Help to Grow: Management
Are you an SME business leader looking to boost the performance, resilience, and long-term growth of your business ?
Look no further than our Help to Grow: Management programme. We've helped over 100 SME business leaders grow their business fast through this 90% government funded course, delivered in collaboration with industry experts and experienced entrepreneurs.
The course has been designed with the latest business thinking, tools, and resources, and is brought to life with emerging best practice, personal stories and case studies, peer networking, and one-to-one mentoring to boost your performance, resilience, and growth.
Delivered as a fast-track learning experience, you can take part around existing work commitments and gain relevant knowledge that will have an immediate positive impact. It’s a challenging and rewarding course that will help you unlock your leadership potential and develop the skills to lead change.
About the course
Help to Grow: Management offers a blend of online and face-to-face learning at the University of Hertfordshire and is designed to fit around your existing work commitments. You will receive:
- in-depth training, developed by industry experts and experienced entrepreneurs
- one-to-one support from a business mentor to help apply your learning
- support to develop a bespoke growth action plan to help your business reach its potential and overcome your business challenges
- access to a peer network to share practical challenges, ideas, and experiences.
The course covers strategies for growth and innovation, leading high-performance teams and digital adoption, as well as financial management, brand development, marketing, and responsible business practices.
The next cohort starts on 17 September 2026 - View full schedule. Please register below for more information.
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Benefits
- develop your leadership skills across all areas of business including strategic planning, employee engagement, finance, and marketing
- develop strategies for market segmentation, positioning, and targeting to streamline your marketing approach
- identify new technologies and digital approaches to enhance innovation and productivity in your business model
- learn how to engage your employees on your business journey and plan the future structure of your organisation
- take away a tailor-made Growth Action Plan and the confidence to grow your business
- improve operational efficiency to save time and money
- gain exclusive access to the Help to Grow Alumni programme featuring events with inspirational speakers, networking, and business support.
Funding and Fees
The Help to Grow: Management course is 90% funded by the Government. The fee payable by participants is £750.
You could also qualify for a bursary to make the Help to Grow: Management course even more affordable. Want to find out more? Fill in the form above and our team will be in touch shortly.
Eligibility
The course is for business owners, leaders, and senior managers from all business sectors. To join the course, your business must:
- be a small or medium-sized business based in the United Kingdom
- employ between 5 and 249 people*
- have been operational for at least one year
- not be a charity.**
The applicant(s) must:
- be a senior decision maker, such as a Chief Executive, Finance Director or Operations Director
- have at least one direct report.
Social enterprises can register for the course, so long as they meet all the standard eligibility criteria, as listed above.
*If your business employs between 10 and 249 people, you can send two people on the course. If your business employs between 5 and 9 people, you can send only one person.
**Contact us if your charity has an independent commercial/trading arm, as you may be eligible.
