Value proposition

Improve your business, develop your leadership skills and boost your performance with our programmes and resources.

Small business leaders – we’re here for you! Improve your business, develop your leadership skills and boost your business’ performance with our resources and programmes.

We’re a not-for-profit movement, backed by government, and founded by Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chair of John Lewis & Partners. We exist to help small- and medium-sized UK-based businesses increase their productivity and performance – something that’s essential for the UK’s economy as a whole!

We do this by bringing the UK's most successful business professionals together to help small business leaders improve and succeed through a range of effective, productivity-boosting programmes and resources:

To find out more, visit our website or sign up to our fortnightly newsletter, The Bolt.

Productivity, Networks, Collaboration, Leadership, Talent Management, Digital, Future Planning, Knowledge Sharing, Analysis, Insights, management practice, operational efficiency, SMEs, Small business, Business growth, Technology, Mentoring, Employee Engagement, Leadership development, Hospitality, Business modelling, and Benchmarking