Central Bedfordshire Council and Cranfield University are working in partnership to provide an innovative scholarship programme to support SME’s in Central Bedfordshire. https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/press/leading-business-school-and-council-unite-to-boost-central-bedfordshires-businesses
10 businesses within Central Bedfordshire who have been in operation for 3 or more years, have a staff of 5 to 50 and a turnover between £0.5m and £20m will receive a fully funded place on Cranfield’s Business Growth Programme (BGP) . This is the UK’s longest running programme for owner-managers looking to take their business to the next stage and usually costs £12.5K plus VAT.
Fully funded places for up to 80 smaller or earlier stage businesses in Central Bedfordshire are also available for Cranfield’s Ready for Scale Programme. This 12-week programme is designed to critically review your business, ask challenging questions, and thoroughly interrogate what is and isn’t working.
Would you be able to share this opportunity to businesses within your network by forwarding them the following link: Central Bedfordshire Scholarship Programme (Cranfield.ac.uk). This will allow them to check their eligibility and also make an application.
The deadline for applications for the Business Growth Programme Scholarship is 27 August 2021 whereas the deadline for the Ready for Scale Scholarship will be later this year.
Many thanks for your assistance and it would be lovely to arrange a time to meet with you further.
