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Small business leaders across Coventry are invited to take advantage of the 90% government-funded Help to Grow: Management Course. Designed by entrepreneurs and industry experts from the UK's leading business schools, the course helps small business leaders and senior managers from every industry to boost leadership skills as well as business performance and resilience.

The scheme is a 12-week course covering the critical components required to develop a resilient business strategy. It includes online and face-to-face sessions, 10 hours of 1-to-1 mentoring, peer networking, and support to develop a Growth Action Plan. The course costs £750 and is 90% funded by UK government.

This practical leadership course provides time away from the challenges of running a business to invest in your leadership, equipping you with the knowledge and confidence to take your business to the next level:

• Develop leadership skills across all areas of business including strategic planning, employee engagement, vision and values, finance, and marketing
• Develop strategies for market segmentation, positioning and targeting to streamline the marketing approach
• Gain exclusive access to a regional peer network to share practical challenges, ideas, and experiences
• Work with a mentor to develop a Growth Action Plan tailored to your business and its unique journey
• Learn how to engage your employees on the business journey and plan the future structure of the organisation
• Identify new technologies and digital approaches to enhance innovation and productivity across your business
• Improve operational efficiency to save time and money

At the end of the Help to Grow: Management Course, you will be ready to lead the change required to scale your business, even in the most challenging of conditions.

To be eligible for the course, your business must employ between 5 and 249 people and have been operational for at least a year. SMEs employing 10 or more people can enrol 2 senior managers on the course

The course is delivered by multiple Small Business Charter-accredited business schools in the West Midlands region. More information, including course dates and testimonials from course participants, is available on the website.

Leaders and senior managers are already experiencing the benefits of taking part in the Help to Grow: Management Course.

To find out more about Help to Grow: Management Course

Godiva Festival 30 June - 2 July - connect with your audience and community

Music connects us all - like nothing else. one city, one festival - connecting brands, objectives and audiences.

Whether your business wants to boost its social responsibility, build brand awareness, boost sales or customer loyalty or improve your employee engagement - we can help you achieve your aims.

Godiva - the UK's best-value family music festival with an audience of 80,000 has a range of sponsorship packages available.

To find out more email Martin Clarke: martin.clarke@coventry.gov.uk

Cllr Jim O'Boyle welcomed famous musicians Neville and Christine Staple, and Pete Chambers from the Coventry Music Museum, to unveil a brand new plaque celebrating 2-Tone Music in Coventry Railway Station.

Coventry City Council welcomed Ed Miliband to Coventry to get a closer look at how our city is at the forefront of the green industrial revolution. At the end of the visit, Ed Miliband and

The Council will be considering a report next week around the £12.9m ambitious capital programme supporting innovative transport and highways projects, keeping the city as one of the most forward-thinking in the country.

Alongside the enhancement and maintenance of the city’s roads, pavements and transport infrastructure there are pioneering projects such as the Coventry Very Light Rail, All Electric buses and Gigafactory.

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The Council is to discuss plans to take back the ownership and management of the Lower Precinct and Coventry Market.

The Council already owns the freehold of the site, but Royal London Asset Management has a long-term lease over Lower Precinct and the market. Discussions are now underway for the Council to take back that lease.

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Coventry University is the latest organisation to become part of Coventry City Council’s planned cultural transformation of the city’s former IKEA building.

Now known as the City Centre Cultural Gateway (CCCG), the building will be repurposed to become a landmark cultural destination in Coventry.

Coventry University would be utilising floors five and six by creating a cultural hub which would see a range of facilities on offer, including teaching areas, research space and attractions

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One of the largest independent site investigations companies in the UK has upgraded its geotechnical laboratory after receiving a grant.

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