Help to Grow: Management Course (June–October)

Kingston University Business School's Help to Grow: Management Course has been helping business owners and leaders boost their business performance, resilience and long-term growth for nearly a year, with over 280 participants since its inception.

Designed specifically for small and medium sized enterprises and delivered by expert lecturers and facilitators at the business school, the 12-week course is 90% funded by the government.

Key topics covered include:

• Strategy and innovation.
• Digital adoption.
• Marketing.
• Branding.
• High performing workplace.
• Finance.

Online study is combined with peer-to-peer networking and support, as well as in-person case study workshops to help apply the knowledge learnt.

By the end you will have developed a specific Growth Action Plan to help strengthen your business's future.

Eligibility criteria

• Your business must have been trading for at least a year.
• Your business must have five to 249 employees for one person to attend, and 10 to 249 employees for two people to attend.
• The person attending must be a business owner, senior leader or in a managerial position with direct reports.

Social enterprises can apply if they meet the above but charities are ineligible.

Other eligibility requirements

• Age: 18 to over 60.
• Ethnicity: None.
• Gender: None.
• Disability: Not applicable.