INTRODUCING… THE HELP TO GROW PROGRAMME

Programme Details

This mini MBA-style programme is designed for business owners and senior leaders of small and mediumsized businesses, Help to Grow: Management is a 12-week course that helps your business reach its full potential for growth, resilience and secession planning.

Benefits: n In-depth training n Invaluable 1:1 business mentoring n Bespoke Growth Action Plan n Low cost, high impact n Peer-to-peer networking n Time away from your business to work on your business

This course, accredited by the Chartered Association of Business Schools, is being delivered by the University of Brighton. Working in collaboration with industry experts and experienced entrepreneurs, the course covers strategies for growth and innovation, digital adoption, leading high-performance teams, financial management and responsible business practices. With the support of an experienced mentor, you will also create a bespoke growth plan for your business.

Next course dates:

Brighton April 25th or June 12th

Crawley/Gatwick April 21st

Modules And Delivery Style

To facilitate busy work schedules, the course is a mix of both online and in person workshops.

1 Strategy and Innovation

2 Digital Adoption

3 Internationalisation and winning new markets

4 Vision, mission, and values

5 Developing a marketing strategy

6 Building a brand

7 Organisational design

8 Employee management and leading change

9 High performance workplace

10 Efficient operations

11 Finance and financial management

12 Implementing growth plans

Your Growth Plan

n Develop your leadership and management skills, enhancing employee wellbeing and engagement n Identify what drives productivity and growth in your market, and understand what this means for you n Learn how to advance responsible business practices, including more inclusive and greener practices n Understand how to innovate your business model, including adopting and investing in new and digital technologies n Identify key domestic and export markets for your business and develop strategies for segmentation, positioning and targeting n Generate strategies to improve operational efficiency, allowing you to save time and money

Platinum Special Offer

Here is even better news. 90% of the programme cost is covered by the government therefore a total of £750 but using the code PLATINUM100 will reduce the cost still further to only £375.

Apply Now

www.brighton.ac.uk/help-to-grow

Eligibility

To be eligible for Help to Grow, the following criteria must be met:

Your business must n Be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in the UK n Employ between 5 and 249 people n Have been operational for at least one year n Not be a charity

You must n Be a chief executive, owner/ founder or senior manager. n Have at least one person reporting to you n Commit to completing all sessions

THE HELP TO GROW: MANAGEMENT COURSE

You will be supported by an experienced business mentor who will support you in producing a growth plan, and taught by experienced academics and practitioners from the School of Business and Law.

❛❛ If you are feeling that you are in a bit of a grind and that your business is just stagnating, then definitely apply for this course ❜❜

Guy Bulmer

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The Help to Grow: Management is delivered by leading business schools across the UK who have been awarded the Small Business Charter (SBC) by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS).

Help to Grow is a 12-week course designed to be undertaken alongside full-time work. The time commitment is 50 hours over 12 weeks. Learning alongside other business owners, you have the opportunity to learn from your peers and network.

Using a combination of online and face-to-face sessions alongside case study workshops, you will have the opportunity to apply the concepts being taught to real-life situations faced by business leaders. By the end of the course, you will have a tailored Growth Action Plan to help you lead and grow your business.

WHY CHOOSE THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON?

The University of Brighton has a long history of working with small to medium-sized businesses, and a strong track record of delivering business growth programmes.

The school of Business and Law is home to the Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (CENTRIM), which works with partners in industry, academia and government producing groundbreaking concepts to explain, harness and improve innovation, entrepreneurship and change management.

The 2021 Knowledge Exchange Framework results place the University of Brighton in the top 10% for universities for public and community engagement, and in the top 20% for skills, enterprise, and entrepreneurship.

A previous participant who has completed the Help to Grow: Management course at the University of Brighton gives his view