Helping digital, creative and tech SMEs stabilise, adapt and grow
We know that Greater Manchester’s digital, creative and tech (DCT) businesses need tailored support to help them come through the coronavirus crisis intact and ready to grow again.
Our specialist advisors have experience of guiding companies through crises, such as the bursting of the dot-com bubble and the 2008 financial crash. They also understand the specific challenges that COVID-19 has caused in the DCT sector.
GC Business Growth Hub's DCT team supports both commercial and individual development by educating, empowering and skilling individuals, and by refining and improving processes and efficiencies at all levels within organisations.
Complementing this, the service brings to bear state-of-the-art clarity of thinking around focussed implementation, application of emerging technology and leadership style, helping to power Greater Manchester’s vibrant community of around 9,000 DCT businesses - the UK’s biggest creative and tech cluster outside of London.
Apply now for the Exceed programme: deadline 21 June 2021. Exceed is a fresh lens designed to help medium-sized Dgital, Creative and Tech businesses in Greater Manchester fire up growth again.
Services
Access high-impact support and specialist guidance for digital, creative and tech businesses in Greater Manchester.
This includes fully-funded one-to-one support and coaching, enabling budding individuals and emerging businesses progress to the next level on their growth journey. Get access to cutting-edge information, strategies and techniques, as well as bespoke advice tailored to individual business needs, including an analysis of processes to improve efficiencies at all levels.
Or join one of our dedicated programmes, which include workshop sessions with some of the best minds in the industry:
Greater Connected
A fully-funded tailored programme spread over six to eight weeks, to help ambitious companies grow in their own way.
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Exceed
An exclusive, fully-funded cohort programme for medium-sized businesses that are hungry for growth, regardless of the circumstances. We are recruiting now for this programme, with registrations closing on 21 June.
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Creative Scale-up Programme
A modular investment readiness programme, fully-funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
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Global Scale-up Programme
Enabling companies across the whole of Greater Manchester to rapidly expand into multiple markets.
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Events
Trailblazing Tech Conference
2 July 2021
We are proud to be sponsoring the Trailblazing Tech Conference on 2 July. This hybrid event will be streamed live from The Lowry Hotel in Manchester, and attendees will have the opportunity to attend either in-person or virtually.
Featuring keynote sessions and thought-provoking panel discussions across a range of sectors aand themes including Retail, Green Tech, HealthTech, Skills and Education, Cyber Crime and FinTech, the event aims to explore the impacts of digital acceleration in the post-pandemic world we now live in.
Making a difference...
Mustard Media
"The previous programmes have given us the knowledge and tools we needed to shape our growth plan and map out our ‘mission, motto and mantra’. We’ve been able to expand our international plans and take on new staff, so we’re excited to see where this new programme will take us in 2020 and beyond."
Rob Masterson, Managing Director, Mustard Media.
Eight Engines
“I thought it [Greater Connected] was absolutely fantastic. We’ve obviously done a lot of different training courses, but this was the first one I’ve been on where I really learned a lot. We’ve taken the learnings and used them in many ways across our business.”
Jack Leigh, Director, Eight Engines
Read more: Greater Connected helps Eight Engines refocus to thrive during COVID crisis
NowSignage
“The advice we’ve received shaped our ability to market ourselves effectively to new audiences and gave us the confidence to put the focus into our new business.”
Nick Johnson, co-founder, NowSignage
Reason Digital
“It helped drive clarity in our business, leading to better alignment, increased productivity and a solid strategic plan.”
Matt Haworth, co-founder, Reason Digital
Reason Digital
“It helped drive clarity in our business, leading to better alignment, increased productivity and a solid strategic plan.”
Matt Haworth, co-founder, Reason Digital
NowSignage
“The advice we’ve received shaped our ability to market ourselves effectively to new audiences and gave us the confidence to put the focus into our new business.”
Nick Johnson, co-founder, NowSignage