Fields of Expertise

The Business Development Network's consultants have a wide range of expertise.  They are able to network amongst themselves to for access to specialist skills and expertise.

Key areas of expertise are:

·        Business and management consulting

·        Business and strategic planning

·        Brand development - including the design and production of branding and marketing materials and resources

·        Marketing and sales strategy development and implementation

·        Recruitment,  assessment and training of sales teams

·        Selection and training of sales teams

·        Market research

·        Smart customer management programme design and implementation, including customer research and survey design

·        Organisational design and development

·        Business growth and development strategies - including franchising and licensing and expansion of businesses into offshore markets

·        Human resource management, strategy and practices

·        Facilitation of planning workshops

·        Employee relations management, strategy and practices and employment law advice

·        Compliance and risk management

·        Business turnaround and restructuring

·        Business auditing and benchmarking against industry best practice

·        Succession planning

·        Coaching and mentoring of business owners and their staff

·        Staff training

·        Project management

·        Executive leasing and short term management contracts

·        Due diligence on business purchases and preparing businesses for sale

·        Operations management and business systems

·        Business process reengineering

·        Supply chain management

·        Change management

·        Workplace productivity

·        Applying technology to improve business performance

·        Information technology strategies

·        Database development and design

·        Business software selection

·        E-commerce - web site design, e- marketing, online trading

·        Outsourced administration, client management and debtor management services

·        Operations, policy and procedure manual development