From our experience the challenges faced by the newly formed business include:

*  Choosing the business structure, whether it be sole trader, partnership,  
    limited company or limited liability partnership.

*  Obtaining finance from banks and other lenders

*  Managing the cash flow at the early stages

*  Strategic Planning and running the business.

*  Establishing sound business processes.

These are a number of ways we can address these issues:

Advising on the correct business structure:

We guide you safely through the required steps  so that the result fits your business objectives. We want to help you get on with making the business happen. 

Key features::

* Modelling different scenarios to illustrate the advantages of each business type.

* Capturing and clarifying the right company and trading names.

* Shaping your shareholdings and directorships to best advantage. 

Business Planning and cash flow projections

We help you formulate marketing plans and put together the supporting information that is contained in a business plan as well as preparing projected profit and loss accounts, balance sheets and cash flow projections on your behalf to present to banks and other lenders. We can also help you draw up strategic plans for your business and help you formulate these as specific objectives.     

Key features:

* Break-even analysis to quantify the sales levels needed to achieve profitability.

* Benchmarking to compare your business with results achieved by your competitors.
 
* SWOT analysis to help you set realisable goals and achievable objectives.

Quality reviews

It is important to start off on the right foot in terms of using sound business processes. We can review your accounting and office procedures and help you refine them so that they work for you. 

Key features:

* Assistance with the design and implementation of office databases

* Accounts software training to ensure that you are getting value for money from your
   mission critical applications.

* Building your business processes to meet statutory requirements.

We are here to be your primary business advisers and fucus on helping your business grow. Please contact Robert Bradley on 01299 879140 for more details of how we can help your business get started.