- The face-to-face event will be held at Zen Metro on 17 November
- Guests will hear from three inspirational ethnic minority entrepreneurs who have successfully navigated the pandemic
- The speakers are Namywa Jazz, CEO of Girl Grind UK, Shahab Uddin, Director of Streetly Balti and RTKAL, The MBC (Music, Birmingham, Culture).
The Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) at Aston University is getting ready to host its first face-to-face event since the Coronavirus pandemic.
CRÈME provides expertise on business support for ethnic minority entrepreneurs and has transformed perceptions by working with business policymakers and influential organisations to engage collaboratively with overlooked or disregarded business communities. Headed by Professor Monder Ram OBE, the centre has built up a reputation regionally, nationally and internationally for its pioneering research and business engagement activities to promote diversity and enterprise.
The networking lunch is part of the #CREME25 Ethnic Minority Business Conference series for 2021 which is celebrating 25 years with the theme: Recovery and resilience during the pandemic.
The event will take place at Zen Metro in Birmingham on 17 November between 11:30 and 14:30 and is being sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group.
Guests will hear from three inspirational ethnic minority entrepreneurs who have successfully navigated the pandemic and have shown great resilience during the recovery of Covid-19. They are Namywa Jazz, CEO of Girl Grind UK, Shahab Uddin, director of Streetly Balti and RTKAL, The MBC (Music, Birmingham, Culture).
Professor Monder Ram, director of CREME, said:
“This will be a great opportunity to network and celebrate 25 years of the Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference with members of the CREME team, entrepreneurs and regional stakeholders.
“We will celebrate the extraordinary contribution of the region’s ethnic minority businesses and their efforts to survive and thrive during the pandemic.
“The region relies on the dynamism and resilience of entrepreneurial talent from all its communities. Ethnic minority businesses are showing what it means to ‘level up’ and ‘build back better’.”
- Notes to Editors
Founded in 1895 and a University since 1966, Aston is a long established university led by its three main beneficiaries – students, business and the professions, and our region and society. Aston University is located in Birmingham and at the heart of a vibrant city and the campus houses all the university’s academic, social and accommodation facilities for our students. Professor Alec Cameron is the Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive.
Aston University was named University of the Year 2020 by The Guardian and the University’s full time MBA programme has been ranked in the top 100 in the world in the Economist MBA 2021 ranking. The Aston MBA has been ranked 12th in the UK and 85th in the world.
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