Have a question about the Growth Hub? We've done our best to answer them all below but if you need further information, don't hesitate to reach out to us via our dedicated Growth Hub contact form here.
The Growth Hub is a service providing tailored business training courses and guidance to help Member businesses achieve growth at whatever stage they are at. There is an annual funding allocation exclusively for Members to support training uptake.
Simply sign into MyECA and visit Growth Hub Courses to find out more about the Growth Hub and the business courses available to book.
The Growth Hub Annual Fund is an allocation available to every ECA Member to help cover or subsidise the cost of Growth Hub Training Courses. This will help you to invest in business skills training whilst minimising training costs.
Your Growth Hub annual funding allocation is based on 25% of your prior year’s subscription. The annual funding allocation has a minimum value of £500 and a maximum value of £3,000.
All current Members will receive at least £500 in 2025 to spend on Growth Hub Training Courses. When you book a course this year, you can request your exact annual funding allocation amount. If you have recently joined ECA please see Q18.
Every January the annual Growth Hub funding allocation will be calculated for each Member business. Each Member allocation will expire on 31 December of the same year. Unused allocations cannot be carried forward to future years, however, every Member business will always start each year with a new allocation. Although allocations are based on subscription fee levels, the Growth Hub fund is entirely separate and is being carefully managed to ensure all Members can benefit from it over the coming years.
When you book a course, you will be asked to pay for the booking in full. After you have completed the course, you will emailed an online form to complete and submit. Once we have received your submission, we will then reimburse your business from its Growth Hub Annual Funding Allocation.
When you receive your reimbursement, we will also let you know the remaining allocation for your business to the end of the year.
You can still book additional courses and we will reimburse the remaining amount of the allocation for your business.
Yes, you can, you just won’t be able to make a reimbursement claim.
Our initial courses in 2025 will cover:
- Managing Contracts
- Mastering Money Matters for Small Business Owners
- Electrical Estimating
More courses will be added during 2025. Visit Growth Hub Courses pages to see upcoming courses.
Yes, you will receive a professional development certificate on completing an ECA Growth Hub course.
This will vary depending on the course type, however, it will generally be between 15 and 20 delegates per session.
Initially each Member business can book up to two of their staff per session. There will be a waiting list for any spaces that become vacant.
No, Growth Hub Funding Allocation can only be used to pay for ECA Growth Hub courses.
All courses have been pre-tested by ECA’s Member led Growth Hub sub-group and have been tailored to meet building engineering contractor business needs. Delegates will also be asked to complete a feedback form after completing a course so that we can monitor and continuously improve course content for the future.
We appreciate that your business demands may mean you need to cancel your booking. We have a cancellation policy in place which can be viewed when you book your course.
Unfortunately, not. Members must be up-to-date with ECA subscription payments to access this funding.
ECA’s membership subscription year runs from January to December. If your business joins ECA before 30 June during a year, it will receive a £250 funding allocation. If it joins after 30 June, its full funding allocation will become available from the start of the following subscription year.