Underlying all the services is a planning process that is based on a value based methodology; which a way of thinking about business that creates the potential for you to unlock new sources of value, or understand where your value is and how to maximise it.

It creates a model of thinking whereby the business is focused on the generators of value in the business using a set of tools, models and insights. The process used guides you through thinking about the Strategy, the Barriers to Entry or Competitive Advantages, the Stakeholders, the Resources and Processes, the Risks and ultimately the Business case. All of this gives a value based on the key drivers identified.

The model created is then something that you will continually drive you by thinking through this as the business and the environment change. The value based approach doesn’t look at just your P&L for the last few years. It looks at what is generating your current value, and how much of that needs to be invested to maintain your future value. It looks at your focus, your resources, your unique skills and the industry forces. And importantly it does this in a dispassionate fashion.

When you start or buy a business, you need to dispassionately analyse the value now and into the future, based on your plans and skills. When you buy a business from someone, you need to look at the whole market, the sustainability of the position, your own strengths and opportunity costs, and the resources you have in cash flow. Not just the Accountants P&L and the person you are buying it from. Ourvalue based approach walks you through this.

What is the implication? For a limited investment, you will access a way of thinking about your business that will help you right through your journey, and an independent sounding board in a process that you can use again and again.