A dynamic programme supporting Lancashire businesses with scaleup aspirations.
Lancashire has over 800 identified scale-up businesses, and Scale to Thrive is designed exclusively for this select group of ambitious leaders. This programme has a limited number of places for businesses and is delivered in groups of 10-15.
It is available to ambitious leaders who want to scaleup and push ahead on innovation, investment, and internationalisation.
Support is available for businesses with a minimum turnover of £1m and/or 10 full time staff, that have been expanding over the past three years (or already growing 20%) with a pipeline of 20% growth over next three years.
It is also available to startup businesses showing rapid growth in the first year with future projections to scale.
You can find more information here.
Scale to Thrive offers a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded leaders and access a tailored support package that will empower your business to grow sustainably. Through the programme, you will:
Our Scale to Thrive advisors are seasoned entrepreneurs with proven track records of scaling businesses. For example, Joe Twigg, one of our key advisors, transformed GradTouch into a thriving 40+ employee business with £5m in revenue. His expertise spans mergers, acquisitions, strategic growth, and business transformation.
You’ll have direct access to these experts, who will guide you through:
The advisers on the Scale to Thrive programme have decades of experience helping fast-growing businesses in a wide range of areas including leadership, growth strategies, developing teams and communication.
You can find out more about the Scale to Thrive team here.
This service is available to businesses within the following partner local authority areas: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Burnley Council, Chorley Council, Fylde Council, Hyndburn Borough Council, Pendle Borough Council, Preston City Council, South Ribble Borough Council, West Lancashire Borough Council and Wyre Council.
Entry to this service is through a selective application process.
To apply for this service, please complete our Scale to Thrive application form.
For more information, call the helpdesk on 0800 488 0057, or use the Contact Helpdesk page.
The Scale to Thrive service has been brilliant. Everyone in the cohort has turns to share their insights and challenges during the team workshops. I then review what’s been suggested for Bamfords, consider the ideas presented and decide if I can implement them.
Our Scale-to-Thrive cohort four began in October with a unique launch event at Strawberry Fields Digital Hub, Chorley.
The event gave an oversight to what the programme aims to achieve and is a great networking opportunity. The session was led by Richard Jeffery, national director of Scale-to-Thrive and Amanda Farrington, Boost Access to Finance lead adviser, who shared advice on how businesses can tap into finance opportunities, from debt and equity to angel investment.
Attendees heard from Joe Twigg, Scale-to-Thrive business adviser, who shared his personal journey and tips on how the programme will help their business.
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