Midlands Enterprise Awards 2018

16 SME NEWS / Midlands Enterprise Awards 2018 , FFG Business Consulting Limited specialises in helping businesses grow by providing accredited business advice to SMEs and entrepreneurs in all sectors across the Midlands. We invited Founder Andrea Bennett to tell us more about the firm. Best Business Development Consultancy 2018 Drawing on its vast experience in the industry, FFG Business Consulting Limited aims to be the consultancy of choice for SMEs, entrepreneurs and start- up companies in the Midlands who are looking for effective and collaborative business advice across all sectors and specialisms. Driving the firm towards this goal is Andrea, an accredited business adviser with over 30 years’ experience across the construction and civil engineering, healthcare, telecommunications, retail, energy, public and voluntary sectors. Thanks to her vast industry experience, she is able to provide coaching and mentoring services, help to secure loans and grants for businesses, advise on how to claim R&D Tax Credits as well as save her clients money across all their business utilities. To provide this range of solutions Andrea works collaboratively to ensure her clients achieve success, as she highlights. “Through FFG Business Consulting Limited, I collaborate with every client and I am passionate about ensuring the success of their business. I conduct comprehensive business reviews to help identify the key areas my clients need to work on to get their business to the next level. The software I use benchmarks my client’s organisation within their sector and helps them focus on the areas for improvement. “I provide additional tailored services for my clients including, supporting Companies less than two years old to secure finance through the Government-backed Start Up Loan Company (SULCO) by helping them prepare business plans, sales and cash-flow forecasts, helping businesses to reclaim their R&D Tax Credits from HMRC, and ensuring my clients are on the best possible tariffs for their business utilities – water, gas, electricity and FFG Business Consulting Ltd MID18019 Company: FFG Business Consulting Ltd Contact: Andrea Bennett Phone: 07518 180 399 Email: andrea@ffgbc.co.uk Web Address: www.ffgbc.co.uk telecommunications. I am also a member of ibd Business Advice Group which means I can meet any challenges that my clients are facing with access to exceptional people such as expert lawyers, accountants, health & safety, human resources and other professionals across all topics and sectors.” Ultimately, Andrea measures her own success on the success of her clients, and as such the future looks bright for her as she seeks to continue supporting them and driving them to excellence, as she proudly concludes. “Moving forward, I aim to keep providing a great service to my customers and hopefully get nominated for more awards which will raise my profile and allow me to reach an even wider client base over the years to come.”