We start by ascertaining where you are now and where you want to be. Then, you work with us to prepare your business plan. This will consist of at least a profit forecast for the year ahead and a five-year plan in less detail. We look at your marketing plans, estimates of costs and expected results and then link this to your requirements for future growth. We consider with you how achievable this is, what impact it will have on your resources and team members and, especially, the effect it will have on you and the quality of your life. A regular monthly or quarterly meeting to discuss progress against your plan acts as a necessary deadline, ensuring that you find space to work on, not in, your business. So often day-to-day pressures prevent the small businessman or businesswoman from having the time out to manage their business, consider where they are going and keep their business on track. Alan Solomons + Co 2 Gayton Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2XU Tel 020 8901 7580 Fax 0870 4299468 Email info@alansolomons.co.uk also at: Fleet House, 8-12 New Bridge Street, London EC4V 6AL Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for investment business