Leadership and management
Help to Grow: Management
The Help to Grow: Management course supports managers of SMEs to boost their business’ performance, resilience and long-term growth.
The 12 week programme can be completed alongside full-time work and follows an in-depth curriculum that will help you build your skills in leadership, innovation, digital areas, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business and financial management. By the end of the course, you will have created a business growth plan to help you lead your business to release its full potential.
The cost to attend this course is 90% government funded.
By the end of the course, you will:
- Develop a Growth Action Plan uniquely tailored to helping you lead and grow your business.
- Develop your leadership and management skills, enhancing employee wellbeing and engagement in the process.
- Recognise what drives productivity and growth in your market.
- Learn how to drive responsible business practices, including creating an inclusive and greener workplace.
- Understand how to innovate your business model by investing in digital technology.
- Develop strategies to improve efficiency and save time and money.
For more information on these programmes, get in touch and we’ll connect you to the expertise and resources you need.
Articles
Work with the Growth Hub: Opportunities Now Live
We are now procuring a series of specific business support programmes, as part of North Yorkshire Council’s SPF plans.
Secure your place: Business Support Programmes 2024
The Growth Hub is hard at work curating a new package of business support programmes for 2024. The programmes will be available to businesses located in North Yorkshire, funded by North Yorkshire Council’s Shared Prosperity Fund.
Choc Affair Wins Prestigious Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber Award
The region's manufacturers took centre stage at Insider's 2024 Made in Yorkshire Awards. The prestigious event celebrated Yorkshire and Humber's world-class companies and their impact. One of the big winners was Choc Affair, the beloved York chocolatier renowned for its ethical and award-winning creations. Choc Affair clinched the top spot in the Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber Awards.
Events
12th April 202410:00 am - 11:00 amFREE
12 April Webinar: Are you up to Standard? Officially...
Whether you are selling a products or services, you want to make sure you’re up to the standards. In the UK, Trading Standards teams enforce over 80 parliamentary acts and pieces of legislation. So, are you up to their standards? We want you to be. In this friendly session, we’ve invited expert, adviser and coach Russell Bignell to guide us through the challenge of ensuring we are meeting and exceeding the standards expected of UK businesses.
17th April 20249:00 am - 11:00 amFREE
17 April - Ian Walker: Tax and Accountancy for SMEs and Start-Ups
Join us at the Enterprise Centre for a support session on Tax and Accountancy for SME's and Start-Up businesses with Ian Walker. Learn everything you'll need to know in the early days of starting a business!
18th April 20249:30 am - 11:00 amFREE
18 April - North Yorkshire Council: Connect Over A Cuppa
This free session for North Yorkshire SMEs will provide you with a space to share new ideas, solve problems, and connect with like-minded businesses. You will also get the chance to speak with specialists about support for your business.
Resources
Young Entrepreneur Guide
Do you have a business idea? Or do you want to work for yourself? Then the Young Entrepreneur Guide is here to help you!
Webinar Recording : How to pitch your product to a Retail Buyer
How do you know which retailers to approach? How do you approach the Buyers (the ones with the spending power)? And once you’ve found the right retailer and the Buyer, how do you convince them to sell your product? In this 1 hour session we will take you through the best way to find, approach and pitch to a retail buyer. We will prepare you with an overview of the Buying cycle, review the considerations that you will need to be aware of, share questions a Buyer might ask and provide a clear outline for the perfect pitch.
Webinar Recording : Creating Videos for Your Business
Daniel Pingstone of Fly Flow Media recently delivered two webinars in partnership, looking at how to create videos for both products and service based businesses. In this condensed recording, Dan covers the content shared in each of those sessions.