The Steve Stuart Partnership - Corporate Finance Solutions

“This is the start of a long relationship of engagement between the Management School, TSSP and thousands of Merseyside organisations.

“We are all working together to develop a template around innovation and growth that will impact people world-wide.

“The findings from the Fitness for Growth project will be taught in business and management school across the globe.

“We have created something extremely powerful and vibrant.”

Murray Dalziel, Professor of Management and Director of The University of Liverpool Management School

“AFM have a vested interest in the growth and development of its investee businesses and see the opportunity to work with University of Liverpool, TSSP and the other project partners as an opportunity to explore a method of identifying high growth businesses ripe for investment and to generate ideas to assist and develop potential and existing investee businesses to enable them to achieve their future growth aspirations.”

Alliance Fund Managers

"DLA Piper is delighted to offer its support to the Fitness for Growth project which we believe could become a key tool in assessing the commercial health of many businesses and allowing those businesses to compare themselves with others in similar sectors.  We are committed to lending our assistance to the project as we see Fitness for Growth as hugely beneficial to all small and medium sized enterprises."

DLA Piper

"Working closely with the University of Liverpool and the Fitness for Growth Programme, RBS can see benefits to SME businesses preparing themselves not only to survive today's challenges but thrive on future opportunities”

Royal Bank of Scotland

“FFG has the scope to become the de-facto measurement technique in all industry sectors and as such, provide a strong business planning tool for VKS to take to clients.  Added to the quality of the assembled participants, VKS are excited to be at the forefront of this ground breaking initiative.”

VK Synergy

"Research suggests that high growth businesses represent just a small percentage of UK companies, but create the majority of new jobs. The Fitness for Growth tool is a comprehensive and systematic assessment that will help high growth businesses improve further and support those that aspire to be high growth. Winning Pitch PLC specialise in assisting high growth businesses, currently delivering the NWDA High Growth Business Support Programme, We very much look forward to working closely with The Steve Stuart Partnership and Fitness for Growth, supporting this vital area of industry.”

Winning Pitch