Pathway to Business Success

Small business owners, Self-employed, Sole Traders and Freelance Consultants are feeling the strain under and from the COVID19 restrictions not knowing where to turn for support.

We are delighted to offer a programme packed with information, advice, practical tips and business tools that help and support you, and your business, getting back on track or to build on what you already have, allowing you to achieve business success.

Alternative Partnership is also working with Skills Bank – Sheffield City Region to provide support and guidance to self-employed and sole trader businesses via our Pathway to Business Success training programme. For future information, please enquire below.

What is the Skills Bank?

“Skills Bank gives employers across the Sheffield City Region access to high-quality training and funding to enable them to develop their business.

Skills Bank has recently made additional support available to help businesses affected by the Coronavirus.” Found [online] at https://skillsbankscr.co.uk/

The investment for the course is normally £995 with a limited offer of ‘£695’ (saving £300) for registration by 21st February 2021.

This programme is over six, three-hour virtual interactive seminars and includes a one-hour business coaching, where our team of highly qualified and experienced professionals will guide you through all the skills and strategies you need to ensure your Pathway to Business Success.

The first-course session will start February 2021, exact dates will be confirmed to applicants upon registration. There are limited places to the skills bank contribution for qualifying businesses*. The team will check eligibility.

To find out more information, please express your interest here.

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The Six modules include:

1. Business Resilience

Objectives cover the Business resilience, analysing the areas of flexibility and adaptability, business strategy linking the critical steps for evolving new ways of conducting business. This will include strategic and operational practical planning.

2. Cashflow, Finance and Budgeting

Cashflow, finance and business budgeting along with practical activities for business finance plans supporting 3, 6 and 12 months for the recovery or business process. This will include financial health risk assessment and planning techniques.

3. Business Promotion and Lead Generation

On this segment, we’ll cover promotion into new markets looking at the customer based, different ways to generate new leads and sales, different methods for promoting business.

4. Reactivating or build New Customers Diversification

Builds on the promotion of new markets and adapting to changing customer base, diversifying customer connections and re-engaging existing customers.

5. Digital Marketing

Digital platforms for communicating promotion and sales. This will cover Website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms, how these impact and practical activities to plan social media and additional support to set up social media accounts.

6. Bringing it all together

On this final session, we cover the implementation of all planning, evaluating Networks and delivery of business strategy through to the methods of Supply Chain to the customer.

Who is the Pathway to Business Success training programme for?

Small business owners, Self-employed, Sole Traders, Freelance, and Consultants. This is equally ideal for new business startups to support with all the business tools needed for business success.

*Payment terms can be arranged

**To qualify for the skills bank contribution, you must be a self-employed, freelance, consultant or a sole trader and your business must be registered in the Sheffield City Region – Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, or Doncaster areas. You must be HMRC registered and have been trading for at least 9 – 12 months at the beginning of the course.

How do I register for the Pathway to Business Success Training course?

To apply simply contact us with your name, business name, your email address and phone number.

For more information, please express your interest here

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Our Clients

I would like to thank Tina for her exceptional support and guidance whilst completing the ILM Higher Diploma in Leadership and Management Level 4. The knowledge and skills I have gained both from Tina and the course content is invaluable and has and will continue to improve my professional and personal progression. Tina was a constant support, including times when I was uncertain on how to tackle a particularly difficult unit. I couldn’t thank Tina enough and would highly recommend her to anyone who wants to improve their own knowledge and skills in the leadership and management profession.
Lisa Vickers, Total Fitness

Through their excellent service and commitment, we were able to show a remarkable improvement in the quality of service we offer to all our customers. The initial training provided to all our 66 staff who was involved in the Customer Service qualification has been of great benefit to the company, in the way they interact with our customers and deal with their enquiries. Of the 66 people 8 of those progressed to a higher Customer Service qualification with Alternative Partnership.
Julie Asbury, La Redoute

I am a Store Manager for a busy Retail Outlet and I decided to undertake my ILM Higher Management qualification. I found the qualification excellent for developing my knowledge and understanding of higher management in business, especially when, part way through the course, I was promoted to a larger store and the ILM qualification was invaluable to my learning and management experience. Tina worked with me focusing on the training and development that I needed to succeed, which helped me to achieve the qualification, as well as, make business improvements to the running of my store.

I have worked with Alternative Partnership for many years now and I have achieved a number of qualifications with Tina’s help along my whole journey. She is always there for help and advice and I would definitely recommend Alternative Partnership to anyone who is wanting to complete a qualification to better their professional skills with full support and great mentoring by Tina.
Laura Baker, The Works

I wanted to have the pleasure of working with Alternative Partnership and Tina again. Tina discussed my training needs and recommended an ILM Higher Leadership and Management qualification. I thought this might be impossible for me, but yet again, Tina’s great way of communicating to develop my understanding by putting things across, in a way that simplified the information was really helpful to me and supported what it was I needed to do to achieve success. The ILM Higher Leadership and Management Diploma Level 4 course were for 18 months and Alternative Partnership, especially Tina, ensures all students achieved great results. To that end, I successfully completed the course three months before the originally planned time. Anyone wanting to build their professional knowledge, gain confidence in the work they do and experience a great journey, I would highly recommend looking at working with Alternative Partnership and I personally look forward to making my next journey.
Richard Daniels, Morrison Utility Services

Dear Tina, Thank you for the Business Coaching and guidance I have received from Alternative Partnership, especially in helping me to structure myself and Key West Pest Control. This has helped to make my business run more professionally, more structured and implementing policies and procedures whilst helping me acquire my ILM Higher Strategic Leadership and Management qualification. I would have no hesitation in recommending you or your company. A big thank you.
Sean Mclean, Key West Pest Control Ltd

Working with Tina over the last few months has been extremely inspiring. Her passion and enthusiasm for business is infectious and you can tell immediately that she genuinely wants you to be a success. Tina pushed me into writing and publishing my first book. After a conversation with Tina, I was able to build on some existing content and turn it into a useful resource for business owners. The book, A-Z of Blogging, has had fantastic feedback and I am so proud of what I have achieved with it, none of which would have happened without Tina’s support and encouragement. I can’t recommend Tina and The Alternative Partnership highly enough to anyone wanting to move their business to the next stage.
Lisa Slater, Make Your Copy Count