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    • Be the Business evaluation

    As an organisation, Be the Business is committed to evaluating all interventions robustly and publishing reports in a timely manner. This page is where we will publish the evaluations of Be the Business activities. We use the evidence gathered through these reports to determine impact, estimate value for money and inform the further development of our activities.

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    01 Apr 2022

    Evaluation framework

    This framework is intended to assist key stakeholders of Be the Business to understand our approach towards evaluation and what standards are expected in the form of robust evaluations to inform future decision making.

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    research-report

    14 Mar 2023

    Mentoring programmes

    The evaluation tests how Mentoring for Growth delivered against its objectives and to further Rapid Response Mentoring’s impacts on business performance..

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    14 Mar 2023

    Benchmarking and Assessment tool

    This report presents the findings from the impact evaluation, and draws upon findings from the scoping, design and process evaluation phases..

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    14 Mar 2023

    Super Leaders campaign

    Be the Business launched the Super Leaders media campaign to further extend its reach and network..

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    21 Jul 2022

    Digital evaluation

    This evaluation tested Be the Business Digital, an online tool designed to assist SMEs adoption of productivity enhancing technology..

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    01 Apr 2022

    Be the Business Mentoring

    Evaluation to determine to what extent Mentoring programme improves management and leadership capabilities of individuals and, in turn, improves firm level performance and productivity..

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    01 Apr 2022

    Rapid Response Mentoring

    This evaluation assessed the performance of Rapid Response Mentoring, testing how the programme has delivered against its objectives in line with its logic model and theory of change..

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    01 Apr 2022

    Productivity through People

    Report outlining findings from the evaluation of Productivity through People, involving an evaluation survey, data matching and interviews with participants, delivery partners and industry partners..

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    01 Apr 2022

    Collaborative Networks

    Evaluation to determine whether Collaborative Networks encourages the diffusion of better management practices between similar firms through targeted activities designed to enable network creation..