Guides to Business Growth

Why is this important?

Once an organisation is up and running, leaders often turn their attention to growth. This may be necessary to take advantage of opportunities or to reduce the threat of competition.

Description

Growth can happen organically and be unplanned. Or it can be planned for. These tools will help you to identify the steps you need to take to grow your business – whether that is expanding on an existing site, changing your market, or growing to multiple sites. This section also includes guides to use common business tools.

Supports

Growth. Sustainability. Leader/Manager Self Development.

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Help to Grow: Management Essentials

Help to Grow – Management Essentials: Practical Bite Sized Video and resources
from Small Business Charter

About the Help to Grow: Management Course

Help to Grow : 12-week management course for SMEs (5 – 250 employees) includes online and face-to-face learning through University business schools and one-to-one mentoring
from Small Business Charter

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality – course from Open University – 12 hours of learning and templates
from OpenLearn - Open University

Free online e-learning courses for businesses

Useful training videos on a range of topics covering business planning (including use of commonly used tools such as Dropbox and WhatsApp), marketing, people management and social media
from Enterprise Nation

How to scale your business – checklist

Guide to scaling a business
from British Business Bank

SME Support Toolkit

Santander SME Toolkit including strategies for growth and developing your workforce
from santander.co.uk

Unlocking growth through employee wellbeing

Podcast – Unlocking Growth Through Employee Wellbeing
from Barclays Eagle Labs

Beyond the founder: How to build a scalable system of leadership

Guide to recruiting middle managers
from Barclays Eagle Labs

The importance of mindset

The Importance of Mindset
from NatWest Business Builder

3-Step Finance Finder

Find finance to support your growth
from British Business Bank

Marketing your early years business

from eyalliance.org.uk