What we say we do – THE SERVICES WE OFFER
Marketing – IMPROVING COMPETITIVE EDGE
Performance Improvement – CONVERTING POTENTIAL INTO PROFIT
Innovation – FACILITATING CHANGE
How we do it - OUR APPROACH
- hands-on style of practical assistance as a catalyst for profitable growth
- facilitate company teams in action orientated workshops
- help them to think in fresh new ways, opening their minds to new opportunities
- innovative approach to identifying and exploiting new market & product opportunities
- offer a broad perspective, having helped 100’s of companies in a diverse range of markets, facing a wide variety of problems and opportunities
What we’ve done – SOME TYPICAL PROJECTS
- develop & implement a marketing plan for Oxon based electronics company
- nationwide series of business improvement workshops for the DTI and The Sunday Times helping 300+ directors to identifying common obstacles to business development & derive plans to overcome them
- identify & set up 6 European distributors for US scientific instrument company
- 10+ year business mentoring support to small Oxon publishing company
- develop & implement a marketing plan for Times 100 Financial Services group
- 3 year European project stimulating market-driven growth in regional s.m.e.’s
- customer survey for Oxon based power supply company
- workshop series for Scottish Enterprise on marketing innovative products
Problems on the way - SOME COMMON OBSTACLES
- Over the last 16 years, we’ve helped 100’s of companies address a lack of:
- Real understanding of what customers think of them & their competitors
- Clarity about longer term direction of the business
- Knowledge of which market sector suits best & how best to address it
- Working together - poor teamwork, communication & involvement
- Awareness of how markets are shaping up & what they should do about it
What we really do – WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
“keeping everyone involved has paid off for us with sales up 55% over 3 yrs”
“by identifying and dealing with factors hindering productivity, we've cut production time by 60%”
“sales of our new product idea have reached £1m within its first year”
“we've seen a difference in attitude on the shopfloor and have achieved a 30% improvement in productivity”
“the ideas from our first workshop provided cost savings of £180k / year”
“we've doubled efficiency levels & reduced customer complaints by 95%”
SOME HIGHLIGHTS
Our client’s success stories have so far featured in:
The Times
The Financial Times
The Sunday Times
National BBC radio and television
The government competitive white paper
E-mail Website
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