ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Growth Curve is an intensive programme for business owners to strengthen leadership skills to help set your organisation on track for attainable long-term growth. Set up to support businesses to scale up and grow by providing university-led masterclasses for business leaders, meetings with business advisers and funding. The programme has been updated to support businesses at this time, taking into consideration the coronavirus business environment. The masterclasses are now online and funding is still available. If your business could benefit from a one-to-one with a Growth Curve business adviser, register your interested here.

University Masterclasses

Masterclasses are run in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire, Cranfield University and University of Northampton. They each provide a different syllabus that is tailored to the business stage and experience of the client attending to ensure maximum learning to bring back to the business. Your Growth Curve Business Adviser will work with you to identify the course that is right for you.

No matter the masterclasses you attend,  your learnings will help you come up with the strategies to stabilize your business, working on the main priorities and finding your way forward. It will help you place your objectives, new business initiatives and plan into place for recovery and growth.

HOW IT WORKS

1.

Identify business goals, strategies & opportunities with your High Growth Business Adviser.

2.

Attend a university masterclass to develop skills needed to grow.

3.

On-going support is offered to all businesses through SEMLEP’s Growth Hub.

4.

Access to a peer-to-peer network of fellow Growth Curve alumni.

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Participants will be notified of future grant funding they may be applicable for.

ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA

To apply to join this programme, you need to:

Have a business based in the South East Midlands.

Be experiencing or projecting high growth in the next 2-3 years.

Have a minimum of 2 employees.

Current annual turnover of £100,000 with projected 20% annual growth minimum.

THE GROWTH CURVE TEAM

Kelly Griffiths

Business Adviser Team Leader

Neil Smith

Business Adviser

Carl Mayers

Business and Commercial Enterprise Manager

Amanda O’Donoghue

Senior Project Manager

Irene Okere

Project & Data Officer

Sam Hunter

Partnership and Events Manager

Mark Horder

Project Manager

Ruth Roan

Growth Hub Manager

Allison Colman

Senior Grants Executive

Patrick Kitson

Marketing Lead

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

• “Thank you for your business advice, it has proved to be extremely informative and insightful; you have helped to establish a good, solid, foundation upon which I can launch my business. Your help has enabled me to focus on the right areas and achieve a much needed clarify of thought.”

  ALICIA MARTIELLO, BIDWRITING.COM

• “Thank you for your business advice, it has proved to be extremely informative and insightful; you have helped to establish a good, solid, foundation upon which I can launch my business. Your help has enabled me to focus on the right areas and achieve a much needed clarify of thought.”

  ALICIA MARTIELLO, BIDWRITING.COM

• “Thank you for your business advice, it has proved to be extremely informative and insightful; you have helped to establish a good, solid, foundation upon which I can launch my business. Your help has enabled me to focus on the right areas and achieve a much needed clarify of thought.”

  ALICIA MARTIELLO, BIDWRITING.COM