Helping local businesses upskill and grow

– Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub

“The Good Growth Fund is funding the Growth Hub, which is brilliant. It means we can support businesses of all sizes and sectors.” – Bethany Allen, Growth Operations Manager at Growth Hub.

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme has invested £16m to back a package of support available to businesses across the county.

This business support is accessed through Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Growth Hub – a service of Cornwall Council. Local businesses contacting the Growth Hub can seek support with skills, net zero, innovation, finance, clean energy and marine, growth planning and more.

Kirsty Miles-Musgrave, Growth Hub Investment Operations Manager, says: “The Growth Hub is here to make sure businesses are aware of what support and funding and training that they can access.

“One of the ambitions of the Good Growth Fund was actually to simplify access to business support. We’re looking to talk to any business with growth ambition, to make sure they’re accessing the support they need.”

Bethany Allen, Growth Operations Manager at the Growth Hub, says: “The Good Growth Fund is funding the Growth Hub, which is brilliant. It means we can support businesses of all sizes and sectors.

“We really encourage businesses to come forward and speak to us and see what support, funding and skills are available.”

Since the start of the Good Growth Programme the Growth Hub has supported more than 900 business reviews and made 1,500 referrals to Good Growth commissioned business support.

Kirsty says: “We’re here to talk to businesses about their growth ambitions and make sure that we can reach them.”

Will Boddington, a Business Development Manager who contacted the Growth Hub, says: “The Growth Hub have offered a vast amount of support, they’ve been invaluable.

“It’s helped me boost my knowledge and confidence. I definitely recommend The Growth Hub, 100%. They’ve been invaluable.

“If you’re looking to grow your business, I’d definitely recommend speaking to them, because they can help you out in a vast range of topics.”

Other businesses that the Growth Hub have supported:

For more information about the Growth Hub and how it is supporting local businesses, visit the website.

Growth Hub is supported by a £16m investment from the Good Growth Programme, funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.