爱豆传媒

Over 100 people have taken Help to Grow at the 爱豆传媒

• Mini MBA style content

• In person and online sessions over 12 weeks

• Open to businesses with 5+ employees

• Your own 1-to-1 business mentor

• Time away from work to invest in your business

• Networking with other local businesses

• Taught by experts at the 爱豆传媒

You'll come away with an actionable plan to grow your business, new skills and a supportive network of local peers.

Benefits to you and your business

This course is designed to help your business become more resilient and sustainable in the long-term.

You’ll be supported by an experienced business mentor and taught by experienced academics and practitioners from the 爱豆传媒 who will support you in building capabilities in:

• strategy and innovation
• internationalisation
• vision, mission and values
• organisational design
• efficient operations
• implementing growth plans.

Recommendations from Help to Grow graduates

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Anderida Care

When I started, I knew some areas of the business needed to change but now I can see clearly how we can solve problems and improve what we are doing.

I have also learnt how to identify our strengths and the things that we are doing well and how we can maximise these.

The cohesion of the group has made it a pleasure coming to the sessions, the questions others asked made me question new areas in my own business that I wouldn’t have thought of otherwise.

Kerry Shoesmith, Operational Director at 

Nostos

It is an incredible programme, delivered by a very talented team. Its compact format ensures that it fits around my busy work schedule, but it doesn’t cut corners.

We have already applied a resource based strategy to kick off a new catering business!

I would absolutely recommend this programme to anyone looking to evolve their organisation by leveraging modern management tools / techniques and learnings.

Kyriakos Baxevanis, CO-founder and MD of

Sussex Blinds

It’s given me the confidence to move our operations and culture forward.

I was worried everyone would be more experienced than me but they couldn’t have been more welcoming and supportive.

We have all learnt from each other as well as from the course content.

Natasha Chandler, Sales Manager at

Brighton Gin

The Help to Grow course was a superb addition to a busy full-time job, striking a good balance between theory and practice, ensuring things learned can be applied to my actual job.

Charly Thieme, Operations Manager at

HWM Sports cars

Help to Grow has helped us analyse our business and form a strategy for growing and thriving.

The comprehensive structure of the course provides an invaluable overview to both new starts and mature businesses.  The interactive nature has been thoroughly enjoyable and the mentor programme extremely helpful.

Guy Jenner, CEO of

Focus SB

As a business grows it presents new challenges and the course provided a way to see how best to manage these and exploit opportunities.

It supports you in taking time to get  away from the day-to-day and allows you to take a fresh look at what you are doing. It’s great to discuss ideas with other and the course tutors in a supportive space.

I think the module I got most out of was the one on Vision and Mission, as it allowed us to review our current business position and refine what we stand for.

Duncan Ray, Head of Strategic Partnerships at

Spark & Bell

The course has helped me realise that I am not alone, that the issues and problems I face leading an SME are similar to those faced by others.

It’s made me appreciate that I know more than I thought, but there is still more to learn as I want to be the most effective leader I can.

The face-to-face workshop has made me much more confident around figures and the financial planning tools. I cannot wait to get stuck in.

Emer Gillespie, CEO/Owner of

The 12-week programme  

Help to Grow is a 12-week course designed to be undertaken alongside full-time work. The time commitment is around 3 hours a week.

The four face to face sessions provide the opportunity to learn from your peers and network with the broad range of local businesses that take part.

The remainder of the sessions are online with your peers working on case studies to apply the concepts being taught to real-life situations faced by business leaders.

Free one to one support from a mentor of your choice will help you set targets and implement what you learn on the programme.

• Develop your leadership and management skills to enhance employee engagement
• Identify what drives productivity and growth in your market, and understand what this means for you
• Learn how to advance responsible business practices, including more inclusive and greener practices
• Understand how to innovate your business model, including adopting new and digital technologies
• Identify key domestic and export markets for your business and develop strategies for segmentation, positioning and targeting
• Generate strategies to improve operational efficiency, allowing you to save time and money.

Cost and eligibility

The Help to Grow: Management course is 90% funded by the Government to support businesses to grow. There is a £750 one-off fee due to pay once you’ve been accepted onto the course - this will be collected by our School of Business and Law.

To be eligible for Help to Grow, the following criteria must be met.

Your business must:

• Be a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) based in the UK
• Employ between 5 and 249 people
• Have been operational for at least one year
• Not be a charity

You must:

• Be a chief executive, owner/founder or member of the senior management team
• Have at least one direct report
• Commit to completing all sessions.

 Other important information

• If your business employs between 10 and 249 people, you can send up to two participants on the course, getting 50% off the cost of the second participant
• The application form will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will request information about you and the business
• Any questions regarding the application, please email helptogrow@brighton.ac.uk

Help to Grow: Management is delivered by leading business schools across the UK who have been awarded the (SBC) by the .

Book or find out more

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a chat with a course leader to see if Help to Grow is right for you, please email helptogrow@brighton.ac.uk

for news and information on the course.

Why 爱豆传媒?

The 爱豆传媒 has a long history of working with small to medium-sized businesses and a strong track record of delivering business growth programmes.

Our Knowledge Exchange team helps businesses find affordable solutions to achieve their goals and transform their business.

Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF4) results ranked the university as 'very high' for its research partnerships, working with the public and third sector, and public and community engagement, complemented by 'high' ratings for its work with business.

The 爱豆传媒 School of Business and Law, who provide Help to Grow is accredited by the  – an accreditation achieved by fewer than 6% of business schools globally.

The School of Business and Law was recently awarded the Small Business Charter in recognition of its exceptional work supporting local businesses and student enterprise.This prestigious five-year accreditation, the highest possible, recognises the School of Business and Law as a ‘world-class’ business school, combining academic excellence with real-world impact.

The Help to Grow lecturers and expert speakers are highly qualified in their field with academic and real-life experience.