“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”, is a popular saying, especially from bank managers and accountants.  “If you can’t measure it, don’t do it!” is another.

Planning should be an internal process where an outside consultant acts as a honest broker and reader, to ensure you’ve not missed something.  Often though your view on planning could be; you see it as a hindrance.  An understandable view.

When you use macneill consultancy you get a planning solution which fits your needs and your views on the subject.

You get planning methods linked to your personal and business needs as well as other things like your funding body’s requirements.

Planning services you have access to include:

The role of a reader / honest broker
Business planning training for senior managers and owners / CEOs
A planning coach
Business plans for SMART award applications
Business plans for social enterprises
Marketing plans and sales plans
Supply chain planning
Financial modeling and projections
Human Resources, succession planning and staff development plans

Do you recognise any topics from previous planning projects?  If yours isn’t listed ask and we’ll provide a proposal.

Timber frame construction company – full business expansion and export plan
Fuel distribution equipment company – full export business plan
Large printing company – full export business plan and company development programme
Food manufacturer – initial market assessment and report for Invest NI funding
Hospitality industry – software factory.  Full export business plan for Invest NI funding
Bio-medical equipment manufacturer – initial export market audit followed by successful SMART 2 and Small Firms Loan Guarantee Fund applications
Family-run Engineering Company – Business start-up / investment plan
Furniture manufacturer - identifying sales opportunities, business plan for local funding body
Local charity - identification of opportunities to finance care facilities for adults with learning difficulties - production of business plan for submission to European fund holders
Local community interest group - identifying components in communications strategy
Publishing Company – Advertising sales plans
Secure Hospital facility - patient charter, customer satisfaction survey, presenting recommendations for change
Stress Consultancy – Business and Marketing plans
Local community groups – business plans for funding applications / EU competitions