Barclays Scale Up UK Programme

Fast forward your business

We’ve joined forces with the Cambridge Judge Business School to create the Barclays Scale Up UK Programme to support your high-growth business beyond your day-to-day banking needs.

The Barclays Scale Up UK Programme addresses the core challenges businesses, founders and their senior management teams face in scaling, by providing a bespoke, hands-on approach to help you accelerate your business' growth.

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Eligibility

About the programme

The Barclays Scale Up UK Programme is delivered by world-class coaches and industry practitioners with a proven track record of delivering tangible results for growth companies. The programme is run in Cambridge, London and Manchester, and consists of core modules delivered in three two-day workshops over six weeks.

Programme modules

Strategy – Identifying your current strategic position
Marketing – Market analysis and growth marketing strategies
Growth modules – Business models for growth
Operational excellence and culture – Understanding how to achieve operational excellence within your business
People – Leadership and talent management
Funding – Funding for growth: financing options for scaling-up

Programme fee

If your main business account is with us, the programme fee is £5,000 per company. If your business doesn’t bank with us, it’s £13,000.

What your business could achieve

The programme is designed to help your business

Build a significantly accelerated growth plan
Better support the role of the leadership team in this growth
Define the value proposition of your business
Design a business model for sustainable growth
Develop a ‘go-to-market’ strategy for your products and services
Address company-specific challenges
Share best practice and business development advice with like-minded founding teams and senior managers
Establish a network of contacts for business and personal development

Eligibility

To be considered for the Barclays Scale Up UK programme, your business needs to

Have scale-up potential (e.g. annual sales ranging from start-up to £20m)
Have a positive cashflow and/or be backed by a venture capitalist or angel investor
Have a founding team with a proven track record and/or an entrepreneurial, ambitious, talented and broad-minded management team who are committed to growth

How to apply

If your business meets the eligibility criteria, there are three stages to the application process.

1. Apply online

You’ll need to complete an online application form

2. Telephone interview

A member of the Cambridge Judge Business School will call you for a quick telephone interview

3. Business review

The Cambridge Judge Business School will conduct an in-depth review of your business to assess its financial, strategic and growth measures