Business Planning and Advisory

Plan for the future – from loans advice to succession planning.

Business Planning and Advisory

Advice you need, when you need it

Our objective is to understand your vision and work with you to remove the obstacles holding you back from realising your business goals.

We assess your business’s current state of readiness and provide an overview of its strengths and areas of weakness, enabling us to target our advice effectively. From acting as an ad-hoc ‘sounding board’ through to regular meetings to discuss and review financial results, budgets and specific projects, you’ll benefit from a bespoke service that meets your needs.

We’ll work with you to improve the quality of management information, leveraging technology and dashboards, helping you focus on core activities that can maximise your chance of success.

Our range of advisory services include:

  • Advice in connection with shareholder and loan agreements
  • Advice on corporate group structures
  • Assistance with corporate finance
  • Assistance with finding grants (BDO’s grant advisory service)
  • Bank relationship management and re-banking
  • Business acquisitions and disposals
  • Creation of performance related remuneration schemes
  • Debt fundraising and debt refinancing
  • Preparation of cash flow forecasts, budgets and comparison with actuals
  • Finance and accounting technology advisory
  • Succession and exit planning
  • Valuing private companies for share restructure, purchase or sale.

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Key Contacts

Mark Lamb Partner BDO

Mark Lamb

Head of Advisory, Business Services & Outsourcing
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Mark Sykes

Mark Sykes

Head of Entrepreneurial Business, Business Services and Outsourcing
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