Help To Grow
Lead with confidence. Grow with purpose.
Develop the leadership, strategy and practical skills to accelerate sustainable business growth.
Applications are now open for our November 2026 cohort.
Why choose Help to Grow: Management?
Whether you’re looking to improve productivity, strengthen your leadership, embrace digital innovation or prepare your business for its next stage of growth, Help to Grow: Management provides practical knowledge and expert support that can be applied immediately within your organisation.
Grow Your Business
Develop practical strategies to identify new opportunities and support sustainable business growth.
Strengthen Your Leadership
Build the confidence and leadership skills to lead your people and make better business decisions.
Drive Digital Innovation
Discover practical ways to use digital technologies to improve competitiveness and business performance.
Improve Productivity
Learn how to improve efficiency, streamline operations and make better use of your resources.
Learn with Like-minded Leaders
Share experiences, ideas and challenges with ambitious business leaders from across the UK.
Develop Your Growth Action Plan
Create a tailored action plan that you can implement immediately within your business.
Your 12-Week Journey
A practical programme designed for real business impact.
Attend in person workshops with expert tutors, receive one-to-one mentoring from business leaders, develop your business growth action plan, continue your growth within our Alumni network.
What's next?
The Help to Grow: Management programme combines practical learning with expert support to help business leaders develop the knowledge, confidence and skills needed for sustainable growth.
- 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
- Eight 2-hour online sessions delivered by business experts
- Four interactive, practical workshop sessions
- One-to-one personalised mentoring to support your Growth Action Plan
- Peer learning and group discussions with fellow SME leaders
- Continued access to the Help to Grow alumni programme, networking opportunities and business clinics
You may be eligible if:
- Your business is registered in the UK.
- You employ between 5 and 249 people.
- Your business has been operating for at least one year.
- You are an owner, leader or decision-maker within the business.
* Businesses with 5 – 9 employees are eligible for one participant on the course, with two able to attend per programme for businesses with 10 – 249 staff*.