Virtual Non Exec Director And Mentor

Graduate pharmacist.
First Directorship 1972 – Operations Director of business which grew from 3 pharmacies to 2^nd largest drugstore group in UK.
General Manager of £96m business.
Run businesses from start-ups to £15m pa turnovers.
MD and owner or significant shareholder for last 20 years.
Three start-up businesses.
Raised £5m in City in 80s.
Brought a USA franchise to UK.
Franchised two of my own businesses, both from start up, taking one international.
Built and led teams from start-up to 100+.
Hit hard by recession – came back.
Run businesses in a wide variety of sectors.

Expertise available to your business includes

Strategic Planning and Business Planning
Increasing bottom line profit
Marketing & Sales
Developing new products and services and opening new markets
Building and motivating great teams
Leadership skills
Raising finance, dealing with banks and funding sources, improving cash flow
Producing business plans
Improving systems and processes
Improving business models
Improving financial controls
Business rescue
Buying and selling businesses
Surviving in a recession
Everything else that happens across 30+ years of running businesses!

Services provided include:-

Non Executive Director and Virtual Non Exec services
Mentoring chief execs and/or their teams
Training & Consultancy – tailored to suit each client
Workshops incl bespoke in-house workshops

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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.

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Brian Allmey’s “Seven plus 1” Building Blocks 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 structure which has been 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.

The “Seven plus One Blocks” are:

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Virtual Non Exec Director and Mentor

posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

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Every business benefits from an outside pair of experienced eyes which is one of the reasons why most larger businesses and all listed PLCs have Non Execs on their Board.

Our Virtual Non Exec service gives your business all the benefits of a Non Exec without the legal complications.

My first directorship was in 1972, since when I have spent my working life running, owning and advising businesses in a variety of sectors and ranging from start ups to turnover of £10m plus pa.

This enables me to spot opportunities which are being missed. Opportunities to improve how things are done, to save costs, to increase sales, find new markets, improve systems and refine the business planning, strategy and longer term planning.

To explore what benefits you could get from this service please contact us now.

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