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- GC Situation Report: April 2024 Business and Employment Insights
- It’s time for manufacturers in Greater Manchester to enhance their problem-solving skills
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- GM Business Growth Hub is proud to announce the GM 125 – Rising Stars of Business List
- Fully-funded Lean Champion workshop to help Manufacturers in Greater Manchester improve operational efficiency
- Breaking barriers for growth: report reveals path to £4bn productivity boost for Greater Manchester
- Revolutionising Supply Chains: UK’s First Overarching Strategy to Ensure Access to Critical Goods
- CEAMS will help Greater Manchester to elevate as an advanced manufacturing hub
- New Year, new business idea – step into 2024 ready to launch your business idea into success with EnterprisingYou
- Let’s be connected in 2024 with BGH Match networking event “Changemaker” series
- Elevate Your Leadership Skills - Fully-funded workshop to help Greater Manchester manufacturers establish a culture of success
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- Exploring how manufacturers can tap into the power of quantum technologies
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- Growth Matters April- May Edition
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- GC Situation Report: May 2024 Business and Employment Insights
- It’s time for us to join together and manufacture our future
- Workforce Development – People Power Series
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- Find the Route to Success with GM Skills Map
- Revolutionise Early Years business in Greater Manchester with Fully Funded Support
- GC Situation Report: June 2024 Business and Employment Insights
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- GC Situation Report: August 2024 Business and Employment Insights
- Let’s hoist the colour and go abroad, entrepreneurs in Greater Manchester!
- GM Business Growth Hub Announces the Selection of 25 Business Leaders for ASCEND Scale Up Programme
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- Innovation Funding Opportunities – Winter 2024
- NatWest and GM Business Growth Hub join forces to bring Greater Manchester residents the power of mentoring
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- BEYOND 2024 - Greater Manchester's Unique Advantage and Challenges in Supporting Creative Businesses
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- A Reflection of 2024 from our Director, Janine Smith
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- The essentials of a successful route-to-market strategy
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- Innovation Funding Round Up - Spring 2024
- How to use AI for your business
- Cleaner, greener and stronger – the ‘amazing’ programme that grows your business the right way
- What is innovation?
- It’s a big world out there, how much of that would you trade with?
- Artificial Intelligence impact on Intellectual Property copyright | For UK businesses
- Celebrating Start Smart
- Networking 101 – Trust me, it is easier than connecting to a WiFi network…
- Expert tips for creating a successful business - finance and strategy
- Let’s put the need of the community first
- Looking after your mental health this festive season
- Challenges and Opportunities for the Hospitality Sector in 2024
- Having a blue Monday? How about a brew Monday?
- Shaping Tomorrow: Greater Manchester Business trends and predictions for 2024 and beyond
- Operational Efficiency Optimise Efficiency: Top Tips for Energy Savings in Manufacturing
- Access to Finance: Early-stage Fundraising Series: The reality of “No”
- Revolutionising Innovation with the Energy Innovation Agency
- Are you harnessing the power of values-based leadership?
- Time to Talk Day
- Diversity in the workplace – more than just a quick fix
- Unveiling The Hidden Potential of Manufacturing Apprenticeships
- The Role of Succession Planning in Talent Management
- Make Social Value a normal part of business
- Bury Regeneration - What’s next for the historic industrial borough
- Unlocking Innovation: Understanding R&D Tax Credits
- Meet the Power Up team
- Spotlight on Nick Dale – FireUp
- Movement for Mental Health Awareness Week
- Take it little by little during April's Stress Awareness Month
- Follow these 4 steps to turn your great ideas into reality
- Can AI chatbots do my marketing and accounts?
- The ever-changing UK R&D tax relief landscape: complex but worth it
- The Journey from Ideation to Commercialisation: Connecting the dots in Greater Manchester’s Innovation Eco-system
- Why you should never walk on by: Part 2
- Measurements and metrics for success
- National Productivity Week: How to be more productive in business – What's the procedure?!
- National Productivity Week: How to be more productive in business - Breaking through with technology
- How to stop the manufacturing ‘brain drain’
- Development cycles and medical devices
- Are you a marketing-shy manufacturer? It’s not as scary as you think…
- The future of healthcare: innovation’s role
- A guide to accelerating product development for SMEs
- Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare
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- Want to get better at leading change and managing people? We’ve got the course for you!
- 4 reasons to capitalise on fully-funded Lean Champion training in 2024
- 1,000 manufacturers and counting!
- How to be more productive
- How to save £17k in 15 minutes
- A Change in the Tide – From “Offshoring” to “Reshoring”
- Driving Change and Putting Carers on the Map for Carers Week 2024
- Introducing our new BGH Alumni
- Power of the data
- Navigating Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
- Building a Data-Driven Business: Using AI and Big Data to Accelerate Your Growth
- Dealing with cybersecurity in Manufacturing: risks and opportunities
- Volunteering - Social Impact not just activity
- Funding for Innovation
- Going Global with EXPERIMENTS OR A STRATEGY? Why not do both?
- Accelerating sustainable advanced materials projects
- Securing Our Digital World with Responsible AI
- World Wellbeing Week Blog
- Innovation Funding Opportunities July - August 2024
- Greater Manchester’s green tech sector required to decarbonise 887,000 local homes
- 5 Steps to Wellbeing from our People Team
- Innovation Research Opportunities
- Embracing Diversity: Unlocking the Power of a Diverse Leadership Team
- Drive Your Business Forward with GM Business Growth Hub’s Manufacturing Workshops
- Active Workplaces- a crucial step for better health and productivity
- Understanding Debt vs Equity – funding for the creative industry
- RAISE – Understanding Equity Investment
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- Tackling Five Common Challenges faced by Startups with ASCEND
- GM Business Growth Hub gets honest opinions from retailers in Rochdale
- Innovation Funding Opportunities August - September 2024
- Going For Gold -What can we learn from Olympians, in business?
- If you can dream it, you can be it – how setting goals for yourself is proven to generate success
- Greater Manchester: A Melting Pot of Cross-Sector Business Diversity
- Pioneering Digital Health: Opportunities for Innovation in the NHS
- Attract ambitious applicants with fully funded training
- International Growth Webinar Series: Osaka
- Promoting and supporting employee wellbeing champions
- Innovation Funding Opportunities September - October 2024
- What made one become an exporter?
- Having a Masterplan - The Power of Networking
- Is it a myth, a misconception... or an excuse? - How making them is stunting your business growth
- Leveraging GM Business Growth Hub’s Manufacturing Services for Success
- A Simple Guide to Selling Abroad
- Debunking 4 Common Myths About UK Manufacturing
- Unlocking Genomic Innovation for SMEs
- An Eco-Innovation Specialists - guide to sustainability for growing businesses
- Green innovation trends: the built environment
- Tackling the fundraising challenge, to create growth
- Innovation Funding Opportunities: Autumn October - November 2024
- From Growth to Greatness: GM Skills Map’s Success Story
- Embarking on the Journey of Continuous Improvement: A Conversation with Manufacturing Advisor Stuart Hope
- Wellbeing in the Workplace
- MYTH Free money is all you need to be successful
- Springboarding to the next level of business with ASCEND
- National Mentoring Day 27th October
- The Impact of Employee Ownership Trusts
- Why Go Global? Unlocking Opportunities for British SMEs
- How to get your first investment pitch deck right
- How to Boost Productivity with Gemba Walk: A Practical Guide for Manufacturers
- A hub of community and co-working activity
- Wage Wise: Navigating the Real Living Wage Landscape
- Thinking Global - A chat with the Gurus of International Trade at BGH
- Arden Dies: from a family business to a global leading die-maker - Insights on leadership, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Mentoring programme is making a difference across Greater Manchester
- Top tips for supporting Greater Manchester's Social Enterprises
- Social Enterprise - delivering support and training within the VCFSE sector
- Leadership and Culture in Manufacturing: Challenges and Solutions from an Expert
- Using AI and protecting your data
- The Power of Standards and Lean Principles in Manufacturing Leadership
- Driving Growth in Greater Manchester's DCT Sector: Insights from Ian Dixon and Hoi Mach
- How ASCEND Founders Are Building Momentum After Web Summit
- Greater Manchester’s Creative Sector: Pioneering Innovation and Creativity Through the Ages
- The new general Product Safety Regulations and How they Affect Your Business
- 5 things businesses should focus on in 2025 – and how to get started
- Bridging Mentoring Gaps with GM Business Growth Hub
- Doing Big Business: getting to know Eleri Roberts
- The impact of expert guidance: Insights from manufacturers who partnered with us
Events
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- Mentoring for Growth
- RAISE – Understanding Equity Finance (Bolton)
- Power Up Your People Strategies
- Green Leaders Sustainability
- Imposter Syndrome: Your Path to Authentic Confidence
- BGH Match – Rochdale
- Employee Engagement in the Workplace
- Leading Innovation
- People and Performance Management
- BGH Match – Bury
- Future-Proofing Your Business: Key Updates on Employment Rights
- Management Essentials – Developing Middle/Junior Managers
- Digital Springboard - AI For Beginners
- Managing your workforce through change – staying ahead of the curve
- Introduction to Social Value
- BGH Match – Stockport - Power in Partnerships
- Recruitment and Onboarding – Getting it Right First Time
- BGH Match - Salford
- BGH Match - Bolton
- Leading Self
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Entrepreneurial Mindset and Marketing
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Introduction to Business Planning and Finance
- Measuring and Reporting Social Value
- The Value of Green Innovation for Your Business
- Introduction to Tendering and Bid Writing: Winning More Work
- Lean Champion - October
- Leading People
- Introducing Leadership Wellbeing: Strategies for effectively managing stress (January)
- Implementing a Wellbeing Strategy in Your Business (February)
- Manufacturing Culture and Leadership - January
- RAISE – Understanding Equity Finance (Online)
- Volunteering & Networking: Make a Difference and Meet Great People!
- Food and Drink Hospitality Support
- Introducing Leadership Wellbeing: Strategies for effectively managing stress (February)
- Implementing a Wellbeing Strategy in Your Business (January)
- Early Years Strategies for Growth: Getting your finances right
- Pure Leadership Taster
- Lightning Sessions
- Lean Champion - November
- Problem Solving for Manufacturers - February
- Sales and Marketing for Manufacturers - February
- Mastering Digital Marketing for Manufacturers
- Leverage LinkedIn to grow your manufacturing business
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Oldham
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Bolton
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Bury
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Rochdale
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Wigan
- Workplace Safari- It’s a jungle out there: explore the best in the business
- Leading Organisation
- Tameside Talks Business Networking Drop-In
- Co-Working Connect: A new, sociable way to work (February)
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Tameside (December)
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Stockport (December)
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Manchester (December)
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Salford (December)
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Trafford (December)
- Freelance Friday - January
- Identifying success for you, your business and your clients before strategy
- Innovation Marketplace: High-Impact Expertise On Your Doorstep Wigan + Bolton
- Innovation Marketplace: High-Impact Expertise On Your Doorstep Stockport & Tameside
- Innovation Marketplace: High-Impact Expertise On Your Doorstep Salford & Trafford
- Innovation Marketplace: High-Impact Expertise On Your Doorstep Bury, Oldham & Rochdale
- Everything you wanted to know about starting a Food and Drink Business
- Partner Event: Building the OPEN SME Community
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Entrepreneurial Mindset and Marketing (Evening session)
- Enterprising You: Starting Your Business - Introduction to Business Planning and Finance (Evening session)
- Greater Connected
- Protect What Matters: A Guide to SME Data Security
- Partner Event: The Work Shop
- Festive Freelance Friday - December
- Partner Event: Tameside Means Business Net Zero Festival 2024
- International Explorer
- Bury Business Drop In
- Lean Champion - January
- Starting a Business Using AI
- BGH Match - Tameside
- BGH Match – Trafford
- How to drive better sales by understanding your customers better
- Tameside Public Procurement - How to Write Quotations, Proposals & Tenders
- EY/African Business Chamber - Starting Your Business
- Stockport Public Procurement - How to Write Quotations, Proposals & Tenders
- Rochdale Public Procurement - How to Write Quotations, Proposals & Tenders
- AI, Data, and Ethics: Understanding Risks and Regulations
- Unlocking Success: An afternoon to transform your business.
- Health Innovation Catalyst Greater Manchester
- Networking without Fear - for Women in Business
- Co-Working Connect: A new, sociable way to work (March)
- How can we help you in 2025?
- International Women's Day 2025
- How to Start a Social Enterprise
- Co-Working Connect: A new, sociable way to work (April)
- Sales Mastery: Navigating Local and International Markets
- Smart Savings: Practical Strategies for Reducing Business Expenses
- Financially Savvy: Managing Your Business Finances Wisely
- Blueprint for Success: Crafting a Winning Business Plan
- Navigating New Employment Law: What Businesses Need to Know in 2025
- Festival of Enterprise March 2025
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