We know that business planning has had a bad reputation in the past -
due in no small part to the way that agencies (most of whom no longer exist)
pushed unwanted business plans onto any business owner who was looking for some
grant funding. This has done us - and the recipients of these plans - no
favours at all. That having been said, every successful business must
have a plan - if you don't have a target, how do you know when you have hit it?
But we are firm believers in real-life business planning - to us that
means working with business owners and senior management teams to create a
living document which reflects the ambitions of each business. The
process is not onerous (well, at least not for the teams that we work with) and
the outputs are both revealing and useful.
When we start working with a business we want to get to know them and
part of our process is understanding what your goals and aspirations are, what
you have done in the past, what you want to do in the future and what makes
your business unique
Some of this may seem a bit trivial, but our years of experience show
that by understanding these things will give us a greater chance of creating a
business plan that will be meaningful to you (and therefore have a greater
chance of being used)
We will then go away and add our magic – this may take a little while
and we may need to come back and clarify some things with you. When we return we will present you with a
business plan that has been crafted for you – non of that ‘one size fits all’
stuff for us
We know that there are loads of people out there who will try and sell
you a business plan – but none of them will develop a plan like we will – we don’t
like to brag (but we will anyway) – our business plans have been used to secure
funding for a whole load of our customers
So whether you are looking for some Government funding, you want o apply
for some finance from a lending institute, or you just want to get your
business on track and be fighting fit for the end of the recession – you will
need a good solid plan – and we are the folks to help you!
Contact us now by email at enquiries@blueboxconsultancy.com
or by telephone on 084 3289 3288
Learn more about Blue Box, our people and some of the things we do at www.blueboxconsulatncy.com
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