by Susie Kevern | Oct 10, 2022 | Strategy
Do you have an energy strategy? Even with the governments proposed interventions energy costs feel like they are spiralling out of control. Energy has been a relatively predictable cost over the last couple of decades, but as with Covid lockdown, uncertainty makes any...
by Susie Kevern | Apr 30, 2021 | Strategy
Every business needs to innovate, to stay relevant to their customers and stay ahead of their competition. But successful innovation requires thorough planning and careful implementation. Financial planning is a key part of this. Lets face it; it’s easier to...
by Susie Kevern | Dec 9, 2020 | Strategy
How can you plan for the future when you don’t know what it holds? Come to think of it: what do you not know about your business? December is usually a busy month for business planning with my clients as we spend time looking at the next year in more detail....
by Susie Kevern | Jun 18, 2020 | Strategy
How do you make a plan for the rest of this year? If the last six months have taught us anything it’s that we can’t predict the next twist in the story. So is planning a pointless waste of time? This is the (polite) argument that I’ve been engaged in this week while I...
by Susie Kevern | Feb 12, 2020 | Strategy
Yesterday I was lucky enough to be at the NatWestBoost event in Exeter with Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones of The Black Farmer. It was a fantastic morning full of inspiration and really good advice – but what struck me was Wilfred’s take on financing his business. With an...
by Susie Kevern | Jun 22, 2014 | Strategy
Mission statements are just corporate waffle, about “empowering”, “finding new paradigms” and “evangelising findings”. Right? Recently I have been working in developing Business Plans with two (very different) clients. As part of my preparation for this I started...
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