Is my business eligible?

The programme is exclusively targeted at high growth businesses who want to enter their next growth phase and have the potential and determination to get there.

In order to be accepted on the programme, your business:

  • Must be based in Wales and have fewer than 250 employees

 

You must also be able to demonstrate you have the potential to:

  • Aim for 20% annual growth (employment or turnover for at least 2 years). Aim for three years of trading to exceed £3m (> £1m per year)

  • Create 10 new full-time jobs by the end of 3rd year of support

  • Start or grow your ability to unlock opportunities in international markets that are ripe for growth

  • Start Up businesses that are pre revenue can be supported, but they must start trading within 12 months and be looking to achieve growth at the levels outlined above.

    Recruitment onto the Programme will be considered initially via an expression of interest which will cover eligibility criteria. Once this is confirmed, the next step will be an in-depth diagnostic covering business idea, growth potential and outline the support required to develop the business.

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On the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme, we have carefully chosen a group of business advisers, all of whom have hands-on experience in delivering high growth. They also have domain or sector knowledge coupled with an area of professional expertise. The high growth coaches can be utilised in a general advisory capacity or to deliver specific work packages, such as Fair Work, Equality and Diversity and Carbon Reduction.