Recently we ran Startup Sprint at Accelerator, one of our most popular programmes for students looking to learn new entrepreneurial skills, develop business ideas and practice their presentation and pitching. Accelerator is London Met University's business incubator and specialises in [...]
Big Idea School and College Bootcamp Day 2020 On Monday 2 March, Accelerator ran the Big Idea Challenge for 18 Schools and Colleges from across London at The Natwest Bishopsgate Conference Centre. Working alongside the London Met Schools and Colleges [...]
2019 was a record-breaking year for our community of more than 30 tech startup businesses based at Accelerator, London Met's business incubator. Overall our startup community have generated an impressive £25m in revenue and achieved a 22% increase since 2018. [...]
The HubbleHQ Office of the Future Awards (HOFFAs) are back for 2020 and we are thrilled that Accelerator, London Met's business incubator has been nominated again this year! We were ecstatic when Accelerator won the Community Focus Award last year. [...]
This year we took our Big Idea Challenge global through partnering with British Council Creative Spark Higher Education Enterprise Programme. We took our pitching competition to seven countries in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan), South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) and Ukraine [...]
Being a student teaches you many valuable skills, but many of the skills you need to found your own company are best taught by the people who know best – successful startup entrepreneurs. From the basics of founding a business [...]
After a tense couple of weeks and 18 very competitive table tennis matches the 2019 Accelerator Table Tennis finals arrived yesterday! For the third year in a row the standard of play has once again blown us away and the [...]
After an amazing day running our Big Idea college Bootcamp day, the whole Accelerator team headed across London to attend Hubble's inaugural Office Of The Future Awards (HOFFA's). The panel of judges selected us as a nominee in 4 of the 12 categories, and we are thrilled [...]
40 Big Idea Challenge semi-finalists joined us at Accelerator yesterday for the next step in the competition; the Bootcamp Day! The entries for the Big Idea Challenge has once again blown us away, having uncovered a treasure trove of amazing ideas and [...]
Cheryl Scafe, an Early Childhood Studies BA London Met alumni previously worked in schools, nurseries and at Hammersmith West London college as a mentor. Now she is setting her sights on the sweet treats industry with her product called Jah Drops! [...]
