CCUK Networking Day

CCUK and the University of Bradford have joined forces again this year to host a networking day with an exciting agenda. We are delighted to invite our CCUK members to attend to benefit from the many networking opportunities and we know this led to some exciting new partnerships after last years event.

The morning will commence with a short update on CCUK activities and news. We will celebrate Women in STEM with an update from the University EmpowerHer project as well as talks from female business owners in our networks on their journey to business owner in the context of the cosmetics industry. 

Over an extended lunch break there will be an opportunity for a tour of facilities at the university including analytical services, polymer science and measurement capabilities.

The Bradford team will then present the opportunities for innovation project support with success stories and a call out for new project partners. The latest news from the cosemtic science undergraduate degree as well as an update on apprenticeships.

We know this event will appeal to staff in CCUK member companies as well as delegates from the wider industry, students on relevant courses and researchers and academics from across the UK university network interested in opportunities within the cosmetics industry.

We do hope you will join us in June.

CCUK annual in person members’ networking day

Norcroft Centre, University of Bradford

June 25, 2026

Programme

09:00 Coffee and registration

09:30 Welcome address - University of Bradford

09.40  Introduction and activities update from the CCUK board

10:00 Women in STEM careers (Chair - Carmen Lerga, CCUK DIrector)

●      Careers in STEM/EmpowerHer: Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for Future: Ghaida Mustafa and Samar Ali, University of Bradford

●      Spotlight on female entrepreneurs - a SME case study - GinGingers/Tina Harris (CCUK member), presented by Adam Ward, University of Bradford

●      CCUK female founders journey into business - Stacey Irving Gaffey, Global Cosmetic Developments and Nicola Kingswell, Labskin

11:10 Coffee and networking

11:30 University of Bradford BSc programme update, including Internship case study -Terri Jones, Orean; Venu Vangala and Ahmad Hamdan, University of Bradford

11:45 Cosmetic Science Apprenticeships - Sarah Boyd, Head of Apprenticeships, Tiro

12:00 Tour of facilities and networking lunch

13:45 University of Bradford grant and other opportunities for SMEs

●      Bradford Digitisation Hub - Jason Jones and Richard Telford, University of Bradford

●      Packaging innovation and CASE study - Prof Anant Paradkar, University of Bradford

●      CCUK Beauty & the Bioeconomy taskforce update - Gill Westgate/Jane Evison

●      Innovation Centre for Skin Science - David Ansell, University of Bradford

●      Made Smarter Programme - Bev Foster, RTC North on behalf of WYCA                                                                                   

15:30 Panel Q&A

Discussion of Women Entrepreneurship and Innovation funding themes of the day (Chair Gill Westgate, CCUK Director)

16.00 Close