Get your own board
Facing big decisions? Looking for an outside perspective? With our Boards programme, you don’t have to go it alone.
Over the course of 12 months, you’ll enjoy invaluable non-executive director-style support from a group of experienced businesspeople. You'll meet every three months for a 90-minute online meeting to talk through challenges.
As a Business Representative on the programme, your board will be made up of leaders and senior managers from successful firms with specialisms like finance, marketing, operations or HR.
If your business has been trading for a year and employs three or more staff members, then Boards is for you.
Want to know more about Boards? Register your interest and we'll be in touch.
The benefits of Boards
- 95% of participants are either satisfied or very satisfied with Boards
- 95% will make at least one change to their business due to programme involvement
- 83% say they have achieved something personally from the taking part
Behind the scenes of a Boards experience
Introduction to Be the Business Boards
Find out how our Boards programme has a track record of providing valuable support and guidance for owners and leaders of small and medium-sized businesses.
How Boards can help you
Hear from some of our Boards participants to find out what inspired them to become part of the programme and how it has specifically helped.
What I’ve gained from the Boards programme
Looking back on their experience, board members and business leaders reflect on what they got out of the programme – from tangible business improvements to skills enhancements.
Myth busting by SME participants
Programme participants look back on some of the concerns they had before taking part and explain why, ultimately, the benefits far outweighed any initial reservations.
Why business leaders joined Boards
Running your own business can be lonely. We often hear from business leaders that they value a sounding board, but here’s some of our cohort one businesses explaining why they got involved.
Some of the success stories of our Boards programme
An advisory board helped this business focus and prioritise
Be the Business Boards helped Glider Technology focus and prioritise, and catalysed a funding round that has put wind under its wings..
I’m indebted to the board for their help
Data³ has embarked confidently on a new phase of growth after amending its sales and marketing strategy on the advice of an advisory board..
This kind of help will categorically help you run a better business
Sanjay Aggarwal has leveraged outside support to improve both his personal management abilities and the company's business plan..
Helen Tonks
Co-founder, Hydraulics Online
“Advisory Boards are a superb opportunity to get joined-up thinking across the whole of our business over a 12-month period. Through this strategic level of support, we’ll be able to make some real changes and grow our business.”
How the registration process works
- We'll need you to register as a user of Be the Business
- Next, apply by selecting you're a "Business Representative"
- Answer a few questions crucial to determining your fit
- You've now applied and we'll be in touch to talk through the next steps
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Our supporting partners
Well known firms from around the UK are providing experienced board members to the programme.
