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Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat and Business Planning

posted on Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

I was born in Chester and from the age of 4 grew up in the NE, near Sunderland.

In the Sunderland Museum there is (or there was in my day) a stuffed walrus which is believed to be the source of inspiration for Lewis Carol’s poem on the Walrus and the Carpenter.

That is why I was drawn to this Lewis Carol quote:

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.

“Which road do I take?” she asked.

“Where do you want to go?” was his response.

“I don’t know,” Alice answered.

“Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”

It is exactly the same for a business. Without a business plan, how do you know what direction to take in your business?

A business without a plan will end up wherever it happens to end up rather than at a destination of your choosing – rather like the two ships analogy.

So – get some direction into your business in order to maximise your result – contact us today to arrange a meeting to review your strategy, your destination, plans and options for you business so we can set some directions and a route map to follow.

Benefits of Franchising your Business – reprint of Business Pink Article

posted on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

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Free Seminar: Learn how to – “Develop your business using other peoples’ resources – Leeds, 23rd September 2010

posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Title: Free Seminar: Learn how to – “Develop your business using other peoples’ resources
Location: Levi Solicitors, 33 St Pauls Street, Leeds LS1 2JJ
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Description: A free two hour seminar presented by Brian Allmey, MD of Next Level Business Solutions Ltd and James Sarjantson, Head of Corporate & IP Law, Levi Solicitors LLP.

They will show you how to develop your business and grow it faster without using your own resources, valuable information in this present economic climate when borrowing is difficult and if you have cash resources you would be wise to conserve them.


Start Time:  08.30 for 9am start


Date: 23rd September 2010

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Mentoring

posted on Friday, December 18th, 2009

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A coach asks questions to help lead the client to their answer but may not know the answer themselves. A mentor asks questions, challenges, explores, examines and does know the answers based on personal experience.

Having run and owned various businesses since 1972 including start ups, buying and selling businesses and advising businesses I bring an experienced pair of outside eyes to your business. I continue to learn from every business I work with and can often offer new ways of doing things more effectively or more efficiently, new markets for products or services and new products or services for an existing client or customer base.

Business Planning is an important part of my work with most businesses. This involves reviewing strategic plans and often I am able to suggest changes which increase profits and help the business grow faster.

We can work on a regular retained basis or on a specific project basis.

Next Level Business Solutions’ Toolbox for a successful business

posted on Friday, December 18th, 2009

It is important to stress that we do not put clients into a set programme, leading them through artificial stages. However, every business has to have focus and structure and we use a Toolbox that Brian developed based on personal experience of the key areas essential to a successful business.

Together we assess your business across each of these areas and we agree the priorities for you, your team and your business as no two businesses and their management are identical. This process includes examining your goals and targets for your own business and what needs to be done to achieve your goals.

Contact us to take your business to the next level.

Business Development – how we can help

posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

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With over 30 years experience of running businesses across a wide range of sectors I have been able to help many businesses to grow faster.

In some cases they knew where they wanted to go – in others they wanted help to identify their stretegic options and select the best development path for their business.

Before pressing on the accelerator I check that their foundations are sound otherwise ramping up the sales could damage the business.

Using the Next Level Business Solutions’ Toolbox for a successful business we identify any areas needing to be fine tuned before then looking at boosting sales and profits.

Often an outside pair of experienced eyes can spot opportunities that are being missed. Opportunities to do things better, to open new markets, improve customer service, be more efficient, improve systems or management information, improve the business model, improve team working, improve marketing and the sales process.

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