Growth
Session 1

Join Grant Thornton’s Victoria Giles (M&A Partner) and Jacob Bushnell (M&A Senior Manager) for a practical, insight-led workshop on how investors assess training businesses. Discover what drives value, from earnings quality and growth potential to delivery outcomes, team strength and risk factors. Gain a clear understanding of buyer expectations, current market dynamics and actionable steps to enhance your business’s attractiveness, whether you’re planning for investment or a future exit. Ideal for skills and training providers and leaders seeking to maximise long-term value.

Growth
Session 2

What really drives employer confidence in apprenticeships, and where does it start to break down? This interactive panel explores the employer mindset at every stage of the journey, from onboarding to completion. Through honest employer and provider perspectives, we’ll challenge common assumptions, surface what genuinely matters day to day and highlight where approaches may need to change. Delegates will be encouraged to reflect on their own practice, share experiences and leave with clear, practical actions they can test immediately to strengthen employer relationships and improve learner outcomes.

Growth
Session 3

Apprenticeship hubs and brokerage models are playing an increasingly important role in connecting learners, employers, and providers – but what does effective practice really look like?

Growth
Session 4

A practical exploration of international opportunities through a single, high-interest market (India), using recent in-market insight and sector experience. Looking at broader support available, market access and optimising help and support available etc

Growth
Session 5

As the management apprenticeship funding landscape evolves, training providers must adapt to sustain growth. Led by Petra Wilton (CMI), the session opens with an update on funding changes and an overview of CMI’s new commercial offers – including the CMI Academy and Leading AI qualifications suite. A moderated panel featuring major corporate employers and training providers will explore the expanding commercial market for leadership and management development. Attendees will discover how employers are successfully filling the funding void by designing and purchasing high-quality, non-apprenticeship commercial programmes. Gain critical insights into market demand, employer procurement strategies, and actionable approaches to scaling your commercial offer post-apprenticeship.