Encouraging entrepreneurship

As well as developing the talent of our own people, we also look to encourage skill building and entrepreneurship across society.

In partnership with British Universities & Colleges Sport, our Deloitte BUCS Leadership Academy runs workshops to equip students with leadership skills. And this year, we have continued our work with charity Micro-Tyco to run an enterprise challenge across British universities and schools to help develop the entrepreneurial skills required to run a successful enterprise.

We are always focused on how to help spur the creation of the next generation of businesses. This is where our work with London Business School comes to the fore as we enable businesses and entrepreneurs to recognise and grasp opportunities, giving them the insights and tools they need to succeed in challenging environments.

Case study

Micro-Tyco: supporting entrepreneurs of the future

Micro-Tyco is a fantastic tool that helps people develop entrepreneurial skills. This year we used the tool to identify the talent of the future at UK universities and our partner schools. Seventy-five Deloitte volunteer coaches supported 345 school and university students by helping to generate ideas and develop business plans.

Case study

Crowd-funding goes mad for pizza

We mentored Corrado Accardi through the London Business School in his Pizza Rossa business venture. The group’s funding campaign broke the European record for equity raised by a start-up through crowd funding and has won a range of innovation and start-up awards.