Find out what it means to be Fit to Grow and how the CBI is supporting business with insights and practical guidance.
If you go to the gym, you’ll have noticed the New Year flurry of extra members is already dying down. But firms have no choice but to ensure they keep themselves fighting fit for the challenges the months ahead will throw at them. It all boils down to resilience. They can’t grow without it. But, as ever, that over-simplifies things.
For the last six weeks I’ve been scoping out one of the CBI’s headline projects for 2023 – Fit to Grow. I’ve read reports, spoken to internal and external stakeholders, and looked at many different areas of business resilience. And it’s clear that making your business Fit to Grow isn’t just one action your firm can take to ensure survival, or a “big bang” moment that sets you on the path to growth. It’s a bit like a slog at the gym… and then some.
Over the past five plus years,