Success stories

Dr Colin Rigby, a Senior Lecturer at Keele Business School, has recently reached the significant milestone of supporting the growth and development of 100 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire businesses since 2017.

Local commercial laundry service enters new sectors during the pandemic while developing a new tracking application, thanks to Keele partnership.

Peer-to-peer mentoring company Tyfy has its sights set on national growth, after collaborating with Keele University.

Stafford-based risual Ltd, market consultants for IT-based services and solutions, recently approached Keele University for support to enhance their sales process.

Located on Keele University Science and Innovation Park, renewable heating and green energy solutions company Noreus utilised the University’s innovation research programme to gain a head start in new sectors.

A programme that has supported more than 150 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire businesses to innovate and grow has announced a second phase.

A leading landscape contractor which specialises in school garden projects has utilised a Keele University business research programme to measure the impact of their services.

Science and technology consultancy, AEON Engineering Ltd receive business support from the Keele Research and Innovation Programme (KRISP)

Importers, exporters, designers and distributors of gothic and fantasy giftware, Nemesis Now, approached the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP)* to enhance their sales process.

Stafford-based company, Innovative Testing Solutions – also known as ITS Test Kits – has gone from strength to strength with the help of Keele University’s Business Gateway.

Located on the Keele University Science & Innovation Park, management consultancy, HR and recruitment company, CIF, have grown significantly thanks to Keele University.

Stoke-on-Trent-based The Care Training Company has received support from Keele University’s Business Gateway.

Rugged Flat screen producer, Flatvision, approached Keele University’s Business Gateway for support to improve their end-to-end workflow processes. They took part on the Keele Research and Innovation Programme (KRISP)* and haven’t looked back.

When looking into rebranding and building an online strategy, artisan market platform Pedddle turned to Keele University’s Business Gateway for resources and research.

App-based social learning platform, SwattUp, went from idea to reality with the help of the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP)*.

Local business Qdos, based in Betley, are transforming the sales industry through app-based technologies. Qdos turned to the Keele University Business Gateway for support to grow their business and took part in the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP).

A local digital marketing agency has praised a Keele University business support programme for aiding them in funding their entire search engine marketing team.

Businesses in Staffordshire are set to benefit from a partnership between employment law expert Karen Coleman and Keele University which aims to clear confusion surrounding the incoming GDPR legislation.

A Staffordshire-based company which received business support from Keele University has recently visited Westminster to discuss an innovation new product, following an invitation from a Minister.

The Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP) has enabled two Keele University Maths students to overhaul Longton-based Deck Joint's costing process, and what took days now takes minutes.

Stoke-on-Trent creative agency Lesniak Swann has been named as the 100th company to benefit from Keele University's funded innovation programmes.

Manufacturing consultancy CIF is participating in the Keele Research Innovation Support Programme (KRISP), working with a fully-funded graduate to investigate setting up a CRM system.

A Staffordshire construction industry business specialising in brick-tinting is laying the foundations for growth by working with Keele University and Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership's Growth Hub

Through the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme, the University is supporting Staffordshire jewellery manufacturer Hailstones to develop their Viking-inspired range and move into new export markets.

A Keele University programme which supports business innovation in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent forges ahead as 100th Research, Development and Innovation Associate is appointed.

Computer Science students Jessica Hampton and Joe Miller have worked as Research, Development and Innovation Associates to help two young Staffordshire entrepreneurs develop an app that's set to be the Airbnb of the hairdressing world.

Chase Community Solar becomes one of the first organisations to take advantage of the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme