Question - Why BPAE? Answer – BPAE is helping UK Owner Managed Businesses to become the most successful and enjoyable to run in the world

Let’s face it - Running a business in the UK is becoming more and more challenging; there is more red tape and competition than ever. We have found that Business Owners and Managing Directors are finding it is quite a lonely place dealing with everyday problems and sometimes they feel like they are a fighting fire or fires!

Let me ask you a question – Are you On Track to achieve or exceed budget this year? Let me explain the reality is perhaps that right now time is an issue and profitability is decreasing- sounds familiar? Read on, on how BPAE can assist you and get you On Track and trulsy look at your business performance.

Firstly, we like to keep things at BPAE nice and simple to understand so let’s start with ……….What is Simple Stuff That Works (SSTW)? It’s the opposite of complicated stuff that fails! In fact it's the small things you can do that really make a difference to your business.

Question -Would you buy a car without knowing how much it cost? That’s what many accountants expect from their clients – that they’ll agree to pay their fee without knowing how much it is in advance!

But there is another way … BPAE have a truly easy to follow programme called On Track. The programme identifies exactly what you require in terms of helping your business, how we are going to achieve it and how much it’s going to cost.

Now onto a few stats as to why you think you might not need help….. well, according to the IMF the UK is now in its worst recession for 60 years. Every day we hear stories of people losing their jobs, losing their businesses, losing their financial security and losing their pride as a result of the downturn.

The On Track Business Performance programme is designed to give you everything you need to avoid all of that pain and beat the recession.

For example:-

• Benchmarking so you can see where you strengths and weaknesses are
• Multi media profit and cashflow improvement
• Comprehensive diagnostic review and Key Improvement Possibilities report
• “Beat the recession” book
• Seminars to train you and your team in what to do and how to do it
• Meetings with professionals who specialise in all of the above
• Guidance on how to get the best from your current advisers in a recession

Let’s take BENCHMARKING and expand it a little.

Your benchmarking report will reveal how your business compares to others in your industry across 19 key measures.

It will identify where your true strengths and weaknesses lie. It will calculate how much higher your profits and cashflow could be if you were able to emulate the results of your more successful rivals and it will make preliminary recommendations for helping you beat the recession.

One of our BPAE experts will also talk you through the report so that you can get the maximum value out of its findings. This discussion is, of course, without charge and is a key part of the process.

Oh and in case you wondering…. The BPAE experts are a team of individuals who have run their own business’s successfully and now exactly what it entails!

Let’s focus for a few minutes on what you should expect from your accountant in a recession?

For example, you should expect your accountant to…

1. Carry out a diagnostic review to identify the key options for strengthening your cashflow
2. Help you understand and manage your breakeven point so you are more able to survive falls in demand
3. Benchmark you against others in your industry to identify the areas where you can most easily improve
4. Identify which of the 8 key profit drivers has the greatest potential for you
5. Guide you through the 43 ways to improve your debtor collection
6. Advise you on how you can pay no tax on the profits from new products/services/divisions for 5-10 years
7. Help you to cut your corporation and personal tax bills to zero (or close to zero)
8. Create an initial improvement action plan covering all the key areas listed here

If your accountant isn’t doing all of this for you

It doesn’t even matter if you are 100% delighted with everything your current accountants are doing for your business. You will not have to switch accountant or do anything to upset your existing arrangements.

Theirs is simply an offer of help over and above what you are currently getting from your accountants.

If you would like a meeting with one of them on this basis – at no cost of course – to make progress on any aspect of beating the recession, please contact us on 0845 430 9202 or e-mail us help@bpae.com

And finally, let’s now start to make a difference to your business, simply complete the online business questionnaire by clicking here