Business programme
Start-Up, Scale-Up by Lloyds Bank Academy
Personal skills for business leaders
Gain personal and leadership skills to help you run your business.
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.
Skills for business leaders
Supported and created by Skillsoft, you can access hundreds of free leadership and business management courses online on our new hub.
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The business benefit of digital
Learn about the benefits digital can have on your business and how to leverage them.
Leadership skills
Explore the key traits of successful entrepreneurs, including problem solving, adaptability, and the power of building strong networks.
Build resilience
Learn to overcome common barriers that business leaders can face.
Networking
Learn how to build a community and network that can help you to succeed.
Unique selling points
Learn about unique selling points and how to identify and use yours to your benefit.
Start-up funding
Explore the steps you can take to start raising funds for a start-up.
Financial planning
Understand what financial success looks like for your start-up and build a plan to reach your finance goals.
Social strategy
Develop a plan to help make the most of using social media to market your business.
Product design
Learn the steps of developing a product that sells.
Sales negotiation
Discover why negotiation matters in sales, learn key principles, and build the skills to become a confident, effective negotiator.
Get started with legal
Learn how to set-up your legal function for success.
Adding finance to a business plan
Understand the steps you can take to help you take control of your revenue and cashflow.
Angel investors
Understand what this kind of investor is and how they might be able to support your business.
Tips for growth
Get quick tips to help you start with business growth.
Create a disability and neuro-inclusive business
Learn about some of they ways you can make your business more inclusive.
Scale your start-up
Learn about some of the steps you can take to help you start scaling your start-up.
Business planning
Explore some of the key steps you can follow in creating a plan for your business.