SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

It’s a tough job running and managing a small enterprise. Fitting in meetings, conferences and telephone calls as well as trying to keep on top of book-keeping, staff issues and a mountain of paperwork and emails. As a result, you know you need help but you don’t want to take on extra  staff and the associated responsibilities and costs.

Delegate tasks to us such as:

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• Book-keeping

• Preparing management accounts

• Copy typing

• Data input

• Word processing

• Creating operational policies and procedures

• Order and invoice processing

• Chasing and making payments

• Quote generation

• Holiday cover

• Incoming and outgoing calls

Enabling you to have more time to focus on what you really should be doing....

MARKETING

Do you have a project or idea that you’d love to bring to life? 

Tasks we can carry out include:

• Determining if there is a market for your products and services

• Market research & analytics

• Surveys, consultations, stakeholder engagement programmes

• Research on competitors, potential partners and suppliers

• Help you choose a brand/image that reflects your core message

• Create logos, marketing and sales material. Arrange printing.

• Website updates and maintenance

• Identifying marketing channels  to reach your target audience

• On and offline marketing campaigns,  analyse responses and maintain your database of customers and prospects.

• Manage public relations

SALES

We can create or update your client and target database using a cloud-based relationship management solution, migrate existing contacts and set up regular management reports and templates.

We can also help you establish partnerships, generate leads and build your customer base:

• Identify potential customers

• Source prospect data

• Make outbound calls. Book appointments. Answer calls

• Prospect and customer data entry

• Prepare sales contracts, presentations and proposals

• Help you negotiate terms with customers, partners and suppliers

ADVICE AND EXPERTISE

Using our experience of establishing, managing and growing enterprises, we can provide you with professional, impartial and objective advice. Our help can include:

• A review of your organisations's strengths and weaknesses, threats and opportunities

• Act as a sounding board on your ideas, plans and the challenges you’re facing. 

• Assess the operational, finance, HR, leadership, sales and marketing you need to deliver growth.

• Ascertain ways to improve organisational effectiveness

• Create a growth strategy that defines your vision, your goals, how to reach them and where to focus resources

• Review profit and cashflow forecasts, underlying assumptions and operational budgets.

• Review milestones and Key Performance Indicators which underpin growth.

• Help you secure buy –in of staff, customers and stakeholders to your growth plans.

• Help with mergers, acquisitions and partnerships.

HUMAN RESOURCES

We can for example: 

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• Write job descriptions

• Advertise your vacancies and update job websites

• Liaise with applicants / recruitment firms

• Review CVs

• Shortlist and screen applicants

• Request references

• Prepare new starter packs and induction checklists

• Prepare employment contracts

• Develop staff handbooks

• Assess staff performance

FUNDING

Applying for funding is a complex and time-consuming endeavour. Starting a new enterprise isn’t easy, but growing it is even harder.

Most high street lenders require security, charge high fees and impose onerous conditions and unless you have a realistic business plan your chances of success in securing funding are very limited. Small enterprises frequently waste time on unsuccessful loan and grant applications.

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Let us help you find the right funding partners for you, help with Bid writing, drafting prospectuses and submitting Requests for Proposal for:

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• Secured and unsecured loans

• Grants, Donations, Legacies

• Crowdfunding

• Community Share Issue

• Social Impact Bonds

• Venture Capital