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WLP is a UK business consultancy service that has enjoyed over 25 successful years of helping business grow.

Business plans

Preparing and manging business plans including startups, MBO and action plans.

Would your strategy survive the Harvard stress test?

on With poor prospects for economic growth and rising inflation, now would be a good time to assess the effectiveness of your strategy to weed out inefficiencies. Robert Simons, writing for the Harvard Business Review, suggested you ask seven questions: Primary customers. Have you identified them and are your resources lined up to deliver high quality service Read More...

Net Zero, what does it mean for SMEs?

on Climate change is at the top of the world agenda, and Net Zero is the new target.  Do you know what this means for your SME business? Surveys show that climate and environmental concerns are held by the majority of the population.  Governments are reacting and global pledges to make improvements and counter climate change Read More...

Growth Works

on We are delighted to be working with Growth Works – an exciting programme supporting growing businesses in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to help accelerate and sustain their success. They are offering our clients the opportunity to benefit from an exclusive discount on our quoted work / service fees, so you can access our expertise to help Read More...

What is Franchising?

on Franchising is where you license another company to be your presence in another geographical region.  There are a range of household names that are run as franchise businesses – McDonalds, Burger King, MR. Barbers, Snap-on tools and many more. It is very different from having a 3rd party manufacture for you, or having an agent Read More...

Were Vikings the 9th Century Entrepreneurs?

on According to recent publications (see this Vikings Law poster) the people from northern Europe who went Viking had a set of Laws. These laws were categorised under 4 headings: Be brave and aggressive Be prepared Be a good merchant Keep the camp in order These laws lay out guidance that, when roughly translated, could well Read More...