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