Start Now: Make 2026 a really BIG year

As the busiest season of the year approaches, you might be looking at the next few weeks with mixed feelings — hoping for strong sales but wishing you’d had more time to put new ideas, promotions or partnerships in place. Or perhaps you’re already feeling the strain of the demands that come with Q4 in retail.

If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And it’s exactly why now is the perfect moment to look ahead and set yourself up for a standout 2026.

We’d like to invite you to join our Elevate Retail & B2C Growth Cohort, beginning 27 January 2026 — a fully funded programme designed to help Worcestershire’s established B2C businesses turn next year into something genuinely BIG.

Across the programme, we’ll focus on:

  • Increasing footfall and attracting new customers
  • Boosting repeat business and customer loyalty
  • Raising average sales per customer
  • Strengthening vendor relationships, partnerships, product lines and supply chain performance

By taking part, you will:

  • Join three in-person peer sessions (2 hours each) to learn from others, exchange ideas and build your local network
  • Receive 1:1 business consultancy to apply the concepts directly to your business and achieve measurable results

Who’s leading the programme?  Rockfine Group’s team of business coaches, with hands-on experience building, growing and selling retail and B2C businesses across the UK and internationally.

Your commitment:  Simply the ability to step out of the day-to-day to focus on building the business you want to be running this time next year. Rockfine’s programmes consistently drive local economic value — and the peer element often builds local supply chains and customers.

We only have 8 spaces on this cohort and interest is high – let me know quickly if you are interested.

Fully funded by Worcestershire County Council, so there is no financial cost to join — just your time, energy and ambition.