Programme Delivery

Providing Scale-Up and Growth Programmes for Business Support Organisations

Create Wealth

We help clients to build a business that becomes an asset and creates ongoing shareholder wealth

3-8X Faster

Our clients scale their businesses at 3 – 8X faster than the industry average

10X Return

Our clients usually achieve at least a 10X return on their investment in working with us

+5 to 10 EBITDA % Points

Our clients achieve an EBITDA margin at 5 to 10 percentage points above the sector norm

Move to the Next Level

Clients reach new levels of growth by breaking through glass ceilings and growth barriers

Reduce Working Hours by 15 – 20/ Week

Business owners that work with us often reduce their working hours by up to 15 – 20 hours

30 – 50% Higher Exit Valuation

We’ve helped many clients build a saleable business or one that then sells for a 30-50% higher valuation

Personal Freedom

Our clients achieve increased freedom through systems and processes, building a business that works without them

Programme Delivery

Sphera Consulting Ltd is a highly experienced resource partner for delivering Scale-Up and Business Growth support programmes for publicly-funded business support organisations.

We have delivered multiple contracts (all won via tender) that have included workshops, coaching, business software, seminars, clinics and consultancy and can assist business support organisations in the delivery of world-class programmes. Some of the programmes we have been contracted to deliver include:

  • Advance Northumberland: 12-month contract to deliver twice-monthly Business Growth workshop programme to companies in Northumberland, including “How to Grow and Scale a Business” and “How to Build a Business that can Work Without You”.
  • North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC): contracted delivery partner for the both the 2016/17 and 2019/20 Flexible Support Programme, providing support to Durham businesses across 4 thematic areas: Strategic Planning, Growing Innovative People, Horizon Scanning and Digital Landscape.
  • Generator: contracted delivery partner for the 2017/18 Digital Futures Programme and the 2018-2021 Supply Chain North East programme, providing coaching to digital, technology and creative sector businesses.
  • North Tyneside Council Business Factory: contracted in 2018/19 to develop the Council’s business diagnostic tool (software application) for high-growth companies. Further contracted in 2019/20 to develop a business plan automation tool for the Business Factory.
  • Northumbria University: multi-year contract to provide Business Growth mentoring and seminars to start-up and early-stage businesses as part of the Graduate Enterprise programme.
  • Northumberland Business Service Ltd (NBSL): contracted to deliver NBSL’s Business Growth Planning Masterclass to growing companies around the North East LEP area. This involved delivering intensive 12-hour workshops (structured over 2-days) to business owners and entrepreneurs which cover the entire process of growing a company to scale or exit.
  • Business Durham / NETPark: 18-month contract to provide strategy and business planning support services to companies looking to grow within the UK space sector as part of the Space Incubator Programme.
  • DigitalCity Business (DCB): multi-year contract to deliver Business Growth workshops on the Business Growth Workshop System (BGWS) and to provide mentoring to growing digital businesses across the Tees Valley region.
  • Newcastle Science City: contracted to deliver “Building Success Stories” a two-day immersive programme covering innovation and investor readiness that ran over 5 x cycles with over 100 x participant companies.
  • Redcar & Cleveland Council: contracted to deliver 2 x cohorts of the Creative Industries Business Support programme, providing coaching and mentoring to creative and digital businesses across the Redcar and Cleveland Borough.
  • RTC North: accredited Scale-Up Solutions Provider on RTC North’s Scale-Up programme.

These are just some of the programmes we have delivered. We’ve also mentored on numerous high-growth or accelerator programmes, sat on pitch panels and spoke at Scale Up events.

If you’re a university, local authority, cluster organisation or a business support organisation and are considering creating a scale up or high growth programme then talk to us.

We’d be delighted to discuss our experiences and share some ideas.

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“An incredible five weeks of invaluable information and actionable advice on growing your business in difficult times. Possibly the best masterclass I’ve been a part of.”

Adam Baldwin - Noise Creative

Adam Baldwin

Founder, Noise Creative

If you’re a university, local authority, cluster organisation or a business support organisation and are considering creating a scale up or high growth programme then talk to us.

We’d be delighted to discuss our experiences and share some ideas.

Contact Us

“An incredible five weeks of invaluable information and actionable advice on growing your business in difficult times. Possibly the best masterclass I’ve been a part of.”

Adam Baldwin - Noise Creative

Adam Baldwin

Founder, Noise Creative

WHO ARE WE

Sphera Consulting Ltd works with CEO’s, Entrepreneurs, Boards and Business Owners to Build, Grow, Scale and Exit their businesses.

Established in 2009, the firm works with high-growth companies around the UK and Europe, ranging from early-stage businesses to internationally-trading PLC’s with revenues of £30m+.

Over the last 10 plus years, we’ve worked with over 800 organisations across multiple sectors (whether services, manufacturing or digital/technology) to create growth, freedom and wealth for business owners.

We provide hands-on consultancy, coaching, mentoring and Non-Exec services to Boards, CEO’s and Management Teams that are running high-growth companies and are typically seeking to scale, exit or achieve passive ownership.

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WHO WE HAVE WORKED WITH

Lucion Services
Epicurium
Urban Base
Ignifi
Taopix
Drs