where ambitious businesses go to grow presentation by colum smith area director - winning pitch team...
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Where ambitious businesses go to grow
Presentation by
Colum Smith
Area Director - Winning Pitch
Team Leader – GrowthAccelerator
E mail: [email protected] Office: 0191 4998401Mobile: 07738355733
Were looking for successful business, ready for the next big phase of growth.
GrowthAccelerator provides a framework to help you:
• build a successful growth strategy
• discover new routes to funding and investment
• unlock your capacity for further innovation
• unite and develop your leadership team
How is GrowthAccelerator different?• GrowthAccelerator exclusively targets high growth
businesses wanting to enter their next growth phase and who have the potential and determination to get there
• It's a bespoke service, focused on the specific needs of your business
• It is delivered by private sector growth experts- Grant Thornton, Winning Pitch, Pera, Oxford Innovation- and backed by Government
• It is outcomes- focused – the coach only gets paid on results
• Up to £2000 match funding available for senior managers to undertake leadership and management training
• Available for any training linked to the growth objectives of the business
• Senior managers with strategic responsibility for the direction of the business are eligible
Leadership and Management
• SMEs only - fewer than 250 employees, less than £40m turnover
• Registered in the UK and England
• Any sector
• Growth Accelerators pays the coach, based on delivery and client satisfaction
Eligibility and cost
• An impartial diagnosis of the business
• Additional resource in the form of a professional experienced coach supporting the management team/directors
• Access to additional knowledge and peer learning through masterclasses and workshops
• Up-skilled management team through the process plus access to Leadership and Management training and match funding for training costs (up to £2,000 per individual)
What are the client benefits?
Yorkshire and North East LAC – 1,300 Contracted Companies as at 31 October 2013
Analysis
Yorkshire and North East LAC/LEP Analysis
LAC Top Ten Sectors Sector Percentile
Manufacturing 10.0%
Business services 5.9%
Engineering 4.8%
Construction 4.5%
Retail 3.6%
Software 3.6%
Training 3.6%
Food and drink 3.5%
Healthcare 3.2%
IT 3.2%Apr
201
2
May
201
2
Jun
2012
Jul 2
012
Aug 2
012
Sep 2
012
Oct 2
012
Nov 2
012
Dec 2
012
Jan
2013
Feb 2
013
Mar
201
3
Apr 2
013
May
201
3
Jun
2013
Jul 2
013
Aug 2
013
Sep 2
013
Oct 2
013
0200400600800
1,0001,2001,400
1 9 25 57 95 135190250298387501
629719823900987
1,0741,1851,300
LAC Cumulative Total of Signed Contracts
0100200300400500600700800900
197
801
300 338
LAC Workstream Totals
13%
41%
40%
6%
LAC Company Size
Start-up (less than 12 months)
Micro < 5 headcount and ≤ £2 million Turnover or ≤ £2 million balance sheet
Small < 49 headcount and ≤ £10 million Turnover or ≤ £10 million balance sheet
Medium < 250 headcount and ≤ £50 million Turnover or ≤ £43 million balance sheet
Tees Valley LEP – 74 Contracted Companies as at 31 October 2013
Analysis
Yorkshire and North East LAC/LEP Analysis
LEP Top Ten Sectors Sector Percentile
Software 12.1%
Engineering 6.9%
Professional Services 5.2%
Chemicals 5.2%
Biotechnology 3.4%
IT 3.4%
Automotive 3.4%
Training 3.4%
Recruitment 3.4%
Agriculture 3.4%
Sep 2
012
Oct 2
012
Nov 2
012
Dec 2
012
Jan
2013
Feb 2
013
Mar
201
3
Apr 2
013
May
201
3
Jun
2013
Jul 2
013
Aug 2
013
Sep 2
013
Oct 2
013
0
20
40
60
80
2 4 6 11 1420
28 29 3445 49
5666
74LEP Cumulative Total of Signed Contracts
27%
27%
39%
7%
LEP signed contracts by company size Start-up (less than 12
months)
Micro < 5 headcount and ≤ £2 million Turnover or ≤ £2 million balance sheet
Small < 49 headcount and ≤ £10 million Turnover or ≤ £10 mil-lion balance sheet
Medium < 250 head-count and ≤ £50 million Turnover or ≤ £43 mil-lion balance sheet
05
10152025303540
14
36
1916
LEP Workstream Totals
Where ambitious businesses go to grow
To find out more about joining us: Visit our website www.growthaccelerator.com Or for Business Development Coaching you can contact, Samantha Hayton in our Gateshead office via email: [email protected] Or give us a call on 0191 499 8401