Help to Grow

• eight facilitated online 2-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 programme offers 50 hours of support over 12 weeks. It is intended to be manageable alongside full time work. Participants must be able to attend all sessions.

The programme 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.

Business eligibility

• UK businesses from any sector that have been operating for more than one year and have between 5 to 249 employees are eligible
• charities are not eligible.

Applicant eligibility

• you must be a decision maker or member of the senior management team within the business, such as Chief Executive, Finance Director, Operations Director etc
• you must commit to completing all sessions.

The programme is 90% funded by the Government. The fee payable by participants is £750.