Register for this scheme
Join 30,000 senior leaders taking part in a practical management training programme delivered by world-class business schools, accredited by the Small Business Charter.
The government backed programme, Help to Grow: Management, is supporting SMEs in the region to level up and boost their performance.
Help to Grow: Management is a 12-week course that includes both online and face-to-face sessions, in order to be manageable alongside full-time work commitments. The content is designed to provide key skills to senior leaders in SMEs and help drive knowledge, innovation and agility through the development of an individually tailored business growth plan.
Delivered across the UK by leading business schools, SMEs in the North East can access the programme via Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University. The programme is also available via Teesside University International Business School.
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
- A blended programme that combines interactive, online sessions with face-to-face learning to suit you
The programme
The programme is delivered by a range of experts (including entrepreneurs, business leaders and respected academics with significant commercial expertise), alongside independent and peer-to-peer learning and personalised mentoring support. As part of a group of small business owners and leaders (20 to 25 per cohort) participants will also build invaluable new networks.
The focussed curriculum includes strategy and innovation, digital adoption, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business, and financial management, as well as the development of an actionable growth plan to help businesses realise their full potential.
The programme is built around a practical curriculum which features:
- 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
How much does it cost?
The 12-week programme costs participants just £750 and is 90% subsidised by government.
Eligibility
To join Help to Grow: Management, your business must:
- Be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in the United Kingdom
- Be from any business sector, employing between 5 and 249 people
- Have been operational for at least one year
- Not be a charity
2 people per business can complete the course providing the business employs 10 or more employees.
To join Help to Grow: Management, the applicant must:
- Be a decision maker or member of the senior management team within the business, such as Chief Executive, Finance Director, Operations Director etc.
- Commit to completing all sessions
When does the programme start?
To review all future cohort start dates, please visit smallbusinesscharter.org and select your preferred delivery organisation and location.
Help to Grow Management is also available through Teesside University International Business School, should this be a more convenient location please see here for more details.