Dear colleague

Welcome to the Growth Enterprise Manual website.

Growth Enterprise is an exciting new style of web-based publication specifically designed for small business owners/managers, those who have recently started a business, and those thinking of starting one.

It recognises that those involved in running small businesses are deluged with information - much of it of poor quality or irrelevant.  This is the last thing you need when you are busy trying to work on getting a business off the ground or grow it to the next level.  In addition, you are often at a loss to know where to turn to to get this help in a form which is relatively low cost but which can be implemented in your business as soon as it is received.

So, at the core of Growth Enterprise is Growth Enterprise Manual. Our vision is to establish Growth Enterprise Manual as the GEM among business publications.

Growth Enterprise Manual provides its subscribers with six detailed tutorials each and every month.  The tutorials cover all aspects of a business and not just one or two areas, such as sales, marketing or finance.  That's because the tutorials follow the "Six Pillars Philosophy", pioneered by our sister organisation, Growth Enterprise Bespoke Services:

• Leadership and Business Direction:  including strategy, planning, individual leadership qualities, corporate governance, etc.;
• Brand and Market Position: including sales and marketing, establishing a brand, market research, customer focus, etc.;
• Knowledge Management:  including IT infrastructure and systems, internal processes and quality, external/internal communication, etc.;
• Stakeholder Engagement: including employees, customers, competitors, supply chain, media, politicians, communities, etc.;
• Skills Deployment: including HR, recruitment, employee legislation, training, development, intrapreneurialism, etc.; and
• Financial Planning & Controls:  including financial planning, cost controls, debt recovery, money management, tax, etc.

Each tutorial is presented in a clear, uncluttered format.  In common with the rest of the website, you will find no irrelevant advertising, confusing graphics, space-filling pictures or wasted narrative.  Instead, you will get access to 100% useful information which can be used in your business straight away.

Being a web-based resource, subscribers also have access to certain features you would expect to find on a business-focused website, namely news items and articles.  But even these differ from the norm. 

• Taking news updates first, we only submit news items deemed to be of interest to the vast majority of our target audience.  Therefore, you will not find stories about BA axing large swathes of staff, for example.  That means we are not swamping you with irrelevant information.  Consequently, around 4 news items are being added each day. 
• Articles are written predominantly in-house, but we actively encourage our subscribers to also submit their own articles.  Articles submitted by our subscribers are not advertorial in nature, but instead are a genuine attempt to share insights or knowledge.  On average, one new article per day is being added to the site (e.g. 240 per year).

Our jewel, apart from the Growth Enterprise Manual itself, of course, are our interviews.  These are not edited highlights, but are instead interview transcripts with high-profile personalities from the worlds of business, politics, academia, sport, the military and entertainment.  We are adding new interviews at a rate of two per month.  The purpose of these interviews is to inspire, but also for the interviewee to share their thoughts and advice on how small business owners/managers can improve their business introduce new ways of working or thinking.

Growth Enterprise is accessed in three ways:

• visitor level:  access to news items and a free copy of Growth Enterprise Manual - cost FREE
• registrant level:  access to the above plus ability to read articles - cost FREE
• subscriber level:  as for registrant level, but can also upload their own articles or White Papers plus gain access to all the tutorials contained in Growth Enterprise Manual and read and be inspired by accessing the interview transcripts - cost £54.99 per annum.

The best way to realistically assess the value of the Growth Enterprise Manual – and this website – to your organisation is to explore and see it for yourself. So be sure to look around the FREE edition of Growth Enterprise Manual alongside the news items and articles. Then ask yourself where else you could get this level of advice for just 15p per day?  We think you will agree this is the definitive website offering advice for small businesses and business startups. 

Howard Marco, founder, Legal Wear summed it up perfectly when he sent us this testimonial: "Even if a subscriber implements just one strategy throughout the year, the benefit that will make to the business will more than cover the cost of the subscription price. Superb value. There is nothing else like this on the market at all."

Over the coming months, we intend to consult with our subscribers on the value of introducing a range of additional services and benefits. So be sure to keep on visiting us and check for the latest developments.

Finally, I know this sounds clichéd, but this really is your resource. So do let me know personally of any improvements we can make or if you would like us to introduce additional services that you cannot access anywhere else. I will be delighted to hear from you – andrew@GrowthEnterprise.co.uk.

Very kind regards