Cheddar Creative co-owners Richard Wood and Cassie Bendall
- Credit: Cheddar Creative
Small companies across Suffolk and Norfolk are being given expert advice to help them through the pandemic recession.
So far, 133 firms with a turnover of £100k-plus and five or more employees have signed up to get free peer mentoring as part of a national economic recovery effort delivered through New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
The LEP - which is offering help to 250 companies in total - is particularly keen to target social care providers and hospitality businesses with its £1,300 Peer Networks mentoring package. The firms must be at least one year old.
The power of peer support and how Peer Networks can help SMEs thrive
How Peer Networks is seeking to actively support SME business owners to position themselves for future growth
As a small to medium sized business owner, engaging with a network of trusted peers to talk about and find solutions for opportunities and challenges can be an extremely valuable experience.
Gaining practical insights as a result of support others who are in a similar position can help guide the business in the right direction and position them to take advantage of future growth.
Whether an SME business is assessing new market opportunities or facing challenges around product development, HR, tech, finance or marketing, peer support can give business owners the opportunity to share those issues in a collaborative environment often leading to highly impactful solutions that reflect on valuable feedback from their peers.
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Business owners urge fellow business owners to join forces and tackle common challenges they are facing
MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Peer Networks are set to drive SME growth as small to medium sized business owners work together to navigate challenges and adapt to the new normal .
From construction to cycling, early adopters of Peer Networks Chris Kane and Kirsti Grayson are already seeing the benefits of tackling common challenges and opportunities with other businesses.
Up and down the country SME business owners, like Chris and Kirsti, are coming together in small groups to learn from each other on important challenges and opportunities such as EU transition, recovering from the impacts of Covid-19, HR, tech, finance and marketing.