Funded business Help to Grow Management training programme in Portsmouth – spaces available

Running a business at the moment can be lonely and frustrating. You might be facing a number of challenges at the same time and you might be fighting on many fronts.

Our ‘Help To Grow: Management Course' is a 90% government funded course, facilitated by business experts, which is a practical programme that takes place over three months with both online and face-to-face sessions alongside peer support and mentoring. Aimed at senior leaders and managers in small and medium businesses, the course covers strategies for growth and innovation, leading high-performance teams and digital transformation, as well as financial management and responsible business practices. Participants will hear from inspirational business leaders, learn alongside local peers and learn from like-minded leaders with bespoke peer-to-peer networking sessions.

The in-depth high-quality curriculum will support you to build your capabilities in leadership, innovation, digital adoption, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business, and financial management. By the end of the programme you will develop a business growth plan to help you lead your business to release its potential. No assessments, no exams.

What’s the deal?

The 12-week programme is designed to be taken alongside full-time work through a combination of online sessions and 4 face-to-face workshops. The cost to attend is also 90% funded by the Government.

And to support you financially we are offering to cover the remaining 10% of the fee. We know that SMEs are under significant pressures due to the current cost of living crisis, and this can affect smaller businesses significantly. We are therefore able to offer you a bursary of £750, which will enable Portsmouth Business School to cover the cost of your participant fee.

What is the schedule for the sessions?

● You will access 12 weeks of learning designed to fit alongside work commitments

● 8 online sessions

● 4 face-to-face sessions taking place on campus in Portsmouth City Centre

● You will develop a bespoke business growth plan to help your business reach its full potential

● You will have 1:1 support from a business mentor

● You will learn from peers and network with businesses just like yours

Eligibility criteria

To join the Help to Grow: Management Course, your business must:

Be a Small or Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) based in the United Kingdom

From any business sector, employing between 5 and 249 people

Have been operational for at least one year

Not be a charity

Interested?

Our next cohort begins in July: https://smallbusinesscharter.org/h2gmcourse/portsmouth-64