What if there was a way of refining your business plan into a concise tool to improve profitability? What if you could receive heavily subsidised training on how to create and use this document? Interested? Then read this article to find out how we are now offering this exciting new service to our clients.

Have you considered how the government’s Train to Gain scheme might benefit your business? As well as offering grants for learners and employee-focused courses including basic skills, a Leadership and Management programme provides funded training for company directors and senior management – helping them to identify and implement development solutions that will take their businesses forward.

One such solution is the One Page Plan (OPP), a single-sided A4 document which summarises business activities in terms of their success drivers or Key Performance Indicators. Rather than judge performance retrospectively and in financial terms, OPPs are forward-looking and highlight any weaknesses before they become a problem, enabling better decision-making. The considerations might include such markers as:

  • Lead-to-sale conversion rate
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Referrals received
  • Team happiness
  • Market share
  • Debtor days
  • Innovation
  • Investment in people
  • Repeat business

CBHC can assist you in producing an OPP that will clarify your vision for your organisation, enable you to quickly focus resources on the areas in which they are most needed, and proactively fulfil the business’ potential.

But creating an OPP is not an isolated exercise, it is an ongoing process, which is why we have devised a package of training and support designed to dovetail with your annual accounts procedure. An initial consultation will lead you through the creation of your OPP, while two meetings at three-month intervals will assess progress and identify updates to the document. The process culminates in a fourth session, coinciding with your annual accounts meeting, to review the improvements made over the previous 12 months and look at taking the OPP forward into year two and beyond.

Thanks to the training aspect of our package, and the fact that it also fulfils the leadership and management criteria set by the government, you can receive a grant from Train to Gain – this means we can offer you £1,500 worth of service for just £500, plus the VAT on the total fee.

To find out more about how to benefit from this business-boosting service, complete with financial assistance from the Train to Gain initiative, contact our Business Advisory team.