To grow, businesses need to move into new markets. Three key questions we work with clients to answer when they are looking at a new market sector or a new location or a new product line are: Is there a market there? Can we enter that market?, and Is that market...
Many businesses choose to grow through diversifying. On the surface, diversification can look odd. Why would a business move into something new rather than concentrating on its core business? Most diversification is centred on risk reduction: riffing on the old...
Determining what a business’s growth strategy is the underlying force driving the business forward. How your business grows is part of that strategy. We work with business owners and managers to explore all the strategic options for growth to help them determine which...
Having a growth strategy for your business is all well and good but how do you pay for that growth? We work with businesses to explore options for financing growth and the likely impact of each option on the overall business. Options we work with are: Funding growth...
Sometimes a business needs short or longer-term external support to help it along its development & growth journey. Support offered by the GAP team is bespoke to the businesses we work with and their particular needs at a point in time. There’s no one typical...
Reasons for selling a business are as varied as the number of businesses. Some business owners set out to build sellable businesses: their business model is ‘Scale to a certain level and then sell’. These owners tend to find the selling process much easier simply...
