Small Business
Small Business Consultancy Service
Consultancy Advice 
Once you are established your business it is important to monitor performance and plan development. However this is often difficult for the sole trader or small business management team who are heavily involved in the day to day running of the business.

This is where the Small Business Consultancy Service can be of assistance to you and your business.

Your Business Adviser will work alongside you to help you to decide where you want to take your business, set achievable plans to do this and support you in their implementation.
Overview of all operations of your business
  • Sales and Marketing activity, actual and projected for next 12 months
  • Finance – Cash flow and Profit & Loss review and 12 month rolling forecasts
  • Getting your prices right
  • Premises requirements, if any
  • Personal development and training needs
  • Employment issues, including review of current policies and procedures
  • Statutory requirements, e.g. Health and Safety, Food Hygiene
  • Doing the Work, including review of internal systems, processes and use of IT
Action Planning
  • Development of SMART objectives – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely.
  • Review of agreed actions to date and objective setting for next period.
How it operates

For an agreed fee your Business Adviser will visit you as often as you like. They will also keep up to date with regular telephone calls. It is totally flexible and can be tailored to your individual needs.
Within one week of the visit a report will be provided by your Business Adviser, detailing the issues discussed and confirming actions agreed. Contact us through the form below.
Social Media Consultancy
Many small businesses try to achieve growth through effective marketing using social media but lack the know-how. Help is available for businesses of all sizes and sectors.

We can introduce you to our specialist consultant who will work with you to expand your marketing plan and provide a first class customer experience. It is important to set up these accounts professionally and customise them to reflect your business image and create the impact you are hoping for.

We can help you to develop a social media strategy into your marketing plan and show you how to make the most of social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Google+, Blogs, Social Intranets & Social Video.
  • Have you attended one of our workshops and need extra advice on the points covered?
  • Do you need help to set up your profile and provide hands on help to optimise your social network profiles to be more visible?
  • Do you need help using the social media tools and learn how to fully utilise them?
Then feel free to contact us by email stating what you would like help with.
Social media consultancy we offer below:
Facebook

Design and development of a new Facebook Business page using optimal set up to ensure the following:
  • Unique page name and web address.
  • Customised tabs.
  • Creation of a custom landing page with customised images professionally designed.
  • Links to your website through the use of ‘likes’.
  • One-to-one tutorial on how to make the most of your new business page.
A maintenance and updating service is available to allow you more time to focus on your business. We also offer a Facebook business page plan which documents a complete strategy including instructions on how to maximise the use of your page.
Twitter

We can design your Twitter account to ensure that your objectives are met. This includes:
  • Creating your unique Twitter handle.
  • Professionally designing your customised background image.
  • Writing your biography.
  • Setting up a bit.ly account.
  • Setting up your Tweet Deck.
We can also provide a detailed strategic document informing you how to integrate this facility into your existing customer service processes. In addition you may want us to provide a development plan outlining how you can integrate Twitter into your sales process to maximise your sales opportunities.
Foursquare

This is a new form of social networking where business owners meet regularly at local venues. We can arrange for your business to be set up on Foursquare and help you integrate Foursquare into your marketing plan and incorporating it into your other social media tools.
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