Ardent Business Support

What We Do ...

Ardent Business Support provide a wide and varied range of business building and improvement services, all of which are intended to help you gain a better business, a better lifestyle, a better life and a better future.

Ardent means “passionate”, “enthusiastic” and “devoted” - we are passionate and enthusiastic about improving your business and we are devoted to doing whatever is necessary to ensure that you achieve the success you truly deserve - no matter how you may define “success”.

We describe ourselves as “Business Improvers” and generally operate as Business Coaches and Mentors. Although we do not generally sell ourselves as business advisors or consultants we would be happy to provide this service if that is what you want.

As business coaches we help business people in ways similar to those that sports coaches help sports people. Basically we will work with you over an extended period of time to ensure that you achieve the results and success you deserve.

Here a just some of the numerous ways that we can help you and your business ...

Business Improvement ...

Planning - get in control - now and forever.

Sales and Marketing - make considerably more money.

Time management - gain much more free time.

Team improvement and motivation - gain greater confidence in your team.

Leverage - get more done with what you already have.

Training - in a wide range of business related subjects.

Accountability - ensure you get things done when you need them to be done.

We can help you ...

• understand what your business really provides and how it compares with competitors.

• understand your market - understand your niche - determine how to be more competitive.

• understand what it is that your customers really want and expect from you so you can target those people who are likely to become your best customers - you will be able to retain your best customers who could become what we call “Raving Fans”.

• create a motivated, committed and self starting team which will grow your business even when you are not there.

• determine what it is that is preventing you from having the business that you really want, and plan to make it happen.

• create a business that will run without you - so you can work less and, if you choose, take a back seat with a “passive” income - you could choose to pass on the business to a family member or other individual with confidence - or if you choose you could sell your business at an optimal price.

We can show you how to ...

• build or strengthen the foundations of your business - ensuring the best chance of long term success.

• critique your business in order to determine its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, its shortcomings and its potential for growth - we can suggest alternative ways to achieve what you want.

• build great businesses - not just your current business but any any all future businesses.

• plan for ongoing growth, continuously monitor and manage your business in order to meet your long term plan and avoid problems.

We can ...

• provide a long term mentoring programme.

• provide a long term “Entrepreneurial Apprenticeship”.

• provide immediate solutions to your current problems.

• help you take your business to the next level - and the next - and the next - and the next.

• help you to set up additional businesses or perhaps set up a franchise.

Other Improvement Services...

Product, service and process improvement, proving and approval.

New product, service and process definition, design and development.

Product, service and process evolution.

Patent processing.

Manufacturing and workflow improvement.

Quality assurance - including Lean Management, Lean Manufacturing, ISO 9001 and similar.

Interim management.

Bookkeeping - we can do it for you so you don't have to.

Office, workplace and workflow reorganisation and optimisation - improve efficiency.

Procedures, standards and other documentation definition, writing and improvement.

Work/Life balance.

What Else? ...

We can provide support, advice, coaching, mentoring, consultancy, training, design, development - and much, much more - tell us what you need.

We couldn't possibly list everything that we can do for you and your business - so call us and we can discuss what you need - if we can't do it we will probably know someone who can.

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Call us on 01778 345990

or email jimyates@ardent-business-support.co.uk