After a few years trading you might want to begin to think about how you can grow your business in order to create even more jobs for severely disadvantaged people or how you can become more sustainable.  Some of the resources in our Starting a Social Firm section could still be relevant - click here to view
 

Grow your Business (Business Gateway)	Website
Chartered Institute of Marketing's Approaches to Growth	Website
resource.  Acquiring Business for Good: Buying businesses and turning them into Social Firms; lessons learned for Scotland	Publication
resource.  Buying for Good: Housing Associations, Social Firms and Community Benefits in Procurement - A practical guide	Publication
McKinsey Capacity Assessment Grid - assess your organisational capacity	Toolkit
Social Firm franchising, licensing or replication opportunities	Website
Supported businesses whose workforce comprise >50% of disabled people are entitled to be listed on an online business directory. Some Social Firms will qualify to be listed	Website
Buy from Social Firms - visit the UK's Social Firms Trade Directory	Website
Franchising	Website