Meet the winners of Big Idea Challenge 2023
Now in its tenth year, Big Idea Challenge, London Met’s annual pitching competition came to a close [...]
Meet the Finalists: Big Idea 2023
We are excited to announce our Big Idea Challenge Finalists for 2023! After receiving and whittling 99 top-quality [...]
An Introduction to Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
London Metropolitan University hosted an Introduction to Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) event, which brought together local organisations [...]
A very East London Venture Crawl
London Venture Crawl, a thrilling day-long event and tour of London's enterprise ecosystem, was successfully held on Wednesday [...]
Our checkup with Dental Tutors
We recently caught up with Simas Senavaitis, the co-founder of Dental Tutors to find out how the business [...]
10 years of Seable Holidays
Damiano La Rocca, an Events Management BA (Hons) graduate of London Met’s Guildhall School of Business and Law [...]
Summer Startup sessions wrap up for 2022
Last week we wrapped up Summer Startup, our new series of entrepreneurship and startup business focused sessions [...]
Arctic Power Berries now available in Morrisons
Arctic Power Berries are now available to buy in Morrisons! Co-founded by London Met Sports Therapy graduate [...]
Twisted Kombucha wins Great Taste 2022 Award
Last month, London Met graduate Lou Dillon was awarded a Great Taste Award for her small-batch, craft-brewed [...]
AllotMe continues to grow with £250,000 investment
After winning the social impact category of our 2018 Big Idea Challenge, Conor Gallagher, a London Met [...]
Behind the seams with MERRI Intimates
After taking home the top prize at Big Idea Challenge 2020, London Met Furniture [...]
Freddy F. Fonseca’s debut novel Heart of Swine
Heart of Swine is the debut novel from Creative Writing and English Literature graduate Freddy F. Fonseca [...]
The Queer Lenormand Deck
The Queer Lenormand Deck is a modern version of the traditional Lenormand cards developed by Graphic Design BA [...]
Winners announced for Big Idea Challenge 2022
Big Idea Challenge, London Met’s annual pitching competition came to a close yesterday with a prestigious awards evening [...]
Meet the Big Idea Challenge 2022 Finalists
The Big Idea Challenge is an annual competition open to London Met students, graduates and staff which [...]
London Met’s biggest Christmas Market ever
Our annual Christmas Market is back for 2021 and is set to be our biggest festive offering ever! [...]
Big Idea Challenge Winners 2021
The 2021 winners of London Met’s annual Big Idea Challenge were announced at our much-anticipated live online awards [...]
Join the future of women’s health with Elara
Don’t just track your cycle and workouts, transform your health and hormone data into empowered health care decisions [...]
Wrapping up Christmas Market 2020
From handcrafted jewellery to unique homeware, 2020 gifted us with all the Christmas decorations and festive essentials you [...]
SURVIVE AND PIVOT
Free 12 week expert-led support and mentorship programme to help knowledge sector organisations and businesses overcome current challenges, [...]
Launchpad Final Pitches 2020
After 12 intensive weeks of hard work, customer discovery and idea validation our Launchpad programme came to [...]
How to set up a Business Instagram account
When starting a new business or if you're moving into freelance work, having a presence on social [...]
Launchpad gets down to business virtually
Launchpad, London Met’s flagship startup business programme gives students and graduates the knowledge, tools, support and momentum [...]
Big Idea Awards Night 2020
On Thursday 18 June, we hosted and live-streamed the 2020 Big Idea Challenge Awards from Accelerator, London Met's [...]
Meet the 2020 Big Idea Challenge Finalists
This year’s Big Idea Challenge has once again blown us away, having uncovered a treasure trove of [...]
London Venture Crawl 2020
On Wednesday 11 March over 40 students and graduates of London Metropolitan University and Kings University of London [...]
Hack For Good 2020
Social enterprises are businesses with predominantly a social or environmental objective. So, for students looking to make the [...]
Startup Sprint 2020
Recently we ran Startup Sprint at Accelerator, one of our most popular programmes for students looking to learn [...]
Big Idea School and College Bootcamp Day 2020
Big Idea School and College Bootcamp Day 2020 On Monday 2 March, Accelerator ran the Big Idea Challenge [...]
A record breaking year for Accelerator
2019 was a record-breaking year for our community of more than 30 tech startup businesses based at Accelerator, [...]
Accelerator named as finalists in HubbleHQ Office of the Future Awards 2020
The HubbleHQ Office of the Future Awards (HOFFAs) are back for 2020 and we are thrilled that Accelerator, [...]
200+ students visit Accelerator
Last week we had over 200 students visit us at Accelerator, London Met's specialist business incubator in Shoreditch [...]
Startup Focus: Seable
Here at Accelerator we love hearing about all the new and exciting products being developed by our tech [...]
Big Idea Challenge Creative Spark Winners
This year we took our Big Idea Challenge global through partnering with British Council Creative Spark Higher Education Enterprise [...]
Launching Twisted Kombucha with Lou Dillon
This month we're catching up with Lou Dillon, who graduated Food Science MSc in July 2019. She recently launched her small-batch, craft-brewed kombucha [...]
Startup Focus: Metis Labs
Here at Accelerator we love hearing about all the new and exciting products being developed by our tech [...]
Summer Nights 2019
On the evening of 15 August, our community of startup businesses joined together to chill out in true Accelerator [...]
8 reasons to start a business after university
Starting a business when you finish university is a great way to own your future – and our [...]
Launchpad 2019: Our most internationally diverse cohort ever
Launchpad, London Met’s flagship business startup programme gives students and graduates the knowledge, tools, support and momentum needed to fast [...]
How to promote your business on Instagram
Creating and sharing highly visual content on Instagram can be a fantastic way for businesses to promote new [...]
Accelerator named as Tech Breakthrough
We love bringing startups together under one roof and building a community at Accelerator. We also love supporting London [...]
7 Startup Focused Podcasts Students Should Listen To
Being a student teaches you many valuable skills, but many of the skills you need to found your [...]
Big Idea Awards Night 2019
We announced the overall grand champion and category winners of our 2019 Big Idea Challenge on Thursday 2 May, at our [...]
Accelerator Table Tennis Finals 2019
After a tense couple of weeks and 18 very competitive table tennis matches the 2019 Accelerator Table Tennis [...]
Meet The 2019 Big Idea Challenge Finalists
This year's Big Idea Challenge has once again blown us away, having uncovered a treasure trove of amazing ideas [...]
Accelerator Wins at the Office Of The Future Awards
After an amazing day running our Big Idea college Bootcamp day, the whole Accelerator team headed across London to attend Hubble's inaugural Office [...]
Big Idea Challenge 2019 Bootcamp Day
40 Big Idea Challenge semi-finalists joined us at Accelerator yesterday for the next step in the competition; the Bootcamp [...]
48 hours to build a business: Startup Sprint 5
Over the weekend of 8-10 February, 40 dedicated students from both London Met and London Southbank focused their [...]
Christmas Market 2018: All Wrapped Up
Every year we offer London Met students the opportunity to trade at one of London’s famous Christmas markets; on one [...]
London Met Designer-Makers Trade at Sunday Upmarket
This Sunday, 9 December, a group of London Met students and graduates will be setting up shop on one [...]
Jah Drops: New Organic Caribbean Sweets
Cheryl Scafe, an Early Childhood Studies BA London Met alumni previously worked in schools, nurseries and at Hammersmith [...]
The Big Idea Challenge is Going Global
Last week Natasha Triay, who runs the enterprise programme at Accelerator, part of London Met University, visited Tbilisi, [...]
Marion Marincat: Launchpad Catchup
We recently caught up with Marion Marincat, founder of Mumbli, who took part in our 2018 Launchpad programme this [...]
Sandra Hoefemeier: Launchpad Catchup
We recently sat down with Sandra Hoefemeier, founder of Cricklings, who took part in our 2018 Launchpad programme this [...]
Dimple Divecha: Launchpad Catchup
We recently caught up with Dimple Divecha, founder of Sweet Dimples, who took part in our 2018 summer Launchpad programme after [...]
Our Fantastic First Fashion Founder
Last week we ran our brand new for 2018 day long Fashion Founder programme for an eager group [...]
Smash Room
Back in 2017 while studying BA Theatre and Performance Practice at London Met, Iza Porumbu entered the Big [...]
Launchpad 2018: First Four Weeks
We love the University summer break, not just because the sun is shining (and it’s done plenty of [...]
Biggest. Quickstart. Ever!
We’re currently running our third Quickstart programme. For this intake, we have over 40 London Met Students and [...]
How Accelerator London has supported our business growth
Guest post by Claire Hall, Client Services Director at Moove Agency - a Creative WordPress Development Agency established [...]
Foodie Founder
Foodie Founder This week we ran our Foodie Founder programme to help an amazing group of passionate London Met [...]
Why London May Be The Ideal Location For Your Startup
Location is a central concern for any budding startup. There are so many things to consider: rental costs, [...]
Kickstarting Newport Works
Song Eng, a Professional Diploma in Architecture (RIBA2) graduate, who won the Creative category of Big Idea Challenge in 2017 [...]
100+ ‘Create A Winning Business’ students visit Accelerator
This past week, over 100 London Met students gathered here at Accelerator to speak to entrepreneurs and learn [...]
House of Commons Panel Discussion: Natasha Triay, Student Enterprise Manager
This week, I gave a stakeholder contribution at the The Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum at The [...]
Big Idea Challenge 2018 – Bootcamp Day
36 individuals and teams affiliated with London Metropolitan University were selected to participate in this year’s Big Idea [...]
Quickstart 2.0
Almost 40 students and graduates of London Metropolitan University started the year 2018 with a spot on our [...]
Global Game Jam 2018
We once again joined forces with London Met's Faculty of Life Sciences and Computing to host this year’s Global Game [...]
2017 Highlights from Student Enterprise
It is great to take a moment to stop and reflect on what we have been up to [...]
3 Days That Will Completely Change Your Life
Have you ever wanted to start your own business? If so, 3 Day Startup is something every inexperienced [...]
Launchpad 2017: Final Pitch Day
Yesterday saw our Launchpad programme, London Met’s flagship business start-up programme come to an end. After 12 intensive weeks our student [...]
Quickstart
We recently ran Quickstart, our brand new Student Enterprise programme for 2017! Through running our other programmes like Launchpad and the [...]
Launchpad 2017: Intro to Google AdWords
Session 3 of Launchpad continued with the two groups of students reporting back on their weeks. The first [...]
Launchpad 2017: Landing Pages & Validation
Session 2 of Launchpad kicked off with the students reporting back on their previous week since session 1. [...]
Launchpad 2017: Landing Pages & Validation
Session 2 of Launchpad kicked off with the students reporting back on their previous week since session 1. [...]
Launchpad 2017: We Have Lift-Off
Session 1 of Launchpad began with our 15 teams splitting into two groups and presenting their customer research [...]
Launchpad 2017: Bootcamp
Our Launchpad programme kicked off last week with an introductory Bootcamp for the 15 teams taking part! The busy and exciting day set [...]
The Big Idea Awards Night 2017
Thank you everyone who attended our Big Idea Challenge awards night at St James's Palace hosted by [...]
Big Idea 2017: The Final 12
Our Big Idea Challenge got bigger this year! We received over 200 applications from London Met students, alumni and staff for our Creative, Social [...]
Interview with Measure
Measure www.getmeasure.co.uk is an app that lets bar owners track their stock efficiently, making their inventories much less time-consuming [...]
Interview with Giggo
Giggo www.giggo.rocks is an app that connects musicians with venues and promoters around the world in 3 easy steps. [...]
Calling All Jewellery Students
The Fairtrade Gold Design Awards 2017 Entries are now open for the inaugural Fairtrade Gold Design Awards. [...]
Interview with Oh Gee Pie
Oh Gee Pie were the grand winners of Big Idea in 2016 – with their idea for a [...]
2016 in numbers
The biggest year in our history saw our 29 companies create an impressive 122 new jobs and raise [...]
Making a Living
We're really excited to be part Making a Living this year, a two-week festival at The Cass, London Met. Students [...]
Christmas Market 2016 – Meet the Participants
There are hundreds of talented creatives at London Met and we love giving them real world opportunities. We offered them [...]
Bui Smoothies
Our Launchpad alumni and London Met students Isatou and Haddy beat hundreds of applicants to the final of [...]
The Cass Starters Kickstarter campaign Success
There is now less than a week left for the Cass Starters Kickstarter campaigns, ending 30 November and we are really [...]
We want to see our students on NACUE’s stage
NACUE’s Varsity Pitch is the UK’s biggest business competition for students and graduates, attracting the most innovative startups [...]
Launchpad – 10 weeks of great startup ideas
Launchpad has come to an end and during the past 10 weeks we’ve seen great startup ideas lifting [...]
Open Minds Lead to Open Doors
Haddy Tambedou and Isatou Camara have transformed their energetic personalities into smoothies - Bui Smoothies to be exact. [...]
Failure is Not an Option
Launchpad participants Martin Grozev and Slavomir Semov, have made sports betting a class of investment. Now, the two of [...]
Launchpad: Week 4
In the fourth week of Launchpad we focused on how to develop a brand. “It’s a complicated and [...]
Launchpad: Week 3
We are now a third of the way though Launchpad and there seem to be no signs of [...]
Launchpad: Week 2
The second session of Launchpad was a day full of enthusiasm and insight beginning with the weekly reports. [...]
And the winner is … Wanderlost
Nicole Page and Whitney Papa, graduates of London Met, are making London a sweeter place with Oh Gee, Pie! a [...]
The Big Idea Awards Night
Thank you everyone who came to our awards night last week. It was an inspiring, fun and amazing [...]
Graduate Startup: Melting Pot LDN
London Met graduate Ayden Kappo-Hector alongside his business partner, Jasmine Holland started a world street food revolution with [...]
Graduate Startup: Giorgia Dottore
London Met Business School graduate Giorgia Bacco devised a solution to a major problem facing Italian women living [...]
BIG IDEA: One Year On
London Met graduate Macchris was the overall winner of the Big Idea Challenge 2015 with his innovative online [...]
Graduate Startup: Pollen + Grace
London Met graduate Kristina Komlosiova and her business partner Stephanie Johnson are making London a healthier place! Launched [...]
Zero to Startup in 3 days …?
Last weekend Gloria Viganò (gloriaviganodesign.com), a London Met graduate with a Masters in Product Design, participated in 3 Day [...]
19 January: Accelerator Townhall Lunch
Let’s kick off 2016 with something new ! Come and join us for the first Accelerator Lunch in [...]
Graduate Startup: Manny Boateng
Manny Boateng studied Business and Entrepreneurship at London Metropolitan University. Soon after graduating in 2013 he knew he [...]
Graduate Startup Focus: Wilson // Palmer
Wilson // Palmer love good design, fine craft and carefully executed details. This new business is a collaboration [...]
2015 in numbers
The biggest year in our 10 year history saw our 32 companies create a whopping 115 new jobs [...]
Christmas Market – Meet the participants
London Met is full of talented designer-makers and craftspeople. We give them the chance to get face to [...]
Pieter Levels: 12 Startups in 12 Months
Pieter Levels is an up-and-coming, twenty-eight year old entrepreneur from Amsterdam. In the last year he has started [...]
Welcome to SupplHi
This November we welcomed Supplhi to Accelerator. SupplHi is a platform catering to industrial supply chains. We asked [...]
Interview with Manny of Young Pro
Manny Boateng is the founder of Young Pro Magazine, the home of Youth Football and a recent graduate [...]
Christmas Market 2015
Where will this year's Christmas Market take you? London Met is full of talented designer-makers, are you one [...]
Arctic Power Berries
Arctic Power Berries offer 100% pure berry powders from Finland, the Land of The Midnight Sun. Their powder [...]
Welcome to Accelerator! – Introducing Niume
"Niume is about sharing your ideas with like-minded people outside your usual connections, and helping you discover more [...]
SeatPlan launches 50 interactive seating plans
SeatPlan, a business based at Accelerator, has launched cutting-edge interactive seating plans for 50 London theatres, full of [...]
Launchpad continues!
We’re now over halfway through our 10 week Summer Launchpad programme! So far, this year’s participants have been [...]
Launchpad blasts off!
Launchpad is London Met’s flagship business start-up programme. Delivered part-time over 10 weeks, it gives passionate students and graduates the knowledge, tools and [...]
Qudini win place in JLAB
Congratulations to our very own Qudini, who have been selected for JLAB 2015! John Lewis’ prestigious programme helps [...]
Year 10 Work Experience at Accelerator
Last week, we were joined by Mark, who chose to carry out his Year 10 work experience at [...]
The Dots Portfolio Masterclass
Want to further your creative career? Or are you getting ready to graduate? Here’s your chance to get [...]
Find Your Creative Niche
In this article (from Creative and Cultural Skills – a useful web resource for anyone wanting to start [...]
The Big Idea Challenge 2015: Winners
The Big Idea Challenge awards were last night! We invited London Met staff, students, alumni, and Accelerator partners [...]
Sign up: The Guardian Small Business Network
Here’s a great resource for anyone with a start-up – the Guardian Small Business Network is an online [...]
Lucky Escape in Gallery Magazine
Great news from two of our Hatchery participants! Russell and Lauren from Lucky Escape Studios have had their [...]
Creative & Tech Economy Growth in the UK
Good news for the creative and tech startups here at Accelerator! Nesta has released a report – The [...]
A Guide to Boot-Strapping; 8 ways to do business on a budget.
When going into business, it’s easy to be bogged down by the overwhelming burden of not having the [...]
Salesforce London Hackathon Success
Last weekend, Gina Vasile - one of our Hatchery participants- entered a Hackathon, the last of 4 Hackathons as [...]
Intern profile: Giovanni Dobbiani – London Accelerator
Tell us about yourself and your new business? I am Giovanni Dobbiani, a 23 years old Italian. Recently [...]
The Tech Entrepreneurs Week: How do you build a great technology company?
"How would you build a great technology company?": this was the theme of the 3rd edition of the [...]
Tour de France with Accelerator
Yesterday (Monday), as many of you know was an extraordinary day in London as Tour de France stormed [...]
Risk + Person = Entrepreneur?
Think that you need to take risks to become an entrepreneur? Think again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLrXrdUVyPU Wojciech Buchacz, Acclerator [...]
Entrepreneurship
It's all about Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship we hear it more and more everyday (I have it written down [...]
Incubators vs Accelerators
Ever wondered what the difference between a business incubator and accelerator ( not us! but the definition!)? Then [...]
Assembled Education: Building A 21st Century Education
Introduction On Saturday the 28th of June, General Assembly in team with Pearson that is one of the [...]
Shoreditch to Benefit from Rising Housing Demands
Residential Property Prices on the Rise In 2008 the average prices of homes and flats were around 60% [...]
Shoreditch vs The City
Comparison Recently a very interesting article appeared in the Evening Standard, comparing jobs in the City with those [...]
Why should you come to Creative Career Day
As you most likely know, the 20th is a BIG UNMISSABLE day at Accelerator as part of our [...]
Creative Enterprise Showcase
The CASS & Accelerator Creative Enterprise Showcase June 19th @ 6:30pm-8:00pm In two days time Accelerator along with [...]
London Technology Week
Insight into the Forefront of Technology Running simultaneously to Accelerators Creative Enterprise Month, this week (16th of June) marks [...]
The CASS- Charlotte Gorse
Creative Enterprise Showcase Creative Enterprise Showcase is the second event scheduled during Creative Enterprise Month. The Showcase will [...]
Now or Never Creative Career Day
Now or Never Creative Career Day- Summing up the Month 20th 0f June 9:30am-5pm Accelerator London If you [...]
Liam Rollings- The Design Wire
Insight and Inspiration Roadshow The first event of this years Creative Enterprise Month will begin tomorrow at 9:30am. [...]
Cass & Accelerator Creative Enterprise Showcase
Creative Enterprise Showcase The second event in this years Creative Enterprise Month will start up on the 19th [...]
Roxanne Reynolds-ARTAM
Insight and Inspiration Roadshow We only have a couple more days left until the opening event of Creative [...]
John Bound- Royal College of Art
Insight and Inspiration Roadshow This years Creative Enterprise Month will be kicking off this Thursday at 10am with [...]
Emilia Telese- University of Brighton
Insight and Inspiration Roadshow Only four more days till the first event of this years Creative Enterprise Month, [...]
Neil Leonard- Design Your Career
Insight and Inspiration Roadshow This is an exciting month for all of us here at Accelerator. As a [...]
Dr. Charlotte Carey – Birmingham City University
Insight and Inspiration Roadshow Running on with our theme this June, Creative Enterprise Month, we will be presenting [...]
London Met University, Accelerator, EEUK, and NACUE Partner Together for Creative Enterprise Month
This June Accelerator and London-Met University will be Partnering up with Enterprise Educators UK and NACUE to Host Creative Enterprise [...]
Creative Enterprise Month at London Met
June sees London Metropolitan University's first Creative Enterprise Month which includes a series of training, sharing and celebratory events [...]
Pitching Big Ideas in Shoreditch
“We’re doing something a little different with the business plan competition this year” said Frances Brown and as [...]
Big Idea Challenge: The Awards Night #LMBigIdea
A solar powered energy unit, an ethical retail website and a paper-stretching device for watercolour artists were just some of the entries in [...]
BIG IDEA Video Entries are UP!!! #LMBigIdea
As of midnight last night, all video entries for the second stage of the Big Idea Challenge are [...]
Welcome to the Hatchery!!! Part 3
And finally, today we are introducing the last group of new members at the hatchery. We look forward [...]
Welcome to the Hatchery!!! Part 2
In yesterdays Welcome to the Hatchery post we introduced the first seven companies to Accelerator. Here is the [...]
The Big Idea Challenge is Underway
After reviewing more than 250 entries for the Big Idea Challenge, the participant pool was narrowed down to [...]
Welcome to the Hatchery!!! Part 1
After over 100 participants entered into the Hatchery’s BootCamp Program, only 20 startups have been granted entry into [...]
Bootcamp!!! #hatchery2014
This past weekend, Accelerator hosted a BootCamp for hopeful entrepreneurs and future business owners. After an intense day [...]
Big Idea Challenge Winners
After days of judging the winners have been selected! The winners of the first Big Idea Challenge [...]
Creative Starts and What Inspired Me?
This past weekend London Metropolitan University’s Creative Enterprise Manager Frances Brown traveled to Wales to facilitate the Creative [...]
The Embedded Enterprise Exchange at Cardiff University
Creative Enterprise Manager Frances Brown attends The Embedded Enterprise Exchange in Wales Last week at Cardiff University, London [...]
Danish University Visits with Enterprise Team
Heads of Via University visit the Accelerator and London Met Enterprise Building Last week a group from Via [...]
NACUE’s Startup Career Launchpad
Some of the interns with the Enterprise Team had an awesome opportunity to attend the NACUE event This [...]
Rewire London 2014
Enterprise team attends Rewire London Conference This past Friday, March 7th, the enterprise team headed to London’s Google [...]
Accelerator Presents at IEEP
Yesterday London Metropolitan University’s Creative Enterprise Manager Frances Brown presented to participants in the International Entrepreneurship Educators Programme [...]
Winners of the Commercial Future Awards
Accelerator is happy to announce the winners of the first ever Commercial Future Awards. The winners in their [...]
Catching Up with PrimeHealth London
Joyce Amoah-Anpitan is helping London’s minority receive proper health service! As we get closer to the launch of [...]
Announcing our Commercial Future Awards Winners
The first ever Commercial Future Awards, sponsored by Accelerator and Enterprise at London Met, has been a huge [...]
Building the Framework
In the run-up to our new Hatchery intake, we are catching up with some of the present and [...]
Ilona Filipi
Between 2004 – 2008, Ilona Filipi studied for a BSc in multimedia at London Metropolitan University. During this [...]
Leonardo Acero
Leonardo was studying for an MA in Graphic Design when he entered the 2010 Student Business Plan Competition [...]
Folake Balogun
Folake studied for an MA in Human Resource Management at London Met where she also set up her [...]
Jessica Elliott
Jessica entered our Student Business Plan Competition whilst studying for her BSC Hons in Sports Therapy during 2009 [...]
Accelerator and The Cass present the Commercial Future Awards
The Awards provide aspiring creative business owners or freelancers with a support package to get the head start [...]