Help to Grow Management Course

Host: Nottingham Trent University

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Help to Grow Management Course

Wednesday, 26th November 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Nottingham Trent University
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Course Overview

The Help to Grow Management Course at Nottingham Business School is a practical training course for senior managers and owners of small and medium-sized businesses who want to upskill and boost their business performance.

This 12-week course covers 12 core modules, which are key to making every business successful. The programme is designed to allow participants to complete it alongside full-time work with a time commitment of 3 - 4 hours per week and doesn't require you to have any previous education or training.

During the course, you will have the option to receive 10 hours of one-on-one mentoring from a mentor of your choice, selected from a pool of over 2000 business leaders with diverse skills and expertise.

 

What you’ll study

Over the 12 weeks, you will have eight two-hour online sessions focusing on a core topic vital to a successful business and four practical in-person case study workshops.

The modules covered are:

  • Strategy and Innovation
  • Digital Adoption
  • Internationalisation and winning new markets
  • Vision, Mission and Values
  • Developing a Marketing Strategy
  • Building a Brand (Case Study)
  • Organisational Design
  • Employee Engagement and Leading Change
  • High-Performance Workplace
  • Efficient Operations
  • Finance and Financial Management
  • Implementing Growth Plans

A full schedule of dates for each module will be released here soon.

 

Learning Outcomes

From the beginning of the course, you will start to build a Growth Action Plan and identify any changes. By the end of the course, you will have a full, unique plan tailored to the challenges you face, ready to be implemented within your business.

 

After the course

Once you have completed the course, you will become a member of the National Alumni Network and have free access to webinars, events, and expert content. Plus, you’ll also have a free 6-month membership to the CMI.

 

Eligibility Criteria

This course is open to businesses with 5 – 249 employees and must have been operating for a minimum of one year.

 

Fees & Funding

The course is valued at £7,500 but is 90% funded by the Government, bringing the course cost down to £750 per participant.

Grants are available, covering £750, to some businesses depending on location. Please get in touch to find out if you are eligible for a payback grant.

 

Find out more information about the Help to Grow Management Course at Nottingham Business School.





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