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Unleashing innovation: a blueprint for sustainable growth in small businesses 06 ScaleToThrive
21st June 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Unleashing innovation: a blueprint for sustainable growth in small businesses
Jonny Slater, Boost business adviser on the Scale to Thrive programme and co-founder of a high-growth start-up CAPSLOCK, explains the importance of innovation in a growing a business.
Why SMEs should be selling solutions not products Sell a solution
19th June 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Why SMEs should be selling solutions not products
Daniel Fenton, Boost business adviser on Boost’s Flying Start programme outlines his three-part strategy to explain the three processes behind sales.
Meet the Boost team: Lateef Badat BOO_MTBT_LateefBadat
14th June 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Meet the Boost team: Lateef Badat
Boost Flying Start business adviser Lateef Badat, a seasoned business coach and mentor with a particular niche in the creative, digital and media sectors, talks about his role in supporting Lancashire businesses.
YFM Equity Partners and Par Equity Announce £8.7million Investment into EV Charging Software Innovator FUUSE web
6th June 2024
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YFM Equity Partners and Par Equity Announce £8.7million Investment into EV Charging Software Innovator
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) and Par Equity, alongside an angel syndicate have announced an £8.7m growth capital investment into Fuuse Limited - a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging software.
The strategic power of partnerships in business expansion AdobeStock_509990675 strategic partnership HC 2
4th June 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
The strategic power of partnerships in business expansion
Here, Boost business adviser Hayley Caine, discusses the importance of partnerships in business expansion.
My Scale Up Journey: David Hammond, Chiptech David Hammond cropped
31st May 2024
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My Scale Up Journey: David Hammond, Chiptech
After forming Chiptech UK in 2019, the business has experienced consistent and rapid growth, year on year.
Meet the Boost team: Jonny Slater BOO_MTBT_JonnySlater
30th May 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Meet the Boost team: Jonny Slater
Boost’s Scale to Thrive business adviser Jonny Slater, a specialist in investment readiness and high growth startups, talks about his role in supporting Lancashire businesses.
Checklist for cultivating strategic agility AdobeStock_591862856 checklist for strategic ability
28th May 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
Checklist for cultivating strategic agility
Here Boost business adviser, Jonny Slater, outlines how business owners can navigate uncertainty, embrace change and become a pioneer of business growth.
Boost launches new Investment Academy to help prepare Lancashire businesses for equity investment Investment Academy web image
24th May 2024
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News
Boost launches new Investment Academy to help prepare Lancashire businesses for equity investment
Boost’s Access to Finance service has launched a new Investment Academy designed to help businesses better understand how to secure equity investment.
Finance Hub Glossary 07 AccessToFinance
23rd May 2024
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Financial Guides
Finance Hub Glossary
A financial glossary to help decision makers understand financial terminology for scaling, growing and starting a business.
Lancashire outperforms other North West regions in scaleup potential The State of Growth in Lancashire
23rd May 2024
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News
Lancashire outperforms other North West regions in scaleup potential
Fifteen per cent of Lancashire businesses are forecast to grow by over 20 per cent in the next year, significantly higher than the UK average of 13.1 per cent, according to a new report from national business growth specialist The Growth Company.
How to improve the numeracy skills of your workforce Numeracy Day
22nd May 2024
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Inspiration & Spotlight
How to improve the numeracy skills of your workforce
Did you know, according to statistics from the National Numeracy, 49 per cent of the working-age population of England have the numeracy level expected of primary-school children? The total cost to the UK economy has been estimated at £20 billion a year.

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