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1. Starting a business

   Attend LJMU's free two-day course to turn your business idea into reality. Learn more and check our course dates.

2. Start-up Hub

   Discover LJMU’s Start-up Hub, supporting over 300 businesses since 2003. Get expert guidance to launch and grow your own business.

3. Interviews and memoirs – Elder Dempster

   As part of the Homeward Bound project we’ve collected 25 oral testimonies from Elder Dempster Line’s seafaring and office staff. Listen to the interviews.

4. New finds and related archives – Elder Dempster

   Read more about new finds for the Elder Dempster Lines - the largest UK shipping group between Western Europe and West Africa from the late-nineteenth century to the 1980s.

5. Business – interviews with women activists in Nepal

   As a part of the Qualitative Analysis in Action project, you are invited to read the interviews with women who are changing the world of business in Nepal. The interviews help us to gain a better understanding of these women's unique and inspirational lives.

6. Workshops and Events

   Explore workshops and events designed to boost your skills, expand your network, and support your career or business journey at LJMU.

7. Elder Dempster Lines

   Elder Dempster Lines was one of the UK’s largest shipping companies. As part of the Homeward Bound project, we’ve spoken to a number of Elder Dempster’s former employees and passengers, recording their ‘real’ stories and experiences. You can listen to their Elder Dempster stories here.

8. Starting your own business or freelancing

   Starting your own business or freelancing information for final year students.

9. Harry Madden interview – Elder Dempster

   Harry Madden was a Junior Engineer for Elder Dempster Lines. Listen to Harry Madden's interview.

10. David Anson interview – Elder Dempster

    As Second Engineer at Elder Dempster Lines, David was responsible for: the care and maintenance of machinery, the power generation, the pumping system, the refrigeration and other electrical items. Listen to David's interview.