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People and workforce support for SMEs, startups and scale-ups

Whether you're looking to improve retention, develop leaders, strengthen workplace culture or build workforce capability, our specialists can help you create the right environment for your people and your business to thrive.

With support from GM Business Growth Hub, you can:

  • Attract, grow and retain talent
  • Boost employee engagement, morale and motivation
  • Build people management skills and practices
  • Improve mental health and wellbeing
  • Enhance strategic focus
  • Increase inclusivity
Tracks & Layers case study highlighting leadership development, mentoring and people support that improved business performance and delivered year-on-year turnover growth.

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Please contact us at 0161 3593050 or query below.

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FAQs

We provide support across a wide range of people and workforce challenges, helping businesses build stronger teams, better workplaces and a more resilient workforce.

Areas of support include:

  • Leadership development and mentoring
  • Recruitment, retention and succession planning
  • Skills analysis and team development
  • Organisation change and restructure
  • Workplace culture, values and employee wellbeing
  • People strategy, communications and performance management

We can help you attract, develop and retain the talent your business needs through recruitment and retention support, succession planning, career pathway development, mentoring and skills development initiatives.

Our specialists can also help align your people strategy with your organisational goals while supporting employee growth throughout the employee lifecycle.

Yes. Support is available to help businesses develop confident and effective leaders, strengthen workplace culture, embed organisational values and implement effective performance management practices.

We can also help improve employee engagement, collaboration and communication, creating environments where people and businesses can thrive.

Yes. We help businesses navigate organisational change, identify skills gaps, develop workforce capability and align team structures to business needs.

Support includes skills analysis, team development, workforce planning, restructuring and access to fully funded training opportunities through our Skills Development Service.

Yes. Our mentoring and leadership development support helps leaders build confidence, strengthen decision-making, develop new skills and access external expertise.

Programmes such as Pure Leadership are designed to help Greater Manchester businesses develop effective and future-ready leaders.

97% of mentees improved their business performance through our mentoring programme.

The Skills Development Service provides fully funded training and skills development opportunities for Greater Manchester's workforce, volunteers and organisations.

The service helps individuals develop essential workplace and lifelong skills while helping businesses build a skilled, capable workforce that can support long-term growth.

Supporting your people can help you:

  • Attract, grow and retain talent
  • Boost employee engagement, morale and motivation
  • Build people management skills and practices
  • Improve mental health and wellbeing
  • Enhance strategic focus
  • Increase inclusivity

By investing in your people, you can create a stronger workforce equipped to support your organisation's growth ambitions.

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