SMES: HOW PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS CAN GROW YOUR BUSINESS

SMES: HOW PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS CAN GROW YOUR BUSINESS

Research shows that a lack of management skills is responsible for 56% of small business failures, yet just one in three businesses with 5-24 employees have provided management training in the last 12 months.

Growing Your Small Business connects SMEs with their local business schools and provides the information they need to raise their level of professional management and leadership skills to boost productivity and growth.

Small business metrics developed by ERC’s Mark Hart and Karen Bonner contributed to the UK Heat Map featured  in Chartered Management Institute   ( CMI ) report ” Growing your Small Business “ published on September 16th 2015.

Alongside the small business metrics the heatmap also shows the business schools involved in  the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship. Launching in autumn 2015