Steve Palmer 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
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Colin Stocker on
The liquidation of one of the UK’s largest multinational facilities management and construction services companies has sent shock waves through many SME businesses and Government officials over the past few weeks. The name ‘Carillion’, is a corruption of the word ‘carillon’ (a peal of bells) and yet few seemed to acknowledge the warning bells, until
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Wilson Lee on
A lot of companies seem to think that because they have a business plan, they are on the right path. It’s good that you have business plan in place, but it also requires action. It is no good neglecting the plan as the company will begin to lose focus. A month ago I received a call from a
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Wilson Lee on
A successful property sales negotiator, wished to obtain finance for a new estate agency operating in a select area of the Country. We guided him through detailed research of his target market and then helped him devise a comprehensive, practical business plan complete with personnel and resource requirement, marketing plan, budgets, P&L and cash-flow forecasts,
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Wilson Lee on
Create Design approached us through the Growth Voucher scheme. They wished to put in place a plan to enable them to grow from less than £1m to around £3m over three years. This is while retaining good profits, ensuring the right systems were in place as it grew and making sure the management structure and
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Wilson Lee on
A specialist industrial paint spray business located in Norfolk had reached capacity for growth within their premises and were reliant on a small number of clients. Our consultant was invited to help reappraise their direction and potential. Our consultant assisted the Managing Director to devise and implement a business and marketing plan fit for the future growth
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Steve Palmer on
Our client had successfully developed an intense driving course approach in Norwich. Finances were stretched when the company expanded the concept into London, Manchester and Peterborough, and they required assistance in budgeting and structuring staff. Our consultant provided business advice and mentoring, established financial disciplines and developed a business plan for the growth of the business. As a result,
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Wilson Lee on
What is Growth Vouchers? Growth Vouchers is a government programme to help businesses access strategic advice on a range of topics including finance, marketing and leadership. The funding available can cover up to 50% of the cost of the advice. However, time has run out as the Growth Vouchers scheme closed to new applications on the 31st March 2015.
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Wilson Lee on
Suresh Vasnani is a successful businessman who runs a business supporting a mobile phone company with technical work on their SIM cards. He has many other business ideas. However, he has not made any of them into a sustainable business. He applied for and obtained a matched funded grant of up to £2,000 using the Growth Voucher
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Wilson Lee on
The company has earned an excellent reputation as a traditional family retail business with good service standards. Recent expansion has caused a severe increase in borrowed money which the company has not experienced before. Early action was needed to arrest the deteriorating trend. We produced a Business Plan with Action Plan for the next twelve
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