Who we help

Owner run businesses, and the people about to become one.

We work best where decisions are made by the person who signs the cheques, and where a few points of margin change what the year looks like.

Independent retailers

Convenience, forecourt, off licence, specialist food, homeware. Typically two to twelve staff, one or two sites.

What we usually find

Energy sitting on a rolled over rate since the last renewal

Card charges applied per transaction on low value baskets

Retail prices set to match a competitor who has since moved

What changes

Every supply contract dated and diarised

A price list built on margin, not memory

One place to look when a rep offers you a deal

Sites where energy is a top three cost, card fees land on every cover, and the menu carries the margin.

What we usually find

Gas and electricity bought separately at different times

Dishes priced by rounding, not by plate cost

Three delivery accounts covering the same range

What changes

Plate costing on the full menu, updated with supplier prices

Consolidated ordering with negotiated terms

A menu where the popular dishes are also the profitable ones

Trade and construction, logistics, clinics, agencies and professional services. Usually ten to eighty staff.

What we usually find

Renewals handled by whoever opens the post

Software licences billed for people who left

Quoting done on gut feel by three different people

What changes

One owner for cost, with dates and a calendar

A quoting method the whole team applies the same way

Admin hours cut and documented

First site, first raise, first hires. You have the idea and the drive, and you need the commercial case to hold up under questions.

What we usually find

Revenue forecasts with no unit economics underneath

Costs missing rates, insurance, waste and card fees

A deck that describes the idea but not the money

What changes

A model you built with us and can therefore defend

Suppliers approached before opening, not after

A pack that answers the second and third question too

Tell us the sector and the size and we will send back the two or three things we would look at first.