Planning for business growth in a fast-moving world

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It seems every business I speak to at the moment is really busy – despite there being much made of the economy being uncertain – Lancashire business folk are keeping busy, growing and simply getting on with it.

Andrew Leeming, Boost programme manager.

Planning can be key to success. For instance, if you’re a new business have you got a solid strategy in place? If your business is growing do you have a routemap for expanding your workforce, raising finance or moving to bigger premises? What about launching a new product, have you thought about how you’ll do that?

If you’re a start-up businesses you’ll need a robust business plan to ensure you’re taken seriously by investors, business partners, employees and customers - and that’s how our growth support programme can help.

For example, as part of our growth mentoring programme we have hundreds of mentors who have ‘been there and done it’. They’re available to help, listen, guide and support you through your business journey.

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