ESCP Business School’s London Campus has been awarded the Small Business Charter (SBC) accreditation, reinforcing its commitment to empowering UK SMEs through business education, training, and community collaboration.

This enables ESCP to deliver the UK Government’s Help to Grow: Management programme, offering SME leaders access to expert-led training to support long-term recovery, resilience, and innovation.

Credit: ESCP students at the School’s Entrepreneurship Festival

This recognition highlights the school’s strong commitment to fostering student entrepreneurship and its support for SMEs and start-ups in its local community of North London through specialised programmes and consultancy initiatives.

ESCP has partnerships already established with organisations including Camden Council, Barnet Council, One Kilburn, and the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain.

With an active presence across six European countries, ESCP offers SMEs access to international markets and networks through its global campus model. This enables UK entrepreneurs to gain global insight while addressing local challenges.

The panel of assessors also praised the school for the impact of initiatives such as the European Blue Factory incubator and the Jean-Baptiste Say Institute for Entrepreneurship, which reflect the School’s entrepreneurial culture.

Kamran Razmdoost, Dean of ESCP Business School London Campus, said: “Being accredited by the Small Business Charter marks another milestone for ESCP London in its journey to support UK businesses. We’ve really enjoyed our engagement with SBC assessors and look forward to expanding our services to the local business community and those with European scaling-up ambitions.”

The Small Business Charter is an accreditation assessed by small business leaders, to recognise business schools which are centres of excellence in supporting small businesses, student enterprise, and the local economy. In order to achieve the accreditation, business schools undergo a rigorous assessment to determine the effectiveness of business support, entrepreneurship education, and engagement with the local economy.