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Help to Grow: Management Essentials

Help to Grow: Management Essentials is a free online course of short videos on essential business concepts, for business leaders and managers of any size in the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by UK Government, Small Business Charter

Checked against the official page (help-to-grow-essentials.smallbusinesscharter.org) on 15 Oct 2026.

A free, self-paced online course of 17 short videos, about 2 hours in total, covering essential business concepts for growth. Aimed at business leaders wanting an introduction or a refresh.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Free

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Open to business leaders and their managers, from those wanting an introduction to essential business concepts to experienced leaders wanting a refresher. Free online course with instant access after a short registration form.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Complete the short registration form on the Help to Grow: Management Essentials registration page.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Not confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • The source is listed under West Yorkshire Business Growth Hub, but the page does not say it is limited to West Yorkshire businesses.
  • Page does not state a deadline; the course appears to be open at any time.
  • Eligibility by business size or location is not stated.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (help-to-grow-essentials.smallbusinesscharter.org) on 15 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 15 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with UK Government before you apply.

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