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Print Services Company : Public Sector Business Development
A print services company had a good track record in providing private sector clients with print services but were over reliant on two or three large corporate clients. They wished to expand into the public sector to spread their client base.
Lingerie Company : Financial Improvement/Fraud Investigation
This women’s lingerie design company based in West London. The designs were done in the UK and the manufacture was carried out in Hong Kong. The company appeared to be profitable but they were always short of cash. The directors did not understand this as the turnover of the business had gone from £1M to over £6M. They had some very good high street names as customers and they were looking to expand the business by taking on extra designers.
HIre Purchase Company : Bad Debt VAT Recovery
The company asked us to go in and look at the problem as they had not put in a VAT Bad Debt Relief Claim for over a year and the amount of VAT that could be reclaimed was becoming significant.
IT/Software
Development : Contractual Improvement
The organisation is a growing software development/e-learning company currently with 6 staff.Having recently been recruited into the business, the MD was keen to have much more robust client and supplier agreements in place to manage the breadth of complexity in place.
Web Design Company : Outsourced HR Services
The organisation is a growing web design company, which plans to grow from its existing 30+ employee base. Part of a group of companies, the MD seeks to create a very different culture that creates real commitment and energy and enables staff to feel involved in the growing pains of the company in, for example, keeping aware and involved in client and new product development.
Engineering Consultancy : Updating of ISO9001 Quality Management System
The company needed to carry out regular internal audits and to install a Quality Management System to the new ISO9001:2000 standard.
Property Investment : Innovative Funding Requirements
A property investment company wanted to attract more business from investors by offering new ways of funding their investment. An LGBA member helped them present the opportunity to the financial community and secure the investment support required.
Software Industry : Financial Support and Business Development
An established internet company, suffering from a downturn in sales and unable to market itself effectively, sought management, financial and marketing support. LGBA provided a virtual management team, secured investment and is winning new business.
Sound Recording Industry : Sales & Marketing Health Check
An established group of prestigious sound recording studios, suffering from an identity crisis and falling utilisation rates, sought sales and marketing strategic and tactical help. The requirement was not just for a report containing recommendations but for ongoing implementation support and guidance.
Brand Management Organisation : HR and Employee Development plus Financial Support
A creative brand management company needing access to professional Financial and HR advice and guidance putting the company on the right path for growth, & ensure conformance to employment legislation with a productive and motivated workforce.
Internet Directory Enquiries Service : Financial Turnaround
The business had a high profile and emerged successfully in terms of presence from the dot bomb times, but had accumulated large losses and a ravaged balance sheet.
Distribution Industry : Health & Safety
The client company were engaged in operations that included a number of high risk areas related to warehousing, delivery and on-site production operations.
Food Retail : Sourcing Start Up Funding
A food retail start up required a strong management team to support strategy. During the process, venture capital funding faltered and alternative funding was required.
Restaurant Chain : Financial System Improvement
A rapidly growing national restaurant chain recognised that all development within the organisation had been focussed on the customer offering within the restaurants, and that the Finance function and certain operational processes within the business were not as efficient as they could be.
Car Mechanic : Financial Restructure
A mechanic had bought the garage he had worked in for the previous 2 years from his former boss. He had been running it for a year and was struggling to make ends meet. He was £10K over his agreed small overdraft, and many creditors were clamouring for well overdue payments, and the bank had not been able to claim repayments for the loan they had given him to buy the business.
Building Services Company : Marketing Campaign
A Heating and Air conditioning company wanted to develop its Planned Maintenance business in order to strengthen its Balance Sheet with the eventual aim of selling the company.