With your business well being in mind we also offer the following business growth services A Business Builder review An introduction to the full Business Edge programme, designed to help you start probing for, identifying and creating breakthrough strategies for supercharging your sales, profits and prospects. The MakingIt Happen programme A structured 12 month process designed to support you every step of the way as you take your business from where it is to where you want it to be. BoardView Attendance at your key business meetings as a resource to help you make the very best use of your time. And you can use us in any way you want - from silent observer to adjudicator, technical adviser to independent sounding board, chairman to minute taker, or even as the facilitator for brainstorming sessions. We can even prepare the agenda if you'd find that helpful. The choice of what you want us to do is entirely yours. And whatever role you want us to play, our input will be covered by an agreed fixed fee. AffordAbility Cost Reduction Services All businesses have the ability to broke the market for the best service and prices but do not have the time. We are able to offer to businesses that have significant requirements for Stationery, Print, Telephony, Couriers, Light & Heat & Office Cleaning the ability to make those savings without the time commitment. We can also assist in Commercial Rate reviews. The best news is that the service is risk free! We only take a proportion of the savings made leaving the business in better shape. 12 month cash flow and profit forecast We will prepare a 12 month cash flow and profit and loss forecast, broken down month by month. This will be in a format suitable for presentation to your bank manager. The Business Edge Programme A highly structured and super-intensive 2-3 day process that helps you to probe for, identify and create breakthrough strategies for dramatically improving your sales, profits and prospects. Business Builder Forum Membership of our forum giving you a chance to network with, and learn from, some of the regions most exciting entrepreneurs. You will learn their success secrets and discover practical solutions to business problems. PAYE healthcheck We will review your PAYE records to ensure that you are complying with all the requirements. This will minimise the risk of penalties and interest from any subsequent visit from the Inland Revenue or Contributions Agency. VAT healthcheck We will review your VAT records to ensure that you are complying with the VAT requirements. This will minimise the risk of penalties and interest from any subsequent visit from H M Customs & Excise. Financial Performance Review A detailed review of the performance of your business over the last 12 months. This detailed report will include graphs and charts to illustrate how you have performed and ratio analysis to highlight your strengths and weaknesses. Training on Sage Our team has vast experience in running Sage as the accounting software for clients. Sage can be used for stock control, invoicing, job costing as well as all the usual tasks you would expect. As a tool it can provide invaluable information to business owners. However we find that little or no investment is made in acquiring the skills to use the software. We provide training based on a practical understanding of the day to day usage that this powerful tool can be put to. Professional Fee Protection Insurance against the cost of VAT/tax/PAYE investigation. You will be covered by our scheme - in the event of a full enquiry (i.e. where the Revenue require access to all books & records) we will be able to deal with this for you promptly and our fees will be met by the insurance company. Report on the Accounting Systems Our accounting systems grading report will help you to improve your systems and in the process reduce your accountancy fees. Benchmarking Review We will carry out a detailed benchmarking review to measure the performance of your business against other businesses within you sector. Our report will highlight those areas where improvements can be made to your profitability and cash flow position. Business Valuation We will carry out a commercial valuation of your business using our Business Valuation software.