Posted: 3rd February 2015
Are you passionate about growing your business? We know it’s not always easy during a busy daily schedule to decide what step to take next, so this might be the perfect opportunity for you to stand back and look at the bigger picture.
This is the first time that the Growth Vouchers scheme is being delivered by a national consortium of leading business schools, offering a full programme of strategic advice and high quality leadership and management training to help you grow your business. £2,000 of Government match-funding is on offer to take part in a series of half-day workshops covering core growth topics:
* Review of growth opportunities
* Cash flow and general financial management
* Marketing strategies for small businesses
* Managing People – HR Strategies for a growing small business
* Raising the finance for growth
* Planning next steps – with a business mentor
Perhaps you didn’t know that 66% of participants receiving strategic growth training have seen their annual turnover increase by an average of 16%? Would you like to achieve that, and more?
The full programme which runs from January to March 2015, is now open for applications at Aston Business School amongst other
You can find the online application form by visiting www.sbcgrowthvouchers.co.uk or get in touchby emailing growthvouchers@aston.ac.uk
More about the Growth Voucher initiative:
The Small Business Charter has launched the Government-backed Growth Voucher programme which will be delivered nationwide by a consortium of business schools to provide advice and support to small businesses small businesses. The Growth Voucher programme will provide match funding to small businesses to pay for leadership and management advice from a group of trailblazing business schools who hold a Small Business Charter award.
The ABS has continued to play a central role in engaging with policy makers and highlighting the contributions made by business schools to economic prosperity in local communities. Following the Witty Review and recommendations by the Government’s Adviser on Enterprise Lord Young in 2013, the Small Business Charter was set up to ensure SMEs will continue to benefit from mentoring and business support provided by award winning business schools.
Eligible businesses can apply for a voucher to match fund up to £2,000 towards the cost of strategic advice in the following areas:
This tailored Growth Voucher programme is being led by six business schools who hold the Small Business Charter, and will allow more entrepreneurs nationwide to access world class support to expand their businesses.
The consortium delivering the programme are:
Commenting on the launch Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister, Lord Young said “Strategic advice is key to business success and I welcome the arrival of a number of the Small Business Charter Business Schools as a partner delivering the Growth Vouchers Programme. With their support, more small businesses will be able to access the advice they need to succeed and grow and create more jobs and opportunities.”
Ian McNaught, the new Executive Director of the Small Business Charter, has been working closely with the consortium. He said “I am thrilled and excited that business schools awarded with the Small Business Charter are now at the frontline of Government’s support network for ambitious small businesses. Growth Vouchers are a great new weapon in our armoury as we work to link the expertise of Britain’s world class business schools with the dynamism of our ever growing ranks of entrepreneurs.”
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