Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship runs sixth Monthly Meet-Up for this academic year

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The Entrepreneurs’ Monthly Meet-up is a University HEIF-funded initiative run by the Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship in collaboration with six colleges and universities across the Liverpool City Region.

The aim of the events is to connect entrepreneurial students and graduates from across Liverpool and expose individuals to the very best independent businesses in the city.

The Entrepreneurs’ Monthly Meet-up runs eight times across the academic year with the March edition food-focused and ran this month, on Thursday 30 March 2023, with University of Liverpool Management School graduate entrepreneur Rudy Parengal.

Rudy spoke to participants about setting up and developing his successful food-tech business Abjak which is a platform that runs cloud kitchens in Liverpool to partner with and incubate online food businesses like The South Indian.

Rudy set the business up while on the Home Office’s Start-up Visa programme with the support of the University of Liverpool's Enterprise and Entrepreneurship offer.

As well as listening to Rudy’s inspirational talk about self-development and creating the right connections and networks to start a successful business, the 80 participants were treated to food and refreshments that The South Indian provided. In addition to listening to Rudy and sampling the online take-a-way business’s food, participants also casually networked with other students and graduates interested in entrepreneurship.

The Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-up continues to grow and develop its success and community with the sixth monthly meet-up being another success. Since the first event in October, a total of 500+ people have participated and attended the events.

The April Monthly-Meet Up will be taking place on Thursday 27 April, 5-7pm at The Plaza. Attendees can expect the event to focus on finance for start-ups which will be run in collaboration with LCR Finance Hub and River Capital, which are both parts of the Merseyside Special Investment Fund.