A business plan writing service for SME's
the service
The service offering from Plan 2 Expand is provided by, Nick House. It is designed with 2 types of SME clients in mind.
You may be a start-up business seeking to raise finance to grow to the next level, or have several years of trading behind you, but have now stalled at a cross roads pondering which expansion route to take. Either way, my business plan writing service will allow you to move onto the next step with your business.
Why do you need a
business plan?
Fail to plan, plan to fail
Winston Churchill
There are 6 strong reasons as to why the time and effort in the preparation of ta business plan is time well spent. In preparing a plan the same principles are just as relevant if your goal involves a steady, measured rate of growth, or a rapid expansion aimed at the stars.
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1. To raise finance from a bank, crowd funding platform and/or investors.
2. To add structure and control so that you manage your time more effectively.
3. To identify any shortfalls in resources which are holding back growth.
4. To put benchmarks down to monitor performance/measure progress moving forward.
5. To agree a vision for the business so that you and your key staff are on the same page.
6. To sell your business
What can I offer you?
Business opportunities are like buses there is always another one coming
Sir Richard Branson
Managing your own business is often a lonely existence. Having someone in the background to turn to for a second, independent and balanced opinion on key strategic decisions could be of great support in the longer term. View me as a sounding board - I’m here to listen to your thoughts on how large you want to grow your business, and the direction which you’d like to take it.
With a focus on the bigger picture we’ll work together to plot a road map to boost the probability of achieving your goals, however modest or ambitious that these may be. To produce a realistic and achievable plan it’s critical that we map out your ambitions before preparing the figures. Your accountant may help auditing the figures, but they will be unlikely to apply a strategic approach.
Minimising the risk of losing your hard earned cash is the overriding objective.
How long will it take to
produce?
Every journey begins at a single step
Maya Angelou
Working together the plan may take up to 4 weeks to finalise, depending on complexity. The completed document will be presented in a format that will be acceptable to any finance providers.
What happens after the plan has been completed?
The document shouldn’t be filed way on the shelf to collect dust. If the plan is to retain its relevance and usefulness it’s strongly recommended that you diarise quarterly reviews with your team to gauge your progress. There’ll be a strong likelihood that further changes are needed to keep you on course. Life is becoming increasingly unpredictable.
I can be available to sit in at your first review meeting.