Helping businesses to succeed – creativity, planning and determined action

Our business is helping other businesses with their growth and development plans. We find that the assistance businesses need varies greatly, often related to the stage of maturity. We specialise in assistance to SME’s at the following stages:

New Starters

Grant search and advice.
This may involve accessing local authority, national or European Union sourced grant assistance.

Equity funding.
Normally via one of a range of agencies with access to equity finance. May involve a business angel or a government sponsored fund for specific applications.

Assistance with business set up.
Limited company formation, appointment of directors, appointment of accountant, premises, pay roll arrangements.

Business plan development. A business plan is a fundamental requirement for all new businesses. For new starters, we place as much importance on the process of developing the business plan as we do on the contents of the document itself. Many new starters expect the process to be daunting, and undergo the process under duress. We have developed a very simple business plan structure designed to encourage the business owners to consider all aspects of the business before starting.

We use this structure to develop a business plan which will become a live, working document, used to help the processes of driving and also controlling the business.

A business plan is a pre-requisite for all types of funding. We will work with you to develop a comprehensive business plan with the aim of achieving a specific objective, such as securing start up funds.

Marketing strategy. It is not unusual to find that a new start business has an overall business plan but the business is failing to achieve the forecast level of sales activity. We will analyse your market situation and work with your people to define what is realistically achievable in the market, together with the required actions to deliver the agreed target results.

Established businesses

The assistance required here usually relates to the following areas:-

• Funding to develop new products or processes.
• Adding new dimensions to sales activity and business development.
• Training of management in specific managerial skills.

Free websites for new start businesses

Please see our Free Website page for details of how Brookfield Consultancy can arrange free help to new starters in the promotion of their business.

Marketing Grants Now Available

Through our network activities Brookfield Consultancy is able to tap into a large grant fund to very generously support a whole range of marketing activities. This may include generation and implementation of marketing strategies or the development or upgrade of a website.

For more details call David Clough on 0161 278 2534.