic support is on-hand to sustain the direction of your project. Typical projects that EB Associates work on include:
- Marketing
- IT
- E-commerce
- Multimedia
- Environment
- Finance.
The EB programme is presently targeting small to medium businesses located in the ERDF Objective 2 area. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the scheme is an excellent means for improving your enterprise through a business development project tailored for you.
