Evaluation of the Family Business Growth Programme as part of the Rural Growth Network
1 January 2013 - 1 January 2014
PI/s in Exeter: Professor Matt Lobley
Sponsor(s): DEFRA
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Evaluation of the Family Business Growth Programme as part of the Rural Growth Network
About the research
The Family Business Growth Programme is a year-long pilot scheme which
has received funding from the government's Rural Growth Network to
support hundreds of rural family businesses that are vital to the
regional economy. The initiative has been designed and managed by
Clinton Devon Estates, in partnership with the University of Exeter, and
gives family businesses from Devon and Somerset access to world-class
training from the Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne,
Switzerland – ranked among the world’s top business schools by the
Financial Times. Twenty four representatives from professional firms and
not-for-profit organisations in Devon and Somerset are among the first
to participate in the programme which, if successful, could be
rolled-out nationally next year.
