Is your business registered in Greater Manchester?
Are you looking to grow your business?
Do you sell to other companies?
If the answer is yes, then read on…
We believe in nurturing our businesses and giving them the support they need to develop.
That is why the Women’s Organisation Growth programme ‘Excelerate Labs’ offers a comprehensive range of business support to help companies to grow and thrive.
Set in the context of the fast-growing Greater Manchester region, we are here to help businesses by improving their systems, developing their people and helping to create great leaders and managers.
We at The Women’s Organisation along with Manchester as a city region is committed to entrepreneurship.
Manchester has for centuries been at the heart of shaping the UK’s economy. Since the days of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester has played a pivotal role in developing how the world does business. The ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester – Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan – represent the most significant city region economy outside London.
As the UK’s second-largest economy, Manchester is an important economic engine driving the country’s growth and prosperity and has a GVA of £59.6 billion. Since 2010, the city has seen an overall increase in employment of 68,154 jobs, which makes it the seventh best for growing employment in the UK.
Today, Greater Manchester’s economic growth is driven by its diverse industry base, which has specialisms in business, finance & professional services, manufacturing, health innovation and creative, digital and technology.
Manchester’s business strengths have helped it to develop a strong reputation as a competitive place to do business. It is anticipated that the levels of job creation in Manchester could outpace that of cities such as Berlin, Tokyo, and Paris between 2015 and 2020.*(* Beyond the City 2015, Oxford Economics)
Everywhere around the city development is taking place delivering new office blocks and homes. The north-west is now home to major broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. Additionally, Greater Manchester Internalisation Strategy (GMIS) has plotted a course for success by 2035 centred around eight critical priorities including being the global gateway for the UK and the North and becoming a magnet for foreign direct investment in key growth sectors. Upgraded transport, affordability and a digitally skilled workforce are helping to bolster this strategy.
Helping your business grow
Whether you are an SME, global company, trading charity or a location consultant, our team will work with you to build your strategy and business case for growth, find the investment routes, source the ideal property, recruit the right staff and introduce you to networks on the ground to help your business grow.
Through ERDF funding, The Women Organisation has been providing support to Companies with steady incremental to dynamic high growth strategies that have created and safeguarded jobs for the last few years.
At the beginning of 2017, we have been rolling out a new business growth programme called Excelerate Labs. With partners including DownTown In Businessand The Princes Trust, we are already creating more new jobs for Companies we support; as well as further increasing their GVA (Gross Added Value)
Excelerate Labs offers support for Greater Manchester SMEs across a range of sectors including manufacturing, digital, creative and technology, food, education, low biomedical carbon, and environment.
Our Excelerate Labs impartial specialists, Mike Marsden and Ameena Ahmed, have a reputation for understanding diverse business needs and helping to remove barriers for companies looking to grow.
All of our services are tailored to your business and will save you time, money and effort. Some of the areas covered are:
Business Plans
Bank Loan Applications
Developing a strategy
Grant Searches/ Applying for tenders
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Social Media Training
Sales Training
Develop Marketing Strategies
Recruiting the right staff
Relocation Plans
Brainstorming idea generation to grow your business
So are you driven to take your Company and team to the next level?
