As one of the UK’s leaders in small business banking, Alliance & Leicester has taken tangible, practical steps to make life easier for the small business community by introducing a range of easy-access financial products and services designed to ease the pressure on their time and money.

As the largest independent firm of business advisors and chartered accountants in the region we have an established track record of helping local businesses.

As the first business to enter the city’s new business quarter at Colton Square, we are serious about our long term commitment to Leicester and Leicestershire.

The Charles Street Buildings Group is a leading private property investment and development company, with property interests nationwide. The Group’s portfolio contains major property interests in the city and county of Leicester, including offices, warehouse and industrial units, as well as retail premises, covering an area of over five million sq ft.

De Montfort University provides high quality professional and creative education underpinned by its innovation and world-leading research. The university plays a major role in supporting the region's economic and cultural ecosystems, not just through its graduates, but also through the application of its research and through knowledge transfer. It is this commitment across Leicestershire and beyond, spanning over 100 years, that makes De Montfort University a key partner of the business community.

East Midlands Airport (EMA) is the region’s international gateway handling over five million passengers each year. It won seven top travel awards in 2007 and 2008 including ‘Best UK Airport', 'Airport of the Year', ‘Best Regional UK Airport’ and 'World's Leading Eco Friendly Airport'.
The airport is also the UK’s main hub for express freight and mail and is second only to Heathrow in total cargo throughput. 
EMA has made a commitment to make its site carbon neutral by 2012 and has been recognised by Government as an example of ‘best practice’ in dealing with the environmental impact of its operations.

Freeth Cartwright LLP is a major law practice offering services to both commercial and private clients across the entire legal spectrum. Based in Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham and Manchester, the firm has a wide range of clients throughout the UK and many of its clients have strong international connections.

Established in 1805, the firm has a turnover in excess of £30million. Our vision is to continue to develop as a successful, but different kind of law firm. Our philosophy is to “build success by bringing success to others” and to do this we believe we must remain an innovative law firm, which understands the ever-changing needs of  a business, an individual  or an organisation and delivers excellence at every level.

Loughborough University has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, strong links with industry, and unrivalled sporting achievement.  Loughborough University is a rich source of information, knowledge and expertise, and we offer many specialist services that can help improve your business performance and competitiveness.

From nurturing the precious heritage and tradition of Dickinson & Morris to investing millions in the expansion and development of its state-of-the-art bakeries, Samworth Brothers seeks quality in everything it does. The desire to go the extra mile has helped to establish Samworth Brothers as one of the UK’s leading chilled food producers.

The University of Leicester is a leading UK university with an international reputation for high quality teaching and research. Our expertise stretches across the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Biological Sciences and Medicine. We work in partnership with business and industry on a range of projects including training and professional education and the commercialisation of research. For ideas on how we might work with you, visit our portal for business and industry at www.le.ac.uk