Help to Grow:
Management Course
What you’ll gain
- Business-focused learning. Explore practical modules designed for real-world impact — from defining your mission, vision and values to engaging your team, driving innovation, and embracing digital transformation.
- A powerful network. Connect with other ambitious business leaders, share ideas, and become part of a nationwide alumni network with access to exclusive events and talks from inspiring industry experts.
- Dedicated mentor support. Work 1:1 with an experienced small business mentor from Enterprise Nation to help you tackle your challenges and create a personalized Growth Action Plan.
- Fits around your schedule. Designed for busy business owners, the course combines flexible online sessions with face-to-face learning, so you can gain valuable insights without stepping away from your business.
- 90% government funded for eligible UK SMEs. A small investment with big returns.
Why choose Help to Grow: Management
at Fashion Business School?
The Fashion Business School (FBS) at London College of Fashion, (UAL), brings a unique perspective to business education, combining creative insight with commercial expertise.
As the only business school dedicated to the fashion industry, FBS has a global reputation for developing responsible leaders, strategic thinkers, and innovators across sectors.
At UAL, Europe’s leading specialist arts and design university, we sit at the heart of London’s creative economy. Our alumni include more than two-thirds of all British 'Designer of the Year' winners, and our professional development programmes contribute significantly to the capital’s innovation and enterprise landscape.
You'll benefit from:
- Delivery by senior academics and industry leaders with deep expertise in fashion, retail, and creative enterprise
- An environment that blends strategic thinking with real-world relevance.
- A dynamic community of peers and mentors who understand both creative and commercial challenges.
Whether you’re from the fashion sector or any other industry, our approach ensures you gain the tools, confidence, and clarity to grow your business and your leadership.
Module design
The course will cover key areas of leadership including:
- Strategy and innovation.
- Adopting digital technology.
- Growing national and international markets.
- Building vision and brand.
- Developing a marketing strategy.
- Organisational design.
- Employee engagement and leading change.
- High-performance teams.
- Efficient operations.
- Finance and financial management.
Eligibility
To be able to register for this programme you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a leader and/or a senior manager from a UK based small and medium sized business that has been operating for over a year with between 5 – 249 employees.
- If your business has 5 – 9 employees, one senior leader/manager is eligible for registration.
- If your business has 10 or more employees or has attended the Small Business Leadership Programme (SBLP), two senior leaders/managers from the same business are eligible for registration.
- Unfortunately, the business can’t be a charity.
Cost
- The programme is 90% funded by the government so you'll only pay £750 per participant.
Upcoming cohort dates
Cohort 8 4 November 2026
| Cohort 7 | ||||
| 04/11/2026 | Onboarding and Module 1 | Strategy and Innovation | LCF, Eastbank campus | 13.30 - 17.00pm |
| 11/11/2026 | Module 2 | Digital Transformation | Online | 14.00 - 16.00pm |
| 18/11/2026 | Module 3 | Winning New Markets | LCF, Eastbank campus | 13.00 - 17.00pm |
| 25/11/2026 | Module 4 | Vision, Mission and Values | Online | 14.00 - 16.00pm |
| 02/12/2026 | Module 5 | Developing a Marketing Strategy | Online | 14.00 - 16.00pm |
| 09/12/2026 | Module 6 | Building a Brand - Case Study | LCF, Eastbank campus | 13.00 - 17.00pm |
| 16/12/2026 | Module 7 | Organisational Design | Online | 14.00 - 16.00pm |
| 13/01/2027 | Module 8 | Employee Engagement and Leading Change | Online | 14.00 - 16.00pm |
| 20/01/2027 | Module 9 | High Performance Workplace - Case Study | LCF, Eastbank campus | 13.00 - 17.00pm |
| 27/01/2027 | Module 10 | Efficient Operations | Online | 14.00 - 16.00pm |
| 03/02/2027 | Module 11 | Finance and Financial Management | Online | 14.00 - 16.30pm |
| 10/02/2026 | Module 12 | Implementing Growth Plans - Case Study | LCF, Eastbank campus | 13.00 - 17.30pm |
Testimonials
Josie
Jose, Agency Manager at The Bureau, shares why Help to Grow: Management was a transformational experience.
Poppy
Percy Langely co-founder Poppy explains how committing time for learning as a business owner can enable growth.
Victor
As Managing Director of Secure On Site, Victor found Help to Grow: Management helpful in developing his leadership.
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