Hundreds of London business leaders benefits from the Help To Grow Management Course

More than 550 business leaders across London have now completed the Help to Grow: Management Course in a bid to strengthen resilience and innovation, according to new figures from the Department for Business and Trade. 

The 12-week Help to Grow: Management Course was founded in April 2021 to help business leaders and senior managers to increase resilience, innovation, and growth within their organisations. 

By February 2023, 580 SME leaders in London had finished the course across seven business schools at Birkbeck, University of London; Brunel, University London; Coventry University (London campus); Kingston University; London College of Fashion; London Metropolitan University and London South Bank University. Throughout the UK, 3,340 people had completed the course across 52 UK business schools.

Research, published in May and undertaken by Ipsos, highlights the impact Help to Grow: Management has had on UK businesses. Seven in 10 (69 per cent) report greater confidence in leading and managing their business while two thirds (66 per cent) felt their leadership and management skills had improved. 

SME leaders across a variety of sectors have benefitted from taking part in the training including those in manufacturing, construction, professional services, scientific,and technical industries, and information and communication. Help to Grow: Management comprises four waves of three modules, 1-2-1 business mentoring, peer-learning and access to the Alumni Network.  

Encouragingly, six in 10 (61 per cent) UK business leaders now have a better understanding of how to innovate their business model and are more aware of factors that drive business productivity and growth. Over nine in 10 (92 per cent) say they have shared what they learned or gained with others in their business after completing the programme. 

The advice given to help business leaders embrace working in a post-Covid era also resulted in almost four in five (78 per cent) reporting improved employee engagement.  

Michael Hayman MBE, chair of Small Business Charter, said: “The success of the UK’s SME sector is critical to the growth of the wider economy. The Help to Grow: Management Course is designed to directly benefit our vibrant SME sector, equipping today’s leaders and future leaders with the tools, knowledge and confidence to identify and lead change, innovation and growth.

“It’s also brilliant to see the course attracting a wider diversity of business leaders, something we want to continue embracing as the programme progresses.  We look forward to continuing to support business leaders across London and the rest of the UK as they take the steps needed to introduce change that will help them for years to come.” 

By Mark Adair – Correspondent, Bdaily

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