Growing Your Business

Your profits should be slowly and steadily improving.

The biggest challenge you’ll face at this stage is dividing time between a whole new range of demands requiring your attention:

It’s important to have clearly defined and communicated responsibilities. You need to have a clear picture of what your best customers look like, and what ‘profit hoovers’ look like, those customers who take up lots of time, haggle hard and typically pay late.

How you do the things you do needs documenting. You can do this by process mapping. A great deal of the responsibilities that were previously tightly under your control will need to be delegated to others.

Our business advisers can provide you with the advice and guidance you need to help you consolidate, innovate and optimise your business growth.

Find Support to Help Grow your Business

 

Click one of the initiatives below to explore in more depth.

High Street Project

Grow your footfall and boost your sales results....
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UKSPF Accelerator Programme Outcome Definitions

A primary objective of East Midlands Chamber is to support our regions businesses in growth, scale and innovation through all......
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Intellectual Property

Most businesses will own some form of intellectual property (IP). IP is important to the growth and sustainability of a......
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B-Global

B-Global is a pioneering black led business network set up to support start-ups, established and scale up businesses of African......
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Enterprising Ashfield

Start-up to Scale-up business support programme across the Kirby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield areas...
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East Midlands Manufacturing Network

Championing the East Midlands manufacturing community....
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The Cyber Resilience Centre for the East Midlands

Help for businesses, schools and charities to protect against online crime....
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Cyber Security

The government has launched various initiatives to help businesses and individuals take basic steps towards reducing the risk of cyber......
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Business Growth Service

Business.gov.uk has been created to connect you simply and quickly to trusted and impartial support that is often......
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Business & IP Centre

Funded support to pre starts, start and micro businesses....
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Amazon Innovation Accelerator

The Amazon Innovation Accelerator provides small businesses with the opportunity to learn how Amazon has scaled...
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Events

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Case Studies

Ian Daisley Photography

Ian Daisley Photography

Ian Daisley Photography was established in 2008. The business is based in Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall where it has been based...

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News

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chains: Potential High Growth SMEs

UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a share of up to £2m for pre-commercialisation...

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Grant funding available to help pubs add new services and activities

Grant funding available to help pubs add new services and activities

Pub is The Hub may be able to offer grants of up to £6,000 to publicans in rural, remote, or deprived...

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Free Expert Business Advice and Support

Your business is unique but the challenges that you face aren’t, with our support, we can help get you through them.

Our impartial business support is delivered by experienced, expert business advisers, giving you the right advice at the right time for your business.

Contact us today and access a wealth of support, events, business growth programmes and expert advice.

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