Cranfield School of Management and Bedford Borough Council are delighted to announce the Bedford Borough Scholarship Programme to support business growth and local business decarbonisation in Bedford.
Via this programme, businesses based in Bedford Borough can apply for fully funded scholarship places on ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥'s prestigious courses for business leaders.
This programme is funded by the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Programmes available:
Scholarship spaces are limited and will be allocated based on business and course eligibility criteria.
Business eligibility criteria
For the purposes of this programme, business means a sole trader, micro business, small and medium-sized enterprise, or large business. It also includes social enterprises where these engage in economic activity.
Applicants must be:
- a trading enterprise or engaged in enterprise activity registered in the UK and with a base in Bedford Borough () and
- established for at least 1 year
Enterprises in liquidation, dissolved, struck off or subject to a striking-off notice are not eligible.
Scholarship spaces are limited and will be allocated based on the individual course eligibility criteria.
Ready for Scale Scholarships
The Ready for Scale programme helps your business take a leap on its growth trajectory, transforming it. You will learn how to deal with external challenges and take advantage of opportunities to give your business a competitive edge. The programme uses the same proven successful growth plan as the Business Growth Programme.
The benefits
- Learn how to review your business critically
- Gain a clearer company vision
- Know the next steps to achieve growth goals
- Grow your business network of support and get faster results
Course structure
- Introduction workshop
- Six online modules
- Tutorials after each module
- Growth plan presentation
- 1-1 mentoring
Eligibility
- Owner / senior manager
- Business established for a minimum of 1 year
- A turnover in excess of £25,000
Duration: 12 weeks
Location: Online
Closing date for applications: 21 January 2025
Starts: 28 January 2025
Find out more about this innovative programme, or hear what our have to say.
For further information please contact bettanyscholarships@cranfield.ac.uk
Ready for Net Zero Growth Scholarships
This growth programme helps you embed your businesses’ Net Zero ambitions within your business growth plan. It will show you how to critically review your business by asking challenging questions and thoroughly reviewing what is and is not working. You will understand your carbon footprint and why it matters, as well as making a plan to reduce your carbon emissions and gain competitive edge in the process.
The benefits
- Enable the next phase of your growth
- Shows you how to review your business critically
- Clearer company vision
- Know your next steps to achieve your growth goals
- Calculate your carbon emissions and develop a carbon reduction plan
- Grow your network of support and get results faster than working through the framework on your own
- Uses the same growth plan process as the highly successful BGP (Business Growth Programme)
Course structure
- Two half-day online workshops
- Six online modules. Work through modules in your own time. Generally, this is 45-60 minutes per module. After each module, you will submit an assignment
- Tutorials – to summarise key learnings and ask questions after each module
- 1-1 mentoring
Eligibility
- Owner / senior manager
- Business established for a minimum of 1 year
- A turnover in excess of £50,000
Duration: 18 weeks
Location: Online
Closing date for applications: 19 February 2025
Starts: 26 February 2025
Find out more about this innovative programme.
For further information please contact bettanyscholarships@cranfield.ac.uk
