Designed to be manageable alongside full-time work, Help to Grow helps you develop vital business skills. You'll learn about financial management, innovation, digital transformation and other key areas.

The course combines online sessions with face-to-face learning, alongside peer support and mentoring. By the end you'll develop a tailored business growth plan to lead your business to its full potential.

Find out more about the course content.

Who is it for?

To join Help to Grow: Management, you must:

• be a decision-maker or member of the senior management team. Example roles include Chief Executive, Finance Director or Operations Director.
• commit to completing all sessions

Your business must:

• be an SME based in the UK
• employ between five and 249 people
• have been operational for at least one year
• not be a charity

If your business employs ten or more people, up to two people can join the course.

Course overview

Over 12 weeks, you’ll gain access to:

• eight facilitated online sessions (each lasting two hours).
• four face-to-face practical and interactive case study workshops at the University of Bath School of Management.
• ten hours of one-to-one support from a mentor with experience of running a business. This provides you with personalised support to develop your own business growth plan.
• peer networking, including group calls. Share experiences with other small business leaders.
• access to the Alumni Programme of events with inspirational speakers, business clinics and networking events.

Modules

• Strategy and innovation
• Digital transformation
• Winning new markets
• Vision, mission and values
• Developing a marketing strategy
• Building a brand
• Organisational design
• Employee engagement and leading change
• High performance workplace
• Effective operations
• Finance and financial management
• Implementing growth plans