Help to Grow is a £520 million scheme to help owners of small and medium-sized business take their business to the next level. Two Government backed programmes – Help to Grow: Management and Help to Grow: Digital – are designed to help business leaders learn new skills, reach more customers and boost profits.
- Help to Grow: Management offers senior business leaders management and leadership training, delivered by Business Schools across the UK.
- Help to Grow: Digital offers businesses free, impartial advice on how technology can boost business, delivered through a new online platform.
Help to Grow: Management Course
Sign up to the Help to Grow: Management Course and get 1:1 support from a business mentor and access to an alumni network. Delivered in partnership with Small Business Charter, courses are running at leading business schools across the UK. The programme is 90% funded by the government so you only pay £750. The 12-week course is designed to be taken alongside full-time work through a combination of online sessions and face-to-face learning.
Find out more and register for a course on the Small Business Charter website
Help to Grow: Digital
You’ll be able to access free, impartial online support about how digital technology can boost your business’s performance. If your business is eligible, you will also be able to access a discount of up to 50% towards the costs of buying approved software, worth up to £5,000. The scheme is currently in a BETA trial and all eligible businesses will be able to apply from January 2022.
Register for Help to Grow: Digital
HELP TO GROW: DIGITAL
How can the scheme help your business?
Embracing software and digital ways of working can help boost your business performance. Software integration has helped SMEs to reach more customers, streamline time-consuming tasks and free up more time to focus on core business needs.
Many businesses feel that cost and knowledge are barriers to adopting new software and digital ways of working. This is how Help to Grow: Digital can help.
The scheme provides guidance to help you understand how software can benefit your business.
Explore our advice and learning section. It includes useful information about how to help identify your software needs, finding the best supplier, getting the best return on your investment and how to integrate software into your business.
When you’re ready, you can browse the software in the scheme, comparing the pros and cons of each package before choosing a software and applying for your discount.
How to apply for the Help to Grow: Digital discount
The Help to Grow: Discount is currently available from approved suppliers of the following software types:
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Digital Accounting
- eCommerce
Start by checking if your business is eligible. This will give you an indication of whether your application will be successful.
To apply for a discount you will need to:
Step 1: Choose your software
Step 2: Provide information about you and your company as part of the eligibility and fraud checks
Step 3: Once the checks are complete, you’ll receive an email. Confirm your email address to continue
Step 4: Wait to receive your email confirming if you’ve passed the eligibility and fraud checks
Step 5: If successful, you’ll receive a unique link. Use it on the supplier’s website to buy your chosen software
All discounts need to be redeemed within 30 days from issue. After 30 days you will need to reapply.
CONTACT HELP TO GROW: DIGITAL
For general enquiries, provide feedback or report an issue, please email: [email protected]
APPLY FOR 50% OFF BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Eligible businesses can get 50% off, up to £5,000, in approved Digital Accounting, Customer Relationship Management and eCommerce software.
