Help to
grow:
management

TenHours of mentoring**To support your business growth
90%Funded**By UK Government
30,000Business leaders supported**Nationwide throughout the duration of the course

About Help to Grow: Management

Help to Grow: Management is a practical training course delivered by world-class business schools, accredited by the Small Business Charter.

The course will support managers and leaders of small and medium-sized businesses to boost business performance, resilience, and long-term growth.

The 12-week course is 90% funded and the fee payable by participants is £750. The course has been designed to allow participants to complete it alongside full-time work.

The in-depth high-quality curriculum will support you to build your capabilities in leadership, innovation, digital adoption, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business, and financial management. By the end of the course, you will develop a business growth plan to help you lead your business to release its potential.

Benefits

  • Enhance your management and strategic capabilities
  • Produce a growth plan for your business
  • Build resilience to future shocks
  • Learn how to innovate in your business
  • Adopt digital technologies to boost productivity and operational agility
  • Develop your value proposition and reach into growth markets
  • Improve employee engagement and responsible business practices

Eligibility for the course

  • Your business must employ a between five and 249 employees
  • Your business must be at least one year old
  • Participants must be a leader or decision maker with at least one direct report
  • Businesses with five to nine employees are allowed one participant on the programme
  • Businesses with ten to 249 employees are allowed two participants on the programme

This practical programme takes place over three months and will include both online and face-to-face sessions, alongside peer support and mentoring.

The course is built around a practical curriculum that features

  • Eight facilitated online two hour sessions
  • Four practical and interactive case study workshops
  • One-to-one support from a mentor providing you with personalised support to develop your business growth plan
  • Peer networking, including peer group calls that give you the opportunity to share experiences with a small group of other small business leaders
  • Access to the Alumni Programme featuring events with inspirational speakers, business clinics and networking events

The course will cover key areas of leadership including

  • Strategy and innovation
  • Growing national and international markets
  • Leading for high performance
  • Building vision and brand
  • Engaging and inspiring teams
  • Creating customer value
  • Adopting digital technology
  • Adopting responsible business practices
  • Financial management 

The Help to Grow: Management programme is delivered through a combination of online webinars and face-to-face workshops. Explore our upcoming cohorts below.

Cohorts for 2024

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Introduction to the Help to Grow: Management Course - Professor Mark Gilman

View Introduction to the Help to Grow: Management Programme - Professor Mark Gilman video transcript

Cameron McQueen inside a beer brewery.
Mentoring

Mentoring will offer you personalised support to develop your business growth plan and will allow you to learn from their experience.

Olivia Ramsbottom stood in a classroom.
Meet the expert speakers

Learning on the programme is led by our team of experts who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from working in industry and academia.

Paula Twine working in an office.
Meet the business leader

Past business who have taken part include marketing agencies, graphic design agencies, residential surveyors and those in the aerospace sector.

Help to Grow: Management - Success for SMEs

Businesses are already seeing the benefits of the course. Find out more about their stories and how they've benefited from working with us.

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Joseph Eyong

What we want to do moving forward is also to create an environment where all the participants have the opportunity to build a community of their own, in which they decide how the community is run, how they network and share experiences.

Joseph Ebot Eyong
Help to Grow: Management Course Lead and Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy

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