Business Boost is a dedicated, bespoke and free programme from New Forest District Council, delivered by the University of Portsmouth. It is specifically created for businesses to improve productivity and support their business resilience and growth.

 

Business Boost will provide key support to your business, directly improving your  productivity, leading to growth and preparing you for successful application to other nationally funded programmes.

Business Boost will give you access to:

You will take part in 4 face-to-face learning sessions

Our industry expert will guide you through the programme

You will have 2 one-to-one mentoring sessions

Your mentor will help you apply the learning to your business

What you will learn

Business Boost will focus on the subject of ‘Business Growth and Resilience’, covering the following elements:

Our industry-practitioners will deliver the subject through a combination of workshop sessions and one-to-one mentoring. 


Eligibility criteria

To join the Business Boost New Forest, a participating business must

Interested in taking part?

All of the spaces are now taken on our next programme, but if you would like your business to take part please email us at businesssupport@port.ac.uk to register your interest and we will let you know if any spaces become available.


There is no cost for participants to the New Forest Business Boost programme as it is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.  More information can be found by clicking here



For more information

Please contact the Business Support team at the University of Portsmouth by email: businesssupport@port.ac.uk