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Dean of SMS Professor Kevin Grant

The Stirling Management School was re-accredited with membership in the Small Business Charter in recognition of its mission to focus on business growth and entrepreneurship.

The Small Business Charter (SBC) Award is a mark of excellence for business schools that recognize their expertise in supporting small businesses, student entrepreneurship, and engagement in the local economy.

The Stirling Management School (SMS) received 17 of 17 requested dimensions from a panel composed of The Rt Hon, Lord Young of Graffham, SBC Chair Margarita Rodriguez and Anne Kiem, CEO of the Chartered Association of Business Schools.

Ms. Kiem said: “We would like to congratulate the Stirling Management School on successfully achieving their reaccreditation.

“The work they do is vital to supporting small businesses and their local economies, while their commitment to supporting entrepreneurship and student growth continues to be outstanding.

“We look forward to working with Stirling in the future, especially with the upcoming introduction of the” Help to Grow “management program.”

Stirling Management School was recently selected as a partner for Help to Grow: a £ 250 million UK government initiative to help businesses recover from COVID-19. It will work with other SBC accredited business schools to provide tailored support and training to SMEs, including a hands-on management training program for multiple cohorts of SMEs over the next three years.

Dean of SMS, Professor Kevin Grant

SMS Dean Professor Kevin Grant said: “We are delighted to have our charter extended for an additional three years. The Stirling Management School has benefited greatly from the Small Business Charter’s recognition of our work with entrepreneurs and small businesses.

“This accreditation is a clear signal of our strategic focus on business engagement through a range of business support activities and student entrepreneurship. We also benefit from connections with other SBC accredited schools.

“We look forward to continuing to work closely with these schools, entrepreneurs, small businesses and the SBC.”

SMS Deputy Dean of Research Professor Oliver Mallett said, “I think SBC reaccreditation is a recognition of the wide range of activities that colleagues in SMS and across the university are doing to meet with entrepreneurial students, local businesses and others to work together with policy makers. This includes bringing these different stakeholders together, for example through the use of consulting projects in which students come into contact with local companies.

“The generous contributions of the members of our international advisory board and the Entrepreneur in Residence program also offer significant benefits to the school and our students.”

Prof. Mallett also cited the Student Enterprise Enhanced Development (SEED) accelerator program and sponsorship of the Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) sustainability awards as examples of the school’s charter success.