“My advice to female entrepreneurs? Act like the barriers aren’t there.”
Natalia Welch is the founder of Pura Panela, selling the Colombian sugar alternative panela around the world.
How our research is helping businesses to innovate
Our facilities and expertise can help your business go further.
Working at Co-op Food as a degree apprentice
Read about Caitlin’s experience working as a Food Technologist at Co-op Food. She enrolled on our Technical Degree Apprenticeship Programme in 2021 after finding an opportunity that allowed her to kick-start her career in the food industry.
“After attending the Help to Grow: Management course, I've got more confidence to expand my brand”
Kelvin Quick owner of China Red and ALS Gongcha shares his experience of our Help to Grow: Management Course.
Making recruitment easy for Pricecheck
SMEs like Pricecheck offer students a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience of the workplace
Driving change in the packaging industry
We spoke to Julie Harris, L&D Business Partner in Operations and Early Careers, and Jon Wrigglesworth, Head of Packaging and Innovation at Premier Foods, to find out what impact Niall’s Packaging Professional degree apprenticeship has had on their business.
"Apprentices are helping us future-proof our workforce"
We spoke to Richard Taylor, Technical Manager at Co-op Food to find out how recruiting apprentices have positively impacted their department and allowed them to stay ahead of the curve.
Helping Shaws Huddersfield bring new industry knowledge into their business
We spoke to Emily Dent to discover how apprentices have helped to strengthen the business by utilising new industry skills.
How we gave a health kick to a new company
Natural Sports Nutrition approached Innovation Futures to help develop their range of Performance Meals. This collaboration kick-started their business by developing a product range to take to the market. An impressive 8,000 meals were sold in the first three months.
“Compared to what we have as a small business, the facilities at Sheffield Hallam are amazing.”
Find out how we're helping Barnsley SME, White's Bakery develop a healthier product range with our expertise.