When was the last time you took time out to review your organisation and to plan for the future?

This has never been more important especially with economic recession confirmed in the UK and ever increasing globalisation. How will your organisation survive? The most successful companies and organisations are those that know how to take advantage of a recession and ensure that they are even stronger when a recovery comes.

Being independent gives us a unique insight to view how your organisation works and how it could work better. With our creative, energetic approach we will stimulate your thinking and inspire you to identify, and maximise, opportunities to help ensure your long-term sustainability. We help to provide the breathing space to look at the areas of your business that could let you down, more than that, we make recommendations to guide your decisions and provide practical support to implement them.

In our experience there are four key areas that benefit from regular review and planning. Our initial assessment will help to identify which of these are appropriate for your organisation, for example:

• Business Planning - Identifying the nature of your business; planning resources; and setting targets
• Strategy - Aligning the business to the internal and external environment; developing a plan to take you from where you are to where you want to be.
• Marketing - Reviewing products and services; analysing the market including competitors, suppliers, buyers, new entrants; developing a marketing strategy including key messages, tools and activity.
• Processes - Reviewing how you do what you do, for example, work flow procedures, structure and layout; generating efficiencies

"The time we spent with Cats Whiskers helped us to refocus efforts to achieve our goals. (EG Heating & Plumbing)"