Help to Grow: Management - UK

Training to help SME business leaders to increase productivity, seize investment opportunities and grow their business.

From:
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
5 August 2021
Type of support:
Expertise and advice
Business stage:
Start-ups (1-2 years trading), Established
Industry:
Agriculture and food, Business and finance, Construction, Education, Health, Hospitality and catering, IT, digital and creative, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining, Real estate and property, Science and technology, Service industries, Transport and distribution, Travel and leisure, Utilities providers, Wholesale and retail
Number of employees:
0 to 9 employees, 10 to 249 employees
Region:
East Midlands, Eastern, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber

Who it’s for

Businesses across all sectors can apply, including social enterprises. The attendee should be a decision maker in the business (for example CEO, managing director), and businesses applying must:

  • be based in the UK
  • have between 5-249 employees
  • have been operating for more than a year
  • have at least one link of management in the business structure

If your business employs between 10 and 249 people, you can send up to two participants on the course. For more information, please read the FAQs.

Charities are not eligible.

What you can get

  • training
  • 1-1 support from a business mentor
  • peer-learning sessions
  • access to an alumni network
  • help to develop a business growth plan

Training topics include:

  • leadership
  • marketing
  • employee engagement
  • financial management

How to apply

Apply via the website. There is a £750 joining fee.

Organiser

Funded by HM Government and delivered by the Small Business Charter.

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