Be the Business is the UK's leading expert in SME productivity - offering you a low-friction, low-risk route to SME engagement that helps you achieve measurable social value and meet your ESG targets.
WE COLLABORATE WITH
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Leveraging social value for competitive advantage
Social value is increasingly a key differentiator in both public and private sector competitions. The new Procurement Act emphasises structuring, engaging, and contracting with diverse and resilient SME supply chains.
Be the Business offers a scalable, evidence-based proposition to increase bid scores, improve outcomes, and contribute to government growth targets.
What we do
Meet social value targets by supporting SME growth and innovation.
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Social Value Consultancy - Putting in place the structure for an SME-centric social value strategy.
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Growth Accelerators - Innovating and growing your SME supply chain through a wrap-around accelerator
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Bridging the Gap: Skills Programme - Employment pathways for young people, apprentices and NEETs into SMEs.
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The Productivity Programme - SME leadership and management development through provision of a non-exec advisory board, mentoring and wrap-around support.
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'Beyond the Hype' AI Workshops - SME AI adoption workshops for immediate behaviour change and action.
OUR IMPACT BY NUMBERS
£1 invested = £24 of impact
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15K
additional jobs created -
£2.1bn
additional turnover -
£915m
additional GVA generated -
44%
SME increasing turnover from programmes
Schedule your free consultancy call with our team.
See us in action
Take a look at some of our partner-sponsored projects
Deloitte: Procurement and social value
Demystifying public sector procurement and social value for SMEs.
BT: connecting with SMEs on cybersecurity challenges
Building SME relationships and product positioning.
Microsoft: Beyond the Hype
Making AI work for small businesses.
The Productivity Institute: AI Catalyst
Customised solutions for SME pain points.
BT: Launching a community of business leaders
3-year partnership: tech adoption to unlock SME potential.
Mastercard: Strive
Empowering ethnic minority businesses.
Meta: Rebuild and Recover
Productivity-enhancing support to SMEs.
Deliveroo: Tech Adoption Report
Tech adoption in the hospitality industry.
Behavioural Inights Team: App
Change through a habit-forming app.
Slack: The Secret of Productive work
An e-book on the journey to productivty.
Social value in action
Our approach
Structure
Put in place an SME-centric social value strategy combining data and advisory services to engage SMEs by sector, geography and demographics.
Operate
Run targeted SME impact programmes that drive productivity, improve resilience, and provide equality of opportunity.
Translate
Convert this into your social value offer to maximise bid scores, create measurable outcomes, and demonstrate significant economic impact.
Schedule your free consultancy call with our team.
What our partners say…
Leone Shaw, Customer Support, BT
"Easiest thing I've had to do at the moment"
Victoria Lawton, Leadership & Talent Management, BT
“This has given us positive oomph during a time of change at BT."
Bart van Ark, Managing Director, The Productivity Institute
“I am delighted by the launch of the partnership – a practical way for leaders of small businesses to learn from their peers and support one another in their drive to increase the productivity of their organisations.”
Premal Patel - Founder (Aveea), SME
“What stood out most was the genuine connection and engagement among the attendees – it was clear the event was designed with people in mind rather than just speakers flexing their knowledge!”
would you like to know more?
Every social value programme we run is tailored to your supply chain, sector and geography. We listen to where you are with your SME ecosystem and co-design a bespoke initiative that meets your social value, ESG and procurement scoring goals.
Get in touch - chat to a team member.
Trusted by top corporate partners and primes
Evidence-based solutions to pressing productivity challenges
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