Planning the Future of Your Business
Introduction
This web-site is designed to help those organisations which are seeking to prepare business plans or corporate strategies. It aims to suggest sensible steps to take, and guide you through the process, whilst advising you where to find further advice.
As mentioned elsewhere, please note that the information is copyright to Quercetum Limited. Also please note that all trade takes place in the United Kingdom. For further details please read our Copyright notice in About Us.
The general advice, which is included in this site, is free. If you require more specific advice, it is available at a price. We describe the paid services briefly in this site but you will need to contact us to use them.
Advice Available
The advice, within this site, falls into the following categories:
- explaining the different types of Business Plans and Corporate Strategies. They are produced for three different purposes - raising bank finance, corporate planning, and inviting investment, especially venture capital. These are explained in Different Types of Business Plans. See Types of Business Plans
- a summary of the business planning process. If you are undertaking a business planning, or corporate strategy project, there are a series of activities which need to be undertaken, to ensure that you reduce the potential problems. This free guidance note identifies these activities. It is available both as a web page, and as a downloadable document. See Summary;
- a guide to the planning process. If you require more detail of the work to be undertaken this free document, which is a little over 30 pages long, tells you what to do at each stage of the process, and provides examples. It is provided as a downloadable document, but the individual stages have been extracted into a series of web pages. See Detailed Guide;
- Helpful Hints. A number of simple points to be borne in mind when producing Business Plans. See Helpful Hints; (this topic is under development and, as yet, has no useful content)
- Frequently Asked Questions. As we get feedback from users, such as yourself, we will list, for free, the most frequently asked questions, with answers. We may also build up a longer list of questions and answers, for which we may make a small charge. This feature is not yet available, as we have not, yet, had sufficient feedback. When it is, the link will be to Frequently Asked Questions;
- document review. We can review the documents which you produce and suggest improvements, and additional information which could be included. This is charged depending on the level of effort involved. The two 'standard' options cost £250 and £500 each. See Document Review;
- advice. If you have specific questions, we can offer advice. This service is charged for. For basic questions, we offer a 'standard' service. We will be happy to assign a consultant to spend up to one hour considering your question and preparing a response, for a fixed fee, usually £50. For a limited period, we have reduced the fee to £30. For more involved questions, we will quote you a price before undertaking the work. To submit your question, mailto:enquiries@quercetum.co.uk;
- undertaking part, or all, of the planning work for you. We can undertake some, or all, of the process, for you. This is 'bread and butter' work for us. For details, including typical Terms of Reference and Timescales, see Working with You;
- pointing you at further information. We are building up a list of other contacts, where you can get further information. This is a free service, currently under development, and will be held in Links;
- for any other assistance, which is not identified above, describe the problem in an e-mail, and mailto:enquiries@quercetum.co.uk. We will respond, as quickly as is reasonable, without charging you. If, however, the assistance requires significant effort on our part, we will advise you of any costs involved, and seek your approval before commencing work.
We hope that this website is of use. Please let us know of any improvements which you would like to see, by writing to us in the form of an e-mail, and mailto:suggestions@quercetum.co.uk
Contact Information
- Telephone
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+44 (0) 1706 - 869500
- FAX
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+44 (0) 1706 - 869111
- Postal address
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Quercetum Limited
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165 Norden Road
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Rochdale
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Lancashire, UK
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OL11 5PT
- Electronic mail
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