Deadline looming for Goldman Sachs programme

Places are still available on the highly-renowned annual Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Programme - but time is running out to sign up.

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme, aimed at small businesses or social enterprises looking to grow, provides high-quality, practical education specifically tailored to the needs of UK small business-leaders.

Participants receive 100 hours of teaching designed by leading experts and delivered through online and residential sessions led by Saïd Business School and the University of Oxford, together with Aston University, the University of Leeds and Manchester Metropolitan University. The programme is fully funded for successful applicants.

Participants also gain exposure to a national network of professional experts through business coaching and one-to-one advising. Graduates will join a highly active and unique national network of small businesses which provide ongoing peer-support to each other - and frequently establish B2B trading.

Stephen Ware, a director of farm retailers MM & JE Ware & Son, warmly recommends the programme having been one of this year's graduates.

"The programme has been invaluable in balancing our approach to the farming business," he said. "It means that we are now not only in the business of growing, we are also growing the business". 

Applications for the programme beginning in January 2017 close on 24th October. For more information please visit http://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000-small-businesses/UK/  or to start your application click here.