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Spotlight on Export Finance
Access to Finance is one of small businesses’ greatest concerns, not least when exporting. In the recent Lords Committee report, ‘Roads to Success: SME Exports’, many SMEs highlighted that availability of finance was one of the key issues inhibiting the growth … Continue reading
Shared insights – when ideas collide, great things happen
You can’t beat the buzz of a bunch of business owners sharing success stories and baring their souls. There’s a certain searing honesty and empathy that oozes from those who’ve experienced similar highs and lows. There’s also something uniquely revelatory … Continue reading
Anywhere working – is Marissa Meyer right?
Yahoo! chief Marissa Meyer has sparked a debate about how businesses allow remote working, sending out a memo to all staff saying “speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home”. GrowthAccelerator doesn’t dictate policy, or say that one way … Continue reading
SMEs Focus on Growth with Olympian Steve Backley
Some of England’s brightest small and medium-sized businesses came together at Eton Dorney on February 13, for the first of six free briefings hosted by GrowthAccelerator. The theme of the evening was about staying focused on growth and centred on … Continue reading
Anytime, anywhere working
There’s a real revolution taking place, not in where we work, but how. All over the world, in exciting entrepreneurial centres you see an army of innovators with handheld devices, tablets, laptops and smart phones getting on with the business … Continue reading
Ten tips on international expansion from Yorkshire
GrowthAccelerator was busy in Yorkshire in February working with the Manufacturing Advisory Service and UK Trade and Investment on three events in Rotherham, Leeds and Hull. The panellists and contributors all came out with some really useful gems of wisdom … Continue reading
On the road – building the high growth community
The GrowthAccelerator team has been on the road throughout October, meeting businesses in key English cities where high growth businesses reside. The point of the exercise is to get the message out about how companies can grow, why they should … Continue reading
Who matters most – your Finance Director or your Marketing Director?
I am looking forward to speaking at a number of GrowthAccelerator events in Leeds, Nottingham and Liverpool this week. I will be sharing the story of how Green & Black’s grew from a niche ethical specialist brand to the fastest growing … Continue reading
Recession? What recession?
It’s an unusual thing to do in a blog…..but I have, dear reader, decided to come out to you. I guess I should do this to family, friends or colleagues but the liberation of admitting I’m not part of the … Continue reading
