How the Manufacturing Growth Programme works
Benefits of engaging with the Manufacturing Growth Programme
- Insight into the risks, issues, gaps and opportunities for your business, helping you better plan for the future.
- Gain a better understanding of what needs to be done to make improvements.
- Work with new expertise to make bring about real development
Develop trusted relationships with an experienced Manufacturing Growth Manager. - Reduce cost of development, helping you make the changes you need sooner.
How it works
Step 1 – Meet your Growth Manager
You will be allocated a dedicated and experienced Manufacturing Growth Manager who will guide you through the process.
Our Manufacturing Growth Managers have a wealth of manufacturing knowledge and understand the many issues companies are exposed to and how to overcome them.
They will work with you to establish practical steps to achieve business growth and connect you to wider support to maximise opportunities for growth.
Step 2 – GROWTHMapper
Your Growth Manager will support you through GROWTHmapper®, our unique business diagnostic review tool for the manufacturing business. This business diagnostic tool is used to analyse the performance of the business and determine the key areas for improvement.
Step 3 - Bespoke Action Plan
With your MGM and the results of the GROWTHmapper® diagnostic, MGP will formulate a tailored business improvement plan that will identify which areas require additional support. Your choice of expert will work with you to implement these plans.
MGP will cover a percentage of the cost of implementing your improvement project. Your Growth Manager will identify other opportunities for grant funding that may be applicable.
Step 4 – Grant Application
Once a project has been identified, your Growth Manager will process the paperwork from which you will receive a formal grant offer letter. The letter outlines the priorities of the manufacturer and the anticipated outcomes and benefits of the support provided.
Once this has been received, you can then contract your chosen provider to deliver the work required as identified in the action plan.
Step 5 – Project Delivery
Your external improvement project provider will work with you to deliver the work agreed over a four-month period. Once the project has been completed, you will be required to pay your supplier in full. From this you will receive a percentage of the cost. Your Growth Manager will contact you to undertake a review of the benefits and impact the project has had on your business.