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Help to Grow: Management Course

Dept for Business & Trade / Small Business Charter

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Worth

Up to £6,750

Part-funded support

Deadline

Rolling - no fixed deadline

Type of funding

Part-funded support

Where

UK-wide

What it is

90% government-subsidised leadership programme for SME senior leaders — 12 modules, mentoring, peer sessions. Business pays only £750; subsidy value ~£6,750.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 on the Small Business Charter website: registration is open, with courses starting in November 2026. The course is 90% government-funded and the business pays £750 per participant.

Official source

Who can apply

A summary of the main rules, not the full list. Dept for Business & Trade / Small Business Charter decides who is eligible, so read their guidance before you apply. The free scan checks these against your own business.

  • Training or developing your leadership team
  • An SME employing 5–249 people
Read the full rules at the official source

How to apply, in brief

You register once on the central Small Business Charter site (choosing a participating business school and cohort near you). There is no application to write and no grant decision — the 90% government subsidy and a 10% school bursary are applied automatically. Your chosen business school then confirms your eligibility and takes the £750 fee to enrol you.

  1. 1Check you are eligible before registering
  2. 2Find a course and choose a business school near you
  3. 3Submit the registration form
  4. 4The business school confirms your eligibility
  5. 5Pay £750 and secure your place
  6. 6Complete the 12-week course and join the alumni network

How long a decision takes: No funding decision to wait on. The business school aims to contact you to confirm eligibility within about 5 working days of registering; you then pay £750 and join your cohort on its scheduled start date.

The full guide, with what to do at each step, the official link for it and a draft to work from, is part of the £19.95 report.

Common questions

Is Help to Grow: Management Course open for applications?
Yes. It is open for applications, with no fixed deadline.
How much is Help to Grow: Management Course worth?
Up to £6,750. It is a part-funded support, and the funder decides what each applicant receives.
Who runs Help to Grow: Management Course, and where is it available?
Dept for Business & Trade / Small Business Charter runs it. It is available across the UK.
How do I apply for Help to Grow: Management Course?
You register once on the central Small Business Charter site (choosing a participating business school and cohort near you). There is no application to write and no grant decision — the 90% government subsidy and a 10% school bursary are applied automatically. Your chosen business school then confirms your eligibility and takes the £750 fee to enrol you.

Does your business qualify?

Eligibility rules are where schemes get fiddly. Gov Owed checks your business against Help to Grow: Management Course — and every other UK scheme we track — in about two minutes, free. The £19.95 report then explains exactly why you qualify, drafts your answers and walks you through the real application step by step.

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