Running a business can be the loneliest job in the world. If you are an owner/manager, then who do you talk to about your ideas and your business plans? Family can be challenging as, depending on family dynamics, they might not want to disagree with you. Friends can...
Growing a business organically over time is one route to growth. Some businesses choose to shortcut their growth plans by acquiring another business. If you can get the economics of the deal and the integration of two businesses right, acquisition is a sound route to...
There comes a point in every business owner/manager’s life when succession planning starts to loom large. In some businesses, including family businesses, there is a natural successor and the task for the owner is to facilitate a smooth handover while exiting...
Supplying the public sector or major companies through tendering for work is challenging but can be done by smaller businesses and social enterprises. Starting to tender is daunting: there’s often an enormous list of requirements from the buyer before you get to what...
Our team works regularly with social enterprises to help them develop and grow. Like more conventionally owned businesses, the underlying business development needs of a social enterprise are the same. A good social enterprise wants to: Become more business-like,...
We love licensing & franchising. It’s one of our favourite business development areas. If you have a product, a business concept or a service whose market you want to expand, licensing or franchising could be the way forward. We work with businesses and social...
