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Who are we?
Who are our Consultants?
Who are our Clients?
Who are we working with?

 

Who are we?BACK TO TOP

My name is John Swallow and I am a Director of and Principal Consultant in the company. I am a Chartered Engineer by profession (for 30 years now) but my past experience has put me in positions of Senior Responsibility in General Management, Finance, Sales and Marketing, I.T and Human Resources. During that time I have come to know well a number of Consultants who are specialists in these and a number of other fields. We work together to help you.

We specialise in Consultancy for Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs) in the United Kingdom . During the period 2000 to 2002, I was a Contract Consultant and Project Manager for the Small Business Service and visited 33 of the then Chief Executives of the 45 Business Links in England as part of my work to find and share “Best Practice”, as available from them in various forms throughout the country. I also established and Chaired on behalf of the SBS the Committee for Joint Development of Web-based Business Information Services offered in England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland .

Along with a number of my colleagues I am a Small Business Service Registered Consultant (Registration Number SBS4386) and I am also Accredited by SFEDI (the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative) to advise SMEs. Both the SBS and SFEDI are Agencies of the Dti. Our particular specialism is Business Performance Analysis and Benchmarking. The reason for benchmarking any business is that it is very important for a business to know how it compares to others in the same industry. Otherwise, how could they find out what the 10 most important things are for them to improve their performance? We can help you find out. We know for certain that until someone, like a Consultant, fully understands what your 10 priorities are; and that’s what makes your business unique, they can’t properly advise you. And because your business is unique, the Top 10 priorities are never the same.

 

Who are our Consultants? BACK TO TOP

We only use people who currently run, or have run, their own business but have also had experience of working in Blue Chip organisations. They must also be recognised as having suitable qualifications and accreditations to offer advice in the current advisory frameworks.

Most of the Consultants have been known to the founders for more than 10 years, with some as long as 30 years! We do not work with anyone who isn’t known to us. They all have a reputation for delivering excellent advice.

 

Who are our Clients? BACK TO TOP

We specialise in Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs) but we also have experience in other Sectors. Clients we have helped include:-

  • Government Departments
  • Corporate Businesses
  • SMEs – established businesses
  • Start-up Businesses (both after and before start-up)

 

Who are we working with? BACK TO TOP

Currently, we are working on the following projects:-

 

  • Technology Transfer - whereby previously “secret” products and processes are made available to SMEs at heavily subsidised prices to help them achieve a competitive edge in the World Marketplace
  • University of Salford - on a fun styled Web-site designed to help Start-up and Small businesses understand how they compare with other businesses.
  • A National Training Organisation – to design and deliver a new range of products aimed at basic skills for the employees of large organisations.
 

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