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Consultancy and Systems Advice

Your professional and personal goals are central to our consulting services; we take the time to get to know you better so we can offer the best advice.

Management consultancy

Our management consultancy service can review your credit control, stock control, budgeting and financial reporting systems and allow you to take full control of these key areas of your business. We can also help you address specific problem areas in your business such as gross profit, cost control and stock valuation.

Effective management information will allow you to seize opportunities when they arise or identify problems quickly so you can take effective corrective action.

Strategic Planning

Successful Business Managers:

• Have a clear business strategy and vision.
• Know when and how to exit their Businesses.
• Run their businesses around systems,not people
• Know their market position or niche.
• Have an efficient “Sales Machine”.
• “Manage” rather than “Do”

Have you defined clear business objectives for the next five years?

• Do you feel in control of your finances?
• Do you have a succession or an exit plan in place?
• Do you love what you do or is work a chore?
• Do you have time for your family, friends, or yourself ?
• Do you do what you do best ?

Why not let us help you ? Attend our one day Strategic Planning Workshop and McGregors will work with you to:

• Determine your personal and business goals.
• Decide, with you, which ones to run with.
• Identify your strengths and isolate deficiencies.
• Examine your resources, systems and roles.
• Identify what needs to be done to deliver success.
• Agree an implementation plan and a review process.

Don’t rely on - THE BUSINESS MIRACLE

“Doing today what you did yesterday - and expecting a different result”

The Directors of Strategic Planning Solutions and McGregors, all of whom are experienced Business Consultants, General Managers and/or Functional Heads have come together to offer the McGregors Strategic Planning Workshop. We will lead you through a structured one – day, Off Site Programme that we guarantee you will find –

• Informative
• Challenging
• Enlightening
• and Fun !!

The Cost: We will always discuss and agree with you our charges before we start working with you. We guarantee that you will get excellent value for your money. It may be a lot less than you expect!

Benchmarking

Will :

• Measure your performance against others.
• Be suitable for businesses of all sizes.
• Give a full picture and provide focus.
• Open minds to opportunities.
• Improve your productivity.
• Identify strengths and areas for improvement.

We firmly believe that this Benchmarking system is ‘far and away’the best system available. By using this process you will be able to see how your business measures up to your competitors and your industry sector.

Your Benchmarking Reports will allow you to see how business trends apply, not just within your organisation but also against other companies in your region, industry or business size.Your business will be measured holistically, which will include all of the qualitative issues as well as the financial measures.By seeing the big picture you will be able to focus your attentions on the things that matter most.

Specialist Support: McGregors are specialist in the field of Business Benchmarking. We have proven the process, and we are confident that by undertaking this initiative you will make your business substantially more valuable.

McGregors will dedicate a specialist and qualified consultant who will conduct this Benchmarking exercise for you by:

• Gathering your information.
• Validating your information.
• Accessing information from your competitors and others like you.
• Measuring you against them and your industry sector.
• Producing your Report.
• Agreeing your Action Plan.

The Cost: McGregors will invoice you direct for £120 plus vat to register .Then £630 plus vat upon completion. This represents the total charge and there are no hidden extras.

Grant Search Initiative

We will provide you with:

• Clear and unambiguous information throughout.
• A Specialist, with a very high success rate.
• A realistic timescale for obtaining the grant.
• A relevant business plan & all other paperwork.
• Confirmation of a successful application.
• Confirmation of the date the grant will be paid.

McGregors have put together this initiative in response to more and more requests we have been getting from businesses like yours for a proper and realistic approach to identifying and obtaining grant aid. We will start by gaining an understanding of what your future plans might be. From this McGregors will present you with clear information on the grant aid that is appropriate to you, and agree with you what you can sensibly apply for. McGregors will then work with you to complete the application process, through to a successful grant award.

McGregors will work with you from the start, to completion. We will:

• Gather information on your business.
• Gather information on the grants available.
• Validate the information.
• Agree with you what to apply for.
• Provide the funding body with everything they need, on time.
• Authenticate all of the information we give to the funding body.
• Manage and monitor the post- application process, to completion.

Our Promise: McGregors will always be realistic when we assess the amount of grant aid we think you will get.

The Cost: McGregors will invoice you direct for £600 plus vat upon receipt from the funding body that the application has been completed successfully. Then, 10% of any grant aid they subsequently award to you.

Information technology

Information technology (IT) is one of the key resources available to every business to achieve its short and long-term objectives.

Using the knowledge gained from our own systems and those designed for other clients, our in-house IT team are able to advise on IT related matters with first-hand experience. We can install software, provide training and help you to obtain the best from your chosen system. Our expertise enables a complete range of services to be offered, including:

• software selection;
• hardware selection;
• installation and training;
• management reporting solutions; and
• payroll systems.

If you are spending too much time writing up books, typing invoices and chasing debts we help to take control by computerising your accounts system. We can help you to make the best use of IT resource to produce financial information that is accurate and appropriate for running your business effectively. With the correct accounting software you will save hours of hard work leaving you more time to deal with the more important areas of the business.

In short, whether you are investing in new technology, reviewing existing systems or have simply outgrown your current resource, we can help.

Sensible IT Systems and Services
McGregors will work with you to:

• Identify your business IT needs.
• Define the right system to match your needs.
• Analyse the IT skills you have internally.
• Provide practical IT training if needed.
• Assist in selecting a cost effective supplier.
• Implement your IT system and monitor it.

McGregors IT Services cover all aspects of selecting and implementing sensible IT systems for the non- IT business. Our focus is on delivering results for you today, whilst keeping an eye on your future requirements as your business grows.

From our experience we have found that many businesses lack the time and expertise in this area and are often guided by technically based companies who have little understanding of their real business needs. As part of our delivery we will take time to fully understand your business, and your needs, so that we can agree with you some measurable targets.

Free Grant Search: As part of our service we will automatically conduct a Free Grant Search for you. From this McGregors will present you with clear information in the form of a proper report that will detail the grant aid that is available and appropriate to your business.

McGregors have their own people who are experts in the field of providing IT solutions to the smaller business. The person that works with you will be keen to give you access to McGregors knowledge network and develop a business relationship with you that you can rely upon in the future.

The Cost: We will agree with you our charges before we start to work with you. You will determine the pace of the project throughout, and you will only pay us if you are completely satisfied with our service.

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If you would like more information or would like to ask us a question then call us on 01623 635349. To ask us a question online click here.