Anne Wilkinson
Anne works with ambitious management teams of SME companies to help them substantially improve business results and achieve high-growth potential.
She is a Growth Manager for the national GrowthAccelerator service in Birmingham, Solihull and Bromsgrove, working closely with senior management of ambitious SME companies with the potential to double turnover in 3 years to help them achieve their growth ambitions.
GrowthAccelerator helps companies in England with growth potential to achieve their ambitions. The organisation helps businesses double in three years by offering access to coaching, financial, innovation and business development experts.
GrowthAccelerator is a partnership between private enterprise and government and we aim to build a community of ambitious, like-minded entrepreneurs and high growth businesses that will drive growth for one another and for the wider economy.
Anne's role is to ensure that businesses with true growth potential in Birmingham, Solihull and Bromsgrove benefit from GrowthAccelerator and that it delivers bespoke solutions to support a company to reach its full growth potential.
Specific activities include:
- Understanding the growth needs of a company
- Agreeing their participation in GrowthAccelerator if they can demonstrate true growth potential
- Co-developing a work package with them that will overcome key growth barriers
- Selecting and Introducting the most appropriate expert coach to deliver this work package
- Monitoring service delivery and ensuring it is of the highest quality
- Enabling clients to maximise the benefits of GrowthAccelerator offers
- Ensuring connectivity for businesses-bringing in other relevant expertise where required
- Identifying follow on work necessary to continue the company's growth