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[![BGP Brochure](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/d6dc5788-a72b-474d-b2bc-40feeb4d3b9a.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/d6dc5788-a72b-474d-b2bc-40feeb4d3b9a) ## Team BGP ![Team BGP](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/BGP%20/BGP%20Live%20Site%20Files/CF_Live_Images/cranfield-university-logo.png) Articles, press releases and other content provided by the BGP team. ### Recent Posts ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | High Performing Teams in a Virtual World - 14th April](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/high-performing-teams-in-a-virtual-world-14th-april) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/https___cdn.evbuc.com_images_98251932_435834310746_1_original.jpeg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 14th April 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/high-performing-teams-in-a-virtual-world-14th-april) ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | Managing COVID-19 from an HR Perspective - 9th April](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-managing-covid-19-from-a-hr-perspective-9-april) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/group-of-people-sitting-indoors-3184360.jpg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 9th April 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-managing-covid-19-from-a-hr-perspective-9-april) ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | Running a Level 10 Meeting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-running-a-level-10-meeting) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/level-10-meetings.jpeg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 08 April 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-running-a-level-10-meeting) ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | Forecasting in times of uncertainty](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-forecasting-in-times-of-uncertainty) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/forecasting.jpeg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 07 April 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-forecasting-in-times-of-uncertainty) ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | Insolvency](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-insolvency) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/insolvency.jpeg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 31st March 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-insolvency) ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | Managing COVID-19 from an HR Perspective](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-managing-covid-19-from-a-hr-perspective) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/group-of-people-sitting-indoors-3184360.jpg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 26th March 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-managing-covid-19-from-a-hr-perspective) ## [WEBINAR ON DEMAND | Managing your business cash flow](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-managing-your-business-cash-flow) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/cash-flow.jpeg) *All information was valid as of 15:00 on 2nd April 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/webinar-on-demand-managing-your-business-cash-flow) ## [Managing COVID-19 from an HR perspective - 3 top tips](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/managing-covid-19-from-a-hr-perspective) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/group-of-people-sitting-indoors-3184360.jpg) *All information was valid as of 15:30 on 26th March 2020. Some of the information included will be based on the speaker’s opinion.* [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/managing-covid-19-from-a-hr-perspective) ## [How to walk a mile in her shoes: what it takes to be a successful female entrepreneur told by those who made it](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/how-to-walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes) By Team BGP Approximately 16% of [Business Growth Programme (BGP)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes/growing-businesses/business-growth-programme) participants that have come through the course over the past decades have been female, yet UK stats show that a third of start-ups in the UK are run by women. For the past years we have been working closely with the Jennifer d’Abo Scholarship to fund female entrepreneurs to participate in the Business Growth Programme, which represents a brilliant opportunity for them to achieve the business goals that otherwise they might not have achieved. [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/how-to-walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes) ## [We are really busy but not making any money](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/we-are-really-busy-but-not-making-any-money) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/busy%20no%20money.jpg) ### “We’re working so hard but nothing we do seems to get the business moving forwards. Our sales team are really busy, but we’re not making any money. What are we doing wrong?” [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/we-are-really-busy-but-not-making-any-money) ## [I can't bring myself to trust my team](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/i-cant-bring-myself-to-trust-my-team) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/team.jpg) ### "I feel like I have to do everything myself. My team are no good and I don’t trust them. I just can’t seem to recruit good people” [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/i-cant-bring-myself-to-trust-my-team) ## [My business is growing too fast and I’m worried about getting it wrong](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/my-business-is-growing-too-fast-and-im-worried-about-getting-it-wrong) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/measure.jpg) ### “Help! My business is growing too fast. I know growth is a good thing, but I’m finding it hard to manage. How do I scale up? I’m worried about getting it wrong.” [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/my-business-is-growing-too-fast-and-im-worried-about-getting-it-wrong) ## [Keeping up with the family business](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/keeping-up-with-the-family-business) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/family.jpg) ### “I run the family business, which was started by my parents. They asked me to take over, but now they can’t let go. They keep undermining my decisions and staff are getting confused about whose instructions to follow” [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/keeping-up-with-the-family-business) ## [I’m exhausted and I’m not even sure I like my business anymore](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/im-exhausted-and-im-not-even-sure-i-like-my-business-anymore) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/exhausted-out-of-love.jpg) ### “I’m exhausted. I feel like I’m always on the go. I’m finding it hard to cope. I’m not even sure I like my business anymore.” [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/im-exhausted-and-im-not-even-sure-i-like-my-business-anymore) ## [I’ve lost my mojo and want to sell the business](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/lost-my-mojo-and-want-to-sell-the-business) By Team BGP ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/lost-mojo.jpg) ### “My business has flat-lined. We have been quite successful up to now, but I don’t know what to do next. I think I want to sell it or pass it on to someone else” [Read More](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/lost-my-mojo-and-want-to-sell-the-business) [0](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/author/team-bgp/page/0) 5 [<< First](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/author/team-bgp/page/1) [Last >>](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog/author/team-bgp/page/4) ### Subscribe for content updates [![BGP Brochure](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe) [![BGP Brochure](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe) [![BGP Brochure](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe) [![BGP Brochure](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/a5d52cdd-b804-4704-80b1-ae7626ca6ebe) Filter Our Blog by Topic [Growth](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/blog/topic/business-growth-challenges) [Family & Succession](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/blog/topic/succession) [Not-for-Profit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/blog/topic/not-for-profit) [All](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog) [About](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgp-blog-about)[Growth](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/blog/topic/business-growth-challenges) [Contact](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgp-blog-contact)[Succession](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/blog/topic/succession) [Subscribe](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgp-blog-home#sub-form)[Not-for-Profit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/blog/topic/not-for-profit) [All Blog](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/bgpblog)[Cranfield](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/) © 2026 Cranfield University | [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/privacy-policy)