Management Solutions - 3 Easy Steps
We work to give you solutions that are simple, efficient and productive.
Providing you with the opportunities and options to upgrade systems as your business requires.
01
Business assessment
An initial conversation to gauge and assess your needs. Followed by an on site/online meeting to take an in depth look at your structure and working environment.
02
Present a strategy
To provide a report suggesting how to improve your working environment, process structure, build strengths, mitigate weaknesses and grow your business.
03
Ongoing support
Tailored ongoing support, to ensure that the structure and processes implemented stay in line with the rate of growth and development of the business.
A business development service with a flexible structure that adapts within the limits of cashflow. For business owners overhead costs can be the most difficult to manage. Therefore having costs you can control is essential.
Our flexibility allows you to control costs without the worry. We only stipulate a minimum of four hours will be billed at any one time.
The opportunity to discuss your business goals without high consultancy fees. Each business has targets it wishes to achieve, that just relate to them.
Many business owners will speak to business consultants, but some processes can be implemented that will allow these targets to be reached, without the need for high consultancy fees.
Process implementation to suit you and your business. The fear of implementing structure does not have to be so daunting.
Even the most simple changes can bring professionalism to your business appearance and project a confidence that does not cost a large amount of money.
We are able to take on short term contracts if this suits the business requirements. If you need help to formalise your processes and implement structure over a short period of time, we are here to help.
Up to three months, or just a single month if that is what works for your
business.
With each business, Elaine's goal is to make the time you are at work more productive by reviewing your processes, listen to the reasons you do things a certain way and look at systems to streamline and improve the operational side of your business. Elaine will add efficiency, making you work smarter; resulting in less work for a greater outcome. And if you’re weighed down by a tonne of compliance requirements, Elaine can help you identify what you need, put in place processes to make compliance less of a burden, now and in the future.
Elaine has thirty years of experience; over twenty in the corporate world and the last eight supporting businesses within her local community, growing them, fixing them and navigating them towards a successful sale should this be the requirement.
Elaine has worked with some of the UK’s biggest companies where her roles included administration, product development, account management, budget managing, process and structure implementation. Having worked across so many different disciplines and sectors gives her the knowledge and experience to support your business, no matter what you do.
Elaine Garnham
Owner/Founder
Gabriel Reporting
IFA's have to report on their income. How easy can you access your data?
We have built a template that keeps everything in one place!
Are you a Visual Person?
Not everyone uses a diary. Many like to have visual references to make it easy for them to remember specifics.
One way we have implemented this for clients, can cost as little as £10!
Our Service Plans
These are not set in stone...services can be adapted to suit the needs of your business.
Advanced Plan
Included tasks:
Emails
Invoices
Quotations
Client/Supplier Correspondence
Diary Management
Additional templates
Professional Plan
Included tasks:
Items covered by the Advanced Plan plus;
Wages
Pensions
Bookkeeping
Credit Control
Software set up
Premium Plan
Included tasks:
All tasks included in the Professional Plan plus;
VAT submissions
Business Analysis
Project Management
Budget Planning
Short Term Contracts
We are able to take on short term contracts if this suits the requirements of the business. Whether this is to formalise your processes
and implement structure or a set plan that includes tasks from our service plans, all can be accommodated.
Short term contracts will be accepted up to a maximum of three months, or just a single month if that is what works for your business.
The time allowance on the contracts is negotiable and cost applied accordingly.
Please feel free to contact us for a more detailed discussion to ascertain whether this is something you feel you may wish to pursue.
Frequently Asked Questions
If the questions don't give you the answers you are your looking for, please feel free to contact us.
Q
Can I employ you to suit my budget?
A
The only stipulation is that we charge a minimum of four hours.
Outside of that, this block of time can be once a week, once a fortnight or monthly should this suit you, your business and your budget.
Q
Can I add to the package I choose?
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Yes you can.
The number of tasks will dictate how the cost changes. A discussion can be undertaken to get the best from the changes and upgrades.
Q
Is it essential to purchase packages to get results?
A
Depending on the category your business fits, the size of your business, the way in which you approach required tasks and your goals will dictate what is necessary.
It is not always essential to buy packages, sometimes a spreadsheet and templates can give you the necessary results.
Q
Do I need to be a start up business to benefit from your services?
A
With start ups we can come in at the ground level to help you get set up in the best possible way.
We also work with independents and businesses that have up to eight employees, that have already been running for a number of years. Business size is not restrictive. Structure, process and the implementation of compliance can be taken on at any point.
Testimonials
Here are a few things that our clients say about us.
“When I needed help with my struggling business, Elaine came on board to support me. By creating a step-by-step plan of actions, we worked together through all of the issues that needed to be addressed. Three years on, the business is healthy, has survived the Covid years and is now moving towards a planned retirement exit, something I could never even dream of. We’ve achieved this with Elaine’s attention to all aspects of the business, from how to win and retain clients down to proactively reviewing even the smallest of costs. And it doesn’t matter what the issues are, Elaine will be on hand to support you, however you need, whatever you need.”
"After working many years in "The City" I became used to an efficient support structure which enabled me to fulfil my banking roll to its maximum. Sadly when I started my career in catering a “hobby” that became a business, I realised how much I took for granted. For years like many other small businesses I struggled with the "back office" work, to the detriment of my catering skills. I met Elaine at a networking event and realised she could be the person who could enable me to focus on what I am good at and not struggle with accounts, marketing and structure. In a matter of a few months, working only a half a day a week, Elaine had transformed my office and put in place a business template that enabled me to focus on the food element of my business and my clients. Elaine maintained my accounts, helped me proportion and control costs, manage cash flow, set up and enforce terms and conditions and encouraged me to price events to a standard that matched the performance and clients expectations. The nett result was a higher profile of me and my business, a substantial increase in turnover, resulting in Elaine becoming an integral part of the business. Elaine's flexible approach, can support a small business economically, by giving measured support or whatever is needed. I have no hesitation in recommending Elaine to anyone who wishes to grow their business and take away the headache of administration."
Our Contact Details
If you would like to arrange a call back or an initial meeting, please complete the contact form.
Address
Unit 2, Shefford Hardwicke Farm,
Bedford Road,
Shefford,
Bedfordshire
SG17 5NU
Phone
01462 339655/07912 121330
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