Grow was founded in 2000, and since then the company has grown both in size and offering, and we have worked with more than 150 businesses from practically all industries. Our services include:Marketing AuditsMarketing StrategiesLong-term Marketing Advice and ConsultancyBusiness Model DevelopmentCompetitor IntelligenceMarketing and Sales Skills TrainingOnline & Offline Marketing Campaign ManagementAccess to Strategic Partners Across the Full Range of Marketing RequirementsIn-house and Public Marketing WorkshopsSEO, PPC and Social Media MarketingKeynote SpeakingCustomer Relationship ManagementCONSULTANCY• Consultancy projects with small businesses and social enterprises• Increasing leads by 27%, sales by 20%, and turnover by £200,000 for a commercial cleaning company.• Increasing revenues of an ethical telecoms provider by over £289,000WORKSHOPS• Marketing workshops for small business owners and in house marketing workshops• Teaching marketing at The British Library every month• Providing marketing advice to employees of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea considering starting up their own businessesHIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES • Teaching entrepreneurship and marketing at university business programmes which includes auditing business start-up plans and aiding them in generating creative ideas. • Teaching marketing at a number of higher education providers and on business programmes(including Royal Holloway, University of London, University College London and Kingston University, UK Lebanon Tech Hub)

Apply for a 45 minute consultation as part of The British Library's “Ask an Expert” programme.CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO APPLY. APPLICATION - https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/ask-an-expert

Grow has delivered a monthly Marketing Masterclass at the British Library since June 2010, growing the marketing skills and capacity of more than 3000 small business owners through the following: 1. Inbound marketing – what it is and why it’s so important2. Email marketing best practice3. SEO and keyword research4. PPC – paid Google advertising5. Content marketing6. Blogging7. Facebook marketingYOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR WORKSHOP BY CLICKING THE LINKS BELOW

Delivered marketing mentoring to numerous startups for IDEAL. One on one sessions specifically focussed on developing product / purchase funnels and maximising their sales long term.

Delivered sessions on marketing to SSE’s Transition to Trading Group – a collective of charities and social enterprises looking to become financially sustainable by developing their trading skills. "Alasdair ran an excellent session on marketing for our start-up social entrepreneurs, that communicated the basics of marketing in an interactive and practical way. The participants worked on, and thought about their own businesses throughout the session and left having made some real progress on their own plans for marketing. The session was fun, interactive, informative and energetic. Alasdair is extremely knowledgeable and brought it to life with lots of practical examples."- Angela Miles, The School for Social Entrepreneurs

At Grow, we delivered one-to-one consultations to participants at the UK Lebanon Tech Hub in Beirut. Over 8 hour modules, teaching and mentoring in marketing & sales strategy. Read what UK Lebanon Tech Hub had to say :"Alasdair's workshop was so hands on and practical - He covered lots of different marketing channels and explained everything really clearly.We learnt things we could actually put in to practice such as email marketing and Facebook advertising. Alasdair showed us how easy and effective they can be.I was impressed with how Alasdair handled all the questions during the workshop, no matter the sector.Alasdair also delivered a full day of sales training for us at the UK Lebanon Tech Hub in Beirut and everyone is still raving about it."Alessio Bortone - UK Lebanon Tech Hub

Grow taught sales management to participants of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme at UCLAs part of their corporate social responsibility programme, the world’s leading investment bank Goldman Sachs funds Russell Group University College London to provide training to leading business owners in an intensive four month course. Grow developed and delivered 3 marketing workshops as part of this programme. Two programme attendees have recently been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.FIND OUT ABOUT THE GOLDMAN SACHS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMME BELOW: