About the programme
Help to Grow: Management is a UK government funded programme to help SME business leaders increase productivity, seize investment opportunities, and grow their business.
Alumni have said this programme has helped them drive their business forward, as it enables you to focus on a challenge or opportunity specific to your business, as well as taking on new knowledge, which is embedded into the business growth plan that you get full support in compiling through taught sessions and through dedicated mentoring. Previous business growth plans have focussed on driving diversification of offering, to designing commercialisation strategies, understanding them, and setting specific growth targets. Other organisations are using this programme to support staff development in understanding wider business and strategic elements and as part of talent and succession planning.
About the programme
Help to Grow: Management is a UK government funded programme to help SME business leaders increase productivity, seize investment opportunities, and grow their business.
Alumni have said this programme has helped them drive their business forward, as it enables you to focus on a challenge or opportunity specific to your business, as well as taking on new knowledge, which is embedded into the business growth plan that you get full support in compiling through taught sessions and through dedicated mentoring. Previous business growth plans have focussed on driving diversification of offering, to designing commercialisation strategies, understanding them, and setting specific growth targets. Other organisations are using this programme to support staff development in understanding wider business and strategic elements and as part of talent and succession planning.
Programme details
Delivery
A blend of online and face-to-face sessions. With just one session a week, it's designed to fit around existing work and personal commitments.
Duration
12 weeks
Cost
The programme is fully funded for eligible applicants: 90% by the government, and 10% by School of Business Law and Society via bursary.
Date
17 November (onboarding)
24 November (first module starts)
Benefit from Solent's business expertise
Learn from experienced business professionals who understand business because they have lived it.
Our Help to Grow: Management programme is delivered by a teaching team who are current or former small business owners, bringing first-hand experience of leading, growing and managing businesses into every session.
You will combine real-world experience with the latest business thinking, giving you practical tools and ideas that you can apply directly to your own organisation.
Solent is Small Business Charter accredited, TEF Triple Gold, a PRME signatory, and ranked in the UK top 10 for student satisfaction in Business and Management Studies in the Complete University Guide 2027.
At Solent, business isn't just something we teach. It's something we do.
Want to find out more? Why not contact us to speak to our experts, or find out if any taster sessions are happening, or simply register your interest and we'll be in touch!
Register your interestProgramme benefits
- 10 hours of 1:1 mentoring from a business expert to help you and your business grow.
- A carefully designed practical curriculum.
- Development of a bespoke business growth plan to help your business and team reach their full potential.
- Range of peer networking sessions with a chance to share experiences and best practice.
- Access to the nationwide alumni network which includes guest speakers, bespoke business clinics, and networking events.
- All you need to invest is your time - the £7,500 cost of the programme is fully funded: 90% by the government, 10% by Solent University's School of Business, Law and Society.
Eligibility criteria
- Be a small- or medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in the UK.
- Be from any industry sector and employ between 5 and 249 people.
- Have been operational for at least one year.
- Be a decision-maker or member of the senior management team, such as chief executive, finance director, operations director, etc.
- If your business employs between 10 and 249 people, you can send up to two participants on the course.
- Previous participants on the Small Business Leadership Programme can also join the course.
The course is a good opportunity to take a step back, evaluate what's happened in your business in the last two years, and plan for the future. Access to a mentor is a real benefit and will help you grow your business.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about the Help to Grow: Management programme delivered by Solent Business School, contact Matt Sanger, Programme Director.
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