Coventry & Warwickshire Growth Hub was established in 2014 to help SMEs access the wide range of fully-funded business advice, funding and grants, training, and business planning support that, all too often, most small and medium business owners are unaware of.
The highly experienced team of business advice professionals comprise Account Managers and Business Navigators, who help established businesses, scaleups and startups to access tailored business support, plus a dedicated team of marketing, finance, data, and high growth business specialists.
Many members of the team have successfully set up, run and scaled their own businesses, or have been instrumental in generating growth from the inside, drawing from combined business expertise across industry sectors such as automotive, manufacturing, technology, digital, sustainability, training, marketing, and financial sectors, to name but a few.
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Since 2014 CW Growth Hub has helped to create approximately 12,000 jobs, added £470,000,000 in gross value and secured more than £330,000,000 in private sector investment for SMEs in Coventry & Warwickshire*. And that doesn’t take into account the invaluable mentoring, financial advice, growth planning and networking opportunities that we have been instrumental in generating, with each company’s commercial objectives firmly in mind.
Whatever stage of business growth, from startup to scaleup and every stage in between, CW Growth Hub's experienced, impartial, dedicated local business experts can help.
(*Figures up to February 2025.)
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Craig has a wealth of experience working across both private and public sectors, with a career spanning more than 30 years.
His role as Leader of Rugby Borough Council was extended in 2010 when he became the first Executive Leader in the country. Praised for his strong and progressive leadership by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State, Craig is now at the forefront of the growth agenda within Coventry and Warwickshire.
Recognising the need for businesses to have a single point of contact for support, he instigated the nationally recognised model of account management alongside robust data to assist decision making across the sub-region.
Out of hours, Craig raises funds for The Motor Neurone Disease Association and likes nothing more than spending a few hours trying to manoeuvre a golf ball around Lutterworth Golf Club in as few shots as possible.
Phil spent more than 20 years in senior IT and sales and marketing roles delivering projects for manufacturing giants such as Rolls Royce, Rover Group, Jaguar, British Shipbuilders, GEC and GKN, and their supply chains.
In 2000, he moved into business ownership, taking three of his own businesses through the complete business lifecycle, from start-up, through growth and acquisition, to sale and exit.
Now Deputy CEO of CW Growth Hub, Phil has a great deal of real-world business experience to offer SMEs.
Phil’s spare time is spent with his family including two grandchildren, tinkering around with classic cars and following sports including Formula 1, and supporting Birmingham City Football Club.
Adam is a qualified accountant with more than 30 years' financial management experience, working his way up from trainee to the CEO of Rugby Borough Council, working as a Strategic Finance Manager at Northamptonshire County Council along the way.
Adam has been responsible for leading a whole host of major transformational projects and has cultivated successful relationships across the public, private and voluntary sectors throughout his career.
Outside of work, Adam enjoys socialising, is a keen quizzer and loves a wide variety of sports, especially football, rugby, cricket and golf.
Part of the Government-supported growth hub network and the CW Growth Hub Group
