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Join the University of Gloucestershire's next Help to Grow Management cohort starting in May. There's only a few spaces left.

The Help to Grow Management Programme is a practical management training programme developed in collaboration with industry and delivered by the University of Gloucestershire, accredited by the Small Business Charter.

The 12-week programme has been designed to be completed alongside your usual full-time work through a combination of online sessions, face-to-face learning (4 in person sessions), mentoring, and peer to peer learning. 

The course is 90% funded by the government, (value of the programme is £6,750) with a one-off fee of only £750.

Modules include:

• Strategy and Innovation
• Internationalisation and Winning New Markets
• Developing a Marketing Strategy
• Employee Engagement and Leading Change
• Implementing Growth Plans

and much more.

By the end of July 2021, once the course has finished, you will:

• Develop a Growth Action Plan
• Develop your leadership and management skills
• Recognise what drives productivity and growth
• Learn how to advance responsible business practices
• Understand how to innovate your business model
• Identify key domestic and export markets
• Develop strategies to improve operational efficiency

Who can join Help to Grow Management?

• You must be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in the UK (excluding charities)
• Employ between 5 and 249 people
• Have been operational for at least one year
• Only one person per business can participate in the programme

To book your place on the next cohort, please visit: www.gov.uk/helptogrow