Business services

Accountancy Clinics

Cost: Free

Dates: October to December and February to April

Our students offer a variety of financial support services for individuals, small and micro businesses, and not-for-profit organisations.

Advertise your jobs to our students

Cost: Free 

Are you looking for flexible employees to work evenings, weekdays or weekends?

Many of our students choose to work part-time alongside their degrees, bringing the skills they learn from their studies to your organisation. You can advertise part-time or seasonal jobs to our students for free on our online jobs board. 

Bra testing services

Cost: £99-£38,000 (+VAT if applicable)

Our expert team provide services to businesses in the lingerie and sports wear industries, and to sporting organisations. These services include bra testing, breast science educational workshops and breast education services.

Business Consultancy Projects (BCP) 

Cost: Free

Dates: October-December

This initiative offers you the opportunity to work with a dedicated team of final year students from the Faculty of Business and Law. Working to your brief, they will tackle a live issue for your business, and deliver a consultancy report, including recommendations, for local businesses of all sizes.

Centre for Creative and Immersive XR (CCIXR)

Cost: £99-£100,000 (depending on requirements) 

We are the UK’s first integrated facility to support innovation in the creative and digital technologies of virtual, augmented and extended realities. CCIXR features world-class motion capture, volumetric capture, VR labs and simulation facilities. The Centre is run in partnership with the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership and HM Government. Our aim is to lower the barrier to entry to these technologies - demonstrating their use across all sectors, from medicine to theatre.

Conference and event space

Cost: £100-£50,000

From a simple meeting room hire to hosting large international conferences, we offer a very large range of modern and historical venues, and other facilities to ensure your event is successful and memorable.

Coworking and office space

Cost: From £95 (+VAT) per month

Our Innovation Connect hubs provide coworking, office and event space across the City to suit the needs of your growing businesses. Our locations currently include Halpern House and Cell Block Studios. If you rent coworking or office space at one of the locations, you can also use meeting spaces in our Future Technology Centre. As a member of our Innovation Connect community, you can also access many other University facilities and services, including the Library and advice from our Entrepreneurs in Residence. 

Cybercrime Awareness Clinic

Cost: No cost, some costed products 

The Cybercrime Awareness Clinic provides cybercrime awareness advice to individuals, community groups, schools, colleges and small and medium organisations in Portsmouth and the surrounding area, as well as conducting research into cybercrime awareness and prevention.

Degree Apprenticeships

Cost: Funded by the Government's Apprenticeship Levy

Degree Apprenticeships are an inexpensive way for your organisation to attract and retain talented employees, develop your workforce, fill skills gaps and improve your company's performance. When your employees complete their apprenticeship, they'll have a full Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

Entrepreneurial advice

Cost: Free to members of our Innovation Connect community

When you rent space from us, you automatically become a member of our Innovation Connect business community. This means that you can get free business advice from our Entrepreneurs in Residence. They can help you with your start-up and business plan, guide you in identifying and accessing business networks, and help you develop entrepreneurial skills.

Female Entrepreneurs Network

Cost: No cost to join, some events are charged

If you're a woman who runs her own business, or if you want to start a business but you need some help and support, join our Female Entrepreneurs Network. You'll be able to connect with other local businesswomen, hear from expert speakers and attend our networking events. Members get discounts on all paid events.

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)

Cost: £30,000-£50,000 per year (depending on the size of your company)
Duration: 1-3 years

A government-funded scheme to help you innovate and grow,  KTPs allow your company to recruit a graduate to work on a project of strategic importance. The University will provide knowledge and expertise, as well as supporting the project development, graduate recruitment, and HR matters.

Help to Grow Management Programme

Cost: Fully-funded

Duration: 12 weeks

'Help To Grow: Management' is a 12-week programme for senior business leaders that's 90% funded by the Government. It's designed to help you meet today's business challenges. You'll gain insight and skills to help you boost your business’s performance, resilience, and long-term growth.

Hire our Graduate Talent

Cost: Free for Non-Profit Organisations, 5% of first-year salary for Private Sector organisations

Helping you recruit our graduates. Taking responsibility for the recruitment cycle for you, our Graduate Recruitment Team contact our graduates, pre-screen applications, arrange interviews, and guide the recruitment process. Staff are not on commission and funds are reinvested back into the University to improve the student experience. 

Legal Advice Clinic

Cost: No cost
Dates/times: September-July, Monday and Wednesday

If you live or work in the Portsmouth area, you can get free and confidential legal advice from our General Legal Advice Clinic. You'll receive advice from our law students studying Law degrees in the School of Law. Their advice is guided by qualified solicitors and experienced tutors.

MBA Consulting Projects (MCP)

Cost: Free
Dates: June - September

This initiative allows you to work with a dedicated team of students from our Global MBA programme in the Faculty of Business and Law. Working to your brief, they will tackle a live issue for your business, and deliver a consultancy report, including recommendations. These projects specialise in supporting local SMEs.

Supporting Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Technologies (SIGHT)

Cost: Free events and business support, matched grant funding available

SIGHT is a business support programme part-funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), developed by the University of Portsmouth and partners to provide help, guidance and grant funding to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the healthcare technology sector.

South Coast Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications

Cost: No cost, dependent on eligibility criteria

Funded by the UK Space Agency and Satellite Applications Catapult, we can help develop collaborative projects, identify and attract funding, provide network opportunities, and advise businesses looking to use and exploit space assets. Regardless of your sector, we can support you; we've worked with insurance companies interested in adverse weather information for risk assessments, maritime companies developing automated routes for vessels connected by satellite communications, and companies devising GPS-enabled sensors for the location of personnel on construction sites. 

Supply to us

Cost: No cost

Suppliers of all kinds, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are welcome. We operate fairly and transparently within the law governing public sector procurement, as well as within the University Financial Regulations.

The Marketing Agency

Cost: Free 

Duration: February to May 

This initiative offers you the opportunity to work with a dedicated team of our Digital Marketing and International Marketing Masters students. Working to your brief, our students can help your business to better understand what customers think of your product or service, and your competitors, allowing you to create targeted marketing.

Websites for small businesses

Cost: Free

Duration: January - April

Students from our Electronic and Mobile Commerce module will work with you to scope your website needs and design and build a simple site for your business.