Business Secretary names top business brains set to boost Help to Grow: Management scheme
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Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announces business leaders
spearheading the Government’s new Help to Grow: Management scheme
Members of the Expert Advisory Council include high-profile
business leaders from the CBI, NatWest and Goldman Sachs
Announcement made in speech at Scaleup Week, which brings together
Government and business to help support firms looking to boost
their growth Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today (18 May)
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Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has today (18 May) issued a rallying cry to British businesses, inviting them to scale up through the Government’s Help to Grow: Management scheme. Speaking at Scaleup Week, the Business Secretary unveiled the members of the scheme’s Expert Advisory Council, including Confederation of British Industry (CBI) President Lord Karan Bilimoria, Natwest CEO Alison Rose and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Charlotte Keenan. The council will provide expert insight to ensure the programme meets the needs of small businesses. The Help to Grow: Management scheme is a new executive training programme delivered by the UK’s leading business schools. This 12-week course will combine a practical curriculum with 1:1 mentoring from a business expert, peer-learning sessions to give businesses the opportunity to learn from one another, and an alumni network. By the end of the programme participants will develop a tailored business growth plan to lead their business to its full potential. The scheme is 90% government-funded and will launch at the end of June. It will help small, enterprising businesses to seize every opportunity to grow and is an important part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, promoting opportunity and boosting employment as we recover from the pandemic. Today, applications have opened for the first business schools. Businesses can also register their interest in the scheme now: https://helptogrow.campaign.gov.uk/. Courses will begin from the end of June. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: “After such a challenging year for British businesses, Scaleup Week is the time for shining a light on how fast-growing firms are adopting new tech and ways of working to shake up how they do things. “Helping small businesses to learn from the best will be central to building back better from the pandemic. Our new A-Team of experts will ensure 30,000 small and medium sized firms across the UK get the very best advice on how to innovate, reach new customers and boost profits so they can expand operations and create more job opportunities.”
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi
Sunak said: “Our Help to Grow scheme will equip thousands of SMEs with the skills and technological know-how that will allow them to succeed. It’s great to have a strong line up of distinguished business leaders on board to help deliver this ambitious programme.” Help to Grow: Management aims to support 30,000 small business leaders to increase productivity, invest and grow their business, while levelling-up productivity across the UK. By helping firms to adopt modern management techniques and business technologies, the Government will unlock their potential and help to level up every part of the country. The members of the Expert Advisory Council appointed by HM Treasury are:
The Government is working to make the UK the best place in the world to start, scale up and grow a business. Government action to support small businesses includes:
About Scaleup Week Scaleup Week brings together scaleup leaders from across the UK to unlock potential and accelerate growth, as part of a week-long series of debates and discussions about opportunities for UK businesses. The event is organised by the Business Growth Fund and the ScaleUp Institute with the support of the Business Secretary. Scaleups play a pivotal role in driving the UK’s economic growth and will be crucial to driving recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Scaleup businesses account for 20% of employment among businesses with more than 10 employees, making them a major engine in the Government’s Plan for Jobs. Other speakers at Scaleup Week include Noel Quin, Group Chief Executive of HSBC, the economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh, the founder of Gousto Timo Boldt, and the founder of The Dots Pip Jamieson. Details can be seen here: https://scaleupweek.uk/speakers/ Notes to editors Help to Grow: Management courses at the following business schools are open for applications:
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