Blackpool Growth Business Academy highlights common barriers to scaling in 2025

The Blackpool Growth Business Academy are highlighting growth barriers that most scaling businesses in Blackpool are facing in 2025, and how they can be overcome.

The academy is helping local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify the hidden challenges that are holding them back from scaling. And through fully funded tailored support they are providing expert guidance to move from steady performance to strategic growth.

Two of the academy’s experienced transformation and growth experts, John Woodruffe and Mick Cox, are at the heart of this work. Alongside a wider team of specialists and industry professionals, they’re supporting Blackpool businesses with targeted advice tailored to their unique needs.

According to the academy’s team, some of the most common, and often overlooked, growth barriers include limited operational capacity, informal or unclear strategies, leadership pressure points and digital hesitation.

These issues are simply natural hurdles many growing businesses encounter, even after years of solid performance.

The academy’s approach is to work directly with business owners and leadership teams, to help them review and improve internal operations, build scalable systems, strengthen leadership and team capacity, and adopt digital tools with confidence, as well as working with businesses to define their goals and vision.

Through tailored one-to-one support, businesses are guided through personalised steps required to make time for strategic thinking and implement growth strategies that stick.

Beyond personalised mentoring, the academy also runs a variety of expert-led workshops and events. Covering essential topics such as financial planning, digital transformation and leadership development, these sessions are delivered by academy specialists and external experts with real-world experience in helping SMEs grow.

With fully funded support readily available, the Blackpool Growth Business Academy encourage any local businesses that are ready to scale to get in touch.