Is your business ready for investment? This is a critical question for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking to scale up and achieve business growth. It’s also a potential stalling point – how can you be certain that you’ve reached this key stage of development? How much preparation is ‘enough’? The Greenborough team is ideally […]
Read more* Creative businesses meet for launch of Cohort 2 of DCMS-funded programme * Delegates attend introduction and innovation session in Lincoln * Places filling up on final two cohorts – with recruitment live now The latest group of creative businesses to register for the £1.3m East Midlands Create Growth programme have started their investment readiness […]
Read moreAs 2023 draws to an end, Russell Copley, Founder and Owner of Greenborough Management reflects on the current economic situation in the UK, and looks ahead to understand what 2024 may look like for UK businesses. Russell says… I don’t think anyone will disagree if I say that 2023 has been an incredibly difficult year […]
Read moreHelping to Create Creative Businesses The creative industry is one of UK economy’s fastest-growing sectors, with employment growth averaging at 2.3% per year over the past decade. Creative businesses play a vital role in shaping our cultural landscape by driving innovation and contributing to economic growth. From commercial design firms to independent artists, these enterprises […]
Read moreThe Northern Max Accelerator programme saw its sixth cohort of ambitious tech-based businesses end on a high at the recent Live Pitch Final. The 10-week programme brings ambitious entrepreneurs together for mentoring, peer support, funding opportunities and training. Although the programme has been engineered to build a strong alliance between the group, the 2023 cohort […]
Read moreThe Game Playing Business Jo Smedley murders people for a living. Really. To explain, her business, which she set up in 2007, creates and sells imaginative murder mysteries (or just mysteries in which case Jo Smedley does not murder anyone). The market for these role-play stories is interestingly diverse: everyone from people wanting fun and […]
Read moreWe are very much looking forward to attending the Doing it Differently Innovation Conference 2019, due to be held at Doubletree Hilton Forest Pines Resort, Brigg, on 28 February 2019 from 9am until 3pm. The conference will provide businesses with opportunities to discuss creative ideas and innovative new thinking, with five specialists holding ‘campfire sessions’ […]
Read moreThe Greater Lincolnshire Manufacturing Conference is back again; co-hosted and delivered by Business Lincolnshire and NatWest Bank. The conference is to be held at Sleaford Quality Foods, Woodbridge Road, Sleaford NG34 7JX on Friday 22nd March 2019. This Conference is dedicated to supporting manufacturing sector businesses in Greater Lincolnshire, where we are looking to build […]
Read moreAfter providing support and facilitating workshops in other regions for their Accelerator Programmes, Russell and Michelle both felt Lincoln was ready for their programme. But when we announced Lincoln’s first Business Accelerator Programme back in June 2018, we weren’t really sure how well it would be received, and more importantly, were not sure if there […]
Read moreFollowing on from our earlier post this week, we thought we’d pick up where we left off and go through Real Business’ tips on ‘sealing the deal’ when it comes to buying an existing business! We’ve already heard that 8 in 10 companies go under during their first year of operation, and one way to […]
Read moreA new and exciting opportunity for businesses! Greenborough Management Ltd, in partnership with Knowing How, and with support from Streets Chartered Accountants, have designed and developed Lincolnshire’s first Accelerator Programme starting in January 2019. 10by10 will provide an incredible opportunity for 10 businesses with growth potential to benefit from intensive development support over 10 workshops. […]
Read moreNatwest recently published an article surrounding branding for SMEs on a budget – and we wanted to share that with you! Did you know that according to StartUp Britain (a non-profit think tank) more than 400,000 start-ups have been created in 2018 so far. And whilst it may be hard to beliebe, SMEs in fact […]
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