LRS staff are highly qualified and experienced and can help you in several ways. Many also serve on the Boards of other organisations, and are used to taking a strategic mentoring role. Whether you are trying to raise finance, decide how your business will be run, or simply how it could be run better - we can help. Click here to make an enquiry about our consultancy services.
Writing a business plan
If you would like help in constructing your business plan we can provide it. Our team are experienced in assessing loan applications, and can therefore help you construct a business plan document that will maximise your chances of obtaining the finance you need, whether that’s from ourselves or from other providers.
Financial planning
A new or growing business needs a complete set of financial projections. We can review your existing figures, or we can help you create complete financial plans that demonstrate the viability of your business idea. To simplify the process the LRS model can be customised so that it fits the way your business works exactly, and you can then use it for planning and monitoring for several years to come. Please ask us for an estimate for how much this will cost, as every case is different.
Marketing planning
Not sure of the best way to bring in new customers and to ensure that more people know about your business? We can work with you to map out a coherent and cost-effective marketing plan.
Locating sources of funds
LRS staff have many years of experience in the social enterprise sector, and have built up strong partnership relationships with other organisations; we can help you find potential sources of funding and make sure that your business documents are in sufficiently good shape to enable you to take advantage of them.
Running your business
We can help you set up efficient business systems, from a simple cash book to implementing QuickBooks or Sage, which will save you both time and money.
Ongoing support and mentoring
We can arrange a tailored package of ongoing support and mentoring to suit your requirements. This can be paid for as you go, and indeed we sometimes require you to take out a service like this as part of the conditions of a loan, as we find that it greatly reduces the default rate.
Paying for our services
Good consultancy doesn’t of course cost nothing, but the benefits far outweigh the costs. As we are also a lending institution, there are alternative ways that you can pay for this:
- We can make you a business loan which you can pay off over several months.
- For borrowers from LRS, we can add the cost of the consultancy on to your loan and so spread the cost over the term of the loan.