Ready for Scale
The Ready for Scale programme helps your business take a leap on its growth trajectory, transforming it. You will learn how to deal with external challenges and take advantage of opportunities to give your business a competitive edge. The programme uses the same proven successful growth plan as the Business Growth Programme.
The benefits
- Learn how to review your business critically
- Gain a clearer company vision
- Know the next steps to achieve growth goals
- Grow your business network of support and get faster results
Course structure
- Introduction workshop
- Six online modules
- Tutorials after each module
- Growth plan presentation
- 1-1 Mentoring
Eligibility
- Owner / senior manager
- Business established for a minimum of three years
- A turnover between £0.5m and £30m
- 5 to 100 employees
Duration: 12 weeks
Location: Online
Closing date for applications: 21 January 2025
Starts: 28 January 2025
Growth Curve Masterclass
This is an intensive growth programme that will give you insights to help strengthen your leadership skills. You will also get access to the latest entrepreneurial thinking across key business areas, enabling you to critically assess your business to make the right strategic decisions to boost its performance.
The benefits
- Strengthen your leadership skills
- Improve your business resilience
- Get on track for sustainable long-term growth
- Boost your business growth
Course structure
- Four online interactive masterclasses, each around 1.5hrs in duration
- Peer group interaction and interaction in between sessions
- Supported with a workbook covering the ten steps to Profitable Business Growth
Eligibility
- Owner / senior manager
- Business established for a minimum of one year
- A turnover between £300K and £1m
- Minimum three employees
Duration: 2 days
Location: Online
Closing date for applications: 29 October
Starts: 5 November 2024
Finance Fundamentals for Growing Businesses
If you’re a manager with financial responsibility, this programme will equip you with the key concepts and abilities to improve the financial management of the business. It delivers an understanding of the critical drivers of business value, how management decisions affect financial decisions and how to measure performance to drive business improvement.
The benefits
- Improve business performance
- Improve decision-making
- Lead to cost savings through better management
- Get a much better understanding of financial management and cash flow in a growing business
Course structure
- Covers the main aspects of finance management, such as decision-making, cash flow, working capital, balance sheets, competitor accounts, marginal costing, elasticity of demand and pricing decisions
Eligibility
- Managers who have financial related responsibilities
- Business established for a minimum of one year
- A minimum turnover £0.5m
- Minimum three employees
Duration: 1 day
Location: Live online
Closing date for applications: 20 February 2025
Starts: 27 February 2025
