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Transforming Business

Transforming Business – Many businesses are clear in their vision and strategy however over time internal and external factors may require fundamental changes within a business. This could include expansion, change of product or service, acquisition, divesting non-core activities, funding review or possibly sale. The decisions on implementing major transformation activities are strategic but will involve the whole business, and the planning, timing and resource to manage the changes must be thought through carefully.

MW Interim Finance assists owner managers and directors in an objective review of their transformation strategy and provides the resource to deliver on the changes identified.

For further information or a confidential discussion about your specific requirements, please contact Martin Walby FCMA CGMA on 07876 566875 or email

martin.walby@mwinterimfinance.co.uk

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Driving Growth

Driving Growth – A business will have a strategic growth objective and the owners will usually concentrate on maximising sales revenue, however there are other aspects to growing a business that need consideration, including making a profit, controlling costs, maximising cash inflow and increasing the net assets of the company. Getting the mix of factors right whilst expanding sales to new customers and markets often via an omni-channel basis or even by acquisition is a constant balancing act.

MW Interim Finance assists owner managers and directors in an objective review of their growth strategy and provides the resource to deliver on the changes identified.

For further information or a confidential discussion about your specific requirements, please contact Martin Walby FCMA CGMA on 07876 566875 or email

martin.walby@mwinterimfinance.co.uk

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Enhancing Value

Enhancing Value – As a business grows so does its value as viewed by; the owners, shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, external funders and banks. Understanding the value of a company is critical and thus how to enhance and grow this over time, usually to a point where an exit strategy is contemplated. The value drivers of a business are many and varied and will include; quality of product or service, customer/supplier/employee satisfaction, ownership of commercial property and other assets, self-funding, high levels of recurring revenue, growing margins and profits.

MW Interim Finance provides an objective review to owner managers and directors of their value base and assists in delivering improvements.

For further information or a confidential discussion about your specific requirements, please contact Martin Walby FCMA CGMA on 07876 566875 or email

martin.walby@mwinterimfinance.co.uk

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Delivering Success

Delivering Success – MW Interim Finance has for over ten years provided a variety of clients with a mix of operational and strategic successes, including; implementation of financial systems, interfaces with operational systems, restructuring activities – operational and corporate, due diligence on potential acquisitions and facilitator in business sales.

A senior commercially focused finance and business professional, spanning a corporate and interim career of over thirty five years in the private sector. MW Interim Finance‘s key measure of success is the ability to provide for clients an experienced objective, results driven and timely implementation of both strategic and operational projects.

For further information or a confidential discussion about your specific requirements, please contact Martin Walby FCMA CGMA on 07876 566875 or email

martin.walby@mwinterimfinance.co.uk

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Dividends

Dividends – how long can high dividend yield companies keep paying shareholders? Interest and savings rates remain low but the number of companies offering reasonable dividend payments is reducing. Retail Sales – December 2009 marked an eight year high in retail sales but has been quickly followed up by the worst January figures in fifteen years.

The inclement weather and VAT rise may have had some impact on the reduction, but it is clear that consumer uncertainty about the state of the economy and the cost of food & ultilities are influencing spending patterns.

Debt UK

The Bank of England has left the base rate at 0.5% for the twelfth month in a row and ceased pumping money into the UK economy, (quantitative easing). It did however indicate that it could recommence this if the economic situation deteriorates. A year on and there are no real signs of the economy recovering, and the stock market FTSE 100 has made a 10% downward correction since the end of 2009.

What next…….an election for sure, but no matter the political party in power, “Debt UK” is a fundamental issue that will not be resolved for a number of years. The pre budget report figures, issued in November 2009 on the expected reductions in debt, have now been revised with the figure of £40bn mooted in 2015/16 appearing far too optimistic a target.

UK no longer in recession

It is official the UK is no longer in recession BUT it barely crawled out of negative growth in the final three months of 2009 according to official figures.

The marginal 0.1% growth between October and December ended a record six straight quarters of decline but was well below the 0.4% expected increase. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figure is only a first estimate and may be revised higher – or will it be lower ?

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