Business programme
Start-Up, Scale-Up by Lloyds Bank Academy
Empowering founders to build, grow and scale their business
Supported by Foundervine, we can help your business gain new skills. Learn how technology can improve productivity, increase turnover and understand your customers.
Choose a lesson
Use research to test and develop your ideas
Tools and strategies to target your customer and test your market.
Unique selling points
Learn about unique selling points and how to identify and use yours to your benefit.
The business benefit of digital
Learn about the benefits digital can have on your business and how to leverage them.
Start-up funding
Explore the steps you can take to start raising funds for a start-up.
Get started with finance
Feel more comfortable with business finances by learning the essentials.
Business planning
Explore some of the key steps you can follow in creating a plan for your business.
Product design
Learn the steps of developing a product that sells.
Personal brand
Learn about the benefits of having a strong personal brand as a leader.
Build resilience
Learn to overcome common barriers that business leaders can face.
Sales negotiation
Discover why negotiation matters in sales, learn key principles, and build the skills to become a confident, effective negotiator.
Social strategy
Develop a plan to help make the most of using social media to market your business.
Angel investors
Understand what this kind of investor is and how they might be able to support your business.
Networking
Learn how to build a community and network that can help you to succeed.
Revenue and cashflow
Understand the steps you can take to help you take control of your revenue and cashflow.
Get started with legal
Learn how to set-up your legal function for success.
Scale your start-up
Learn about some of the steps you can take to help you start scaling your start-up.
Tips for growth
Get quick tips to help you start with business growth.