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Throughout over 25 years of consultancy, we have helped hundreds of businesses. We are confident that we have the necessary experience to help your business improve.
Services
- Short to Medium Term Planning and Support
- Sales and Marketing Strategy
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Recovery and Resilience
- Manufacturing and Service Improvement
- Compliance and Standards
- Lifecycle and Succession Planning
- Category Management
- Food
- CE Marking
- Registered Laboratories
- Health & Safety
- Resilience Continuity
- Energy
- Cyber Security
- Environmental
- Quality
Success Stories
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Reviewing Existing Sales and Preparing a Plan
A privately owned, family-run chilled food brokerage business required a review of their existing sales, as well as their operational & admin functions (using SWOT), to produce a plan for the future including recommendations. The review highlighted 2 principal weaknesses: Sales effectiveness in an increasingly competitive market and the quality of their supply base. Recommendations Read More... -
Recruitment in Legal Services Company
A company involved in legal services required a qualified person but one who had management capabilities as well. Company’s needs were changing and the business was about to be influenced by legislative changes. The job and process requirements were assessed and reviewed. A job specification and a person profile were agreed. This helped with the Read More... -
Launching a Website for a Family Business
A family run farm had diversified into producing birdseed, and needed to launch a website to promote the new business. Our expert guided them in the right direction for setting up the website and kept them informed of new development rather than them having to keep track of the technology. Since launching the website, sales Read More... -
Printer Company – ISO 9002
A printer company was registered to ISO 9000. However the quality system was not embraced by the ‘people’. They had to refocus the quality system and integrate with the company systems, to help take the business forward and support it in its growth. We worked with the management team in order to improve the Read More... -
Family Business Problems Resolved
A family run business owns and lets timber construction lodges for holiday lets. There were several challenges in terms of family issues ownership, tax, inheritance and land matters. During the previous 3 or 4 years the company had also developed a high level of debt and was in danger of going out of control. We Read More... -
Internal Home-care Service Improvements
A Council has an excellent internal home-care service. Prior to the change it was perceived as expensive and there were times when care needed to be delivered but there wasn’t sufficient staff available. We developed a new shift system for staff to lead its implementation. The care demand profile was used to develop a shift Read More... -
CE Marking for Road Sign Manufacturer
A manufacturer of vehicle-activated traffic signs needed CE marking for their products. Having previously helped them achieve ISO 9001 certification, WLP was asked to help meet this new requirement. First we identified which EC Directives applied to our client’s products. Next, we determined whether their products already complied, whether any tests were required to prove Read More... -
Pub-Restaurant Turnaround
A pub-restaurant had been performing poorly; with sales dropping and costs too high, WLP were asked to turn the business around. After addressing health and safety, food hygiene and other compliance issues, WLP introduced new seasonal menus featuring fresh, local produce and affordable pricing. We then set robust cost controls, challenging performance targets and began Read More... -
Charity – Employment
A national Charity helping disabled and disadvantaged people, carrying out an SRB funded capacity building project in Lowestoft and wish to do a project aimed at supporting these people into work. The project will be on the boat building and ship repair industries as these have skill shortages which are undermining the future of the Read More... -
Change of IT Provider Improves Business
The Directors were concerned with the cost and quality of service from their IT support provider and wanted additional independent expert resource to evaluate alternatives. Our experts reviewed their needs and researched alternative IT providers. The business obtained a better service at lower cost and has decided to up-grade their ERP application to support business Read More...