Rishi Sunak to offer 'help to grow' training for SME managers

Small businesses will receive help in Wednesday's budget to boost tech and management skills

The bosses of small businesses are to be invited back to school to brush up on their management skills, under plans to be announced in the budget designed to help close Britain's productivity gap with rival nations.

As part of the attempt to speed up the UK's recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will unveil a help to grow" scheme that will offer the leaders of up to 130,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the chance of MBA-style management training.