Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship events

The Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship (BCfE) events provide opportunities for open debate on the most pressing issues on entrepreneurship, SME development and self-employment.

Upcoming events:

Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-ups

Seminar Series

Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-up

Based in Liverpool? Interested in entrepreneurship and networking with entrepreneurs? Join our free-to-attend Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-up.

What is the Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-up?

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 within the Liverpool City Region (LRC):

Event details

The next Entrepreneurs Monthly Meet-up is Thursday 21st May. More details to be announced soon.

Seminar Series

What is the Seminar Series?

Are you a researcher, policymaker or analyst interested in entrepreneurship research? Join our free-to-attend Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship (BCfE) Seminar Series.

The BCfE Seminar Series provides an opportunity to hear from high-profile researchers whose talks focus on the contemporary challenges faced by entrepreneurs in society and the economy.

Next Seminar to be announced soon.

Past events

15 April 2026 - SEMINAR SERIES: Publication Journeys from 'idea' development to 'theory' crafting in leading management journals
7-10 April 2026 - CONFERENCE: 11th Annual Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference 2026
24 February 2026 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With James Barber, Harker
21 January 2026 - SEMINAR SERIES: with Professor Paul Tracey, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
4-5 December 2025 - WORKSHOP: Navigating your future - increasing capacity and stimulating interest in developing entrepreneurship research with impact
3 December 2025 - SEMINAR SERIES: with Professor David Audretsch, Indiana University
19 November 2025 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: Ask the Entrepreneurs
23 October 2025 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Global Women’s Leadership Summit
25 June 2025 - SEMINAR SERIES: with Dr Nisreen Ameen, Royal Holloway, University of London
7 May 2025 - SEMINAR SERIES: with Dr. Maria Ventura, University of Edinburgh
1 May 2025 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Sharne Williams, Paul Lavelle Foundation
27 March 2025 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Gill Torres (Wirral Way)
27 February 2025 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Leon McCowan (Your Business Solutions) and Katherine Jones (ThinK Wine Group)
7 February 2025 - SEMINAR SERIES: with Professor Laura J. Spence, King's College, London. Missing in (Climate) Action: Relationship-to-Carbon as a New Policy Route to Reach Overlooked Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
12 December 2024 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Knowledge Quarter & LYVA Labs
21 November 2024 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Generative Minds
31 October 2024 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Creative AF
12 June 2024 - WORKSHOP: Youth Entrepreneurship Policy: Contemporary Challenges and Ways Forward
29 May 2024 - WORKSHOP: Wellbeing and Entrepreneurship - an exploration
25 April 2024 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Employability Solutions and HYPE Merseyside
28 March 2024 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Sanjay Aggarwal from Spice Kitchen
27 March 2024 - SEMINAR SERIES: With Professor Neil Aaron Thompson - Towards a Practice Theory of Entrepreneurial Expertise
29 February 2024 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: with Home Sure Property
28 February 2024 - WORKSHOP: Entrepreneurship for Social Scientist Researchers Training
22 February 2024- WORKSHOP: 'Learning to fly: Entrepreneurship Research as a living process of inquiry' workshop
21 February 2024 - SEMINAR SERIES: With Professor Leo-Paul Dana, Dalhousie University - Entrepreneurship & Economic Development - an almost controlled experiment
14 December 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET- UP: Festive Special with Yamama Cafe and Bar
22 November 2023 - SEMINAR SERIES: With Professor Susan Marlow (Haydn Green Institute, University of Nottingham)
16 November 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET- UP: With Bridge the Gap
19 October 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With Yellow Jumper
14 July 2023 - SEMINAR SERIES: with Professor Friederike Welter - Contextualizing Entrepreneurship – Taking stock, exploring new directions
28th-30th June 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS START-UP SCHOOL: For students/graduates across LCR
27th -28th June 2023 - WORKSHOP: Delivering entrepreneurship research with impact
31 May 2023 - YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP LONDON WORKSHOP
25 May 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With Startup Grind
27 April 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: LCR Finance Hub & River Capital
12-14 April 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS START-UP SCHOOL: Start-Up School for 16-19 year olds
30 March 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET- UP: With Rudy Parengal, Abjak
22 March 2023 - YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP LIVERPOOL WORKSHOP - Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship launches workshop series
23 February 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With The Athenaeum
22 February 2023 - SEMINAR SERIES: With Professor Monder Ram, OBE, Aston University- 'Engaging ethnic minority businesses in HR change: An action research study'
3 February 2023 - WORKSHOP: Enterprise Education and Planetary Sustainability – What can EE do?
26 January 2023 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET- UP: With Angel Solutions and Land Coffee
15 December 2022 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET- UP: Festive Special at Fredericks
17 November 2022 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With the Management School's Growth Catalyst and Help to Grow -Management programmes
26 October 2022 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With The Academy
19 October 2022 - SEMINAR SERIES: With Professor Colin Mason, University of Glasgow. 'Firm failure from an ecosystem perspective - a case study.
26 May 2022 - ENTREPRENEURS MONTHLY MEET-UP: With Love Lane Brewery
24 March 2022 - LAUNCH EVENT: Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship