Background Having been highly successful both technically and financially for many years, this prestige manufacturer had received investment for a larger facility from their parent company. This investment had, as expected, enabled the business to deliver significant top line growth. Unfortunately, this uplift was not being reflected in increased margins and profitability. The Group board…
Background The company was a small but fast-growing, privately-owned IT Cybersecurity Distributor and had recently upgraded from Sageline 50 to the NetSuite ERP system. Having upgraded part-way through their financial year, the accounts team was struggling to reconcile closing balances in Sageline 50 with opening balances in NetSuite. There were also some weaknesses in the…
Business Issue Star Foods S.A. was a start up Company in Poland owned by a Greek, entrepreneurial family. The patriarch was charismatic, energetic and visionary. He had four sons who he was grooming to take over. Some were more competent than others. An informal decision making process, high priority for growth with an end goal…
Background This £15m turnover aerospace business had undergone a difficult period. The poor results for the site included inventory £3.2m, OTIF 10% and EBITDA 4%. The OTIF meant customers saw the site as an unreliable supplier and were putting enormous pressure for improvement. This also meant that this subsidiary of a multi-national group was under…
Background The company was seeking to maximise cash collection from its loan portfolio, whilst also making significant cost savings. The aims were to maximise net cash flow whilst keeping the investors fully supportive of the business and maintain adequate working capital in the business. Challenge The challenge was to rebuild the confidence of the investors…
Business Issue: The company had been growing steadily over the last few years, however it had an issue with a large contractor. This caused its revenues to shrink and so a revised plan was needed to help the company expand. Background: The company is a highly successful business in the construction industry, concentrating on providing…
Background: Having worked in large corporate entities in several countries, I had decided that I would utilise the knowledge and skills I had acquired and set up and develop a business in my own right. I had certain criteria’s in as much that it would provide a reasonable income and capital growth and that at…
Background: The company had undergone a difficult period where a transformation of the business had not delivered the expected sales growth. This resulted in it carrying significant overheads and therefore making a loss and putting severe strain on cashflow. The board had begun the process of changing the management team and two non-exec directors had…
Background: A medical device company that has developed a specialised product was having difficulty penetrating a market which was heavily regulated and already dominated by major manufacturers with years of experience and large market shares. The company had to prove, not only to the regulators, but also to the competition, on how their product complimented…
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