Strategic Planning - Corporate finance


Start up and growing businesses often suffer from lack of cash and will require finance to fund the business development

This finance is often difficult to attain, however with Stafford & Co.’s guidance and knowledge, raising finance effectively will become much easier.

We have excellent working relationships with various high street banks and as such can immediately identify the best alternative for raising finance. We also work closely with government agencies and will be able to identify if any grants are available.  

If you are just setting up in business, or you are looking to take your business to a new level, it is essential that you have plans and forecasts in place to ensure that your business achieves its goals.

If you require finance to help fund the growth of your business no bank or lending institution will take you seriously if you don’t have the right proposals in place to show that your business will be a success. More importantly if you don’t set goals and targets for your business, how can you ensure that the business will maximise its potential.

A strategic plan for your business will consider:

  • A business profile identifying:
    • Unique features
    • Sales forecasts
    • Proof of sales
  • A competitive profile identifying:
    • Market size
    • Market segments
    • Market trends
    • Competitive analysis

The strategic direction will consider:

  • An analysis of the businesses internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats
  • A Mission statement
  • Identify the target market
  • The positioning of the business
  • Relevant investor information

The above information will be brought together to form a five year strategic plan which will enable the company to clearly see what business the company is in and where it is headed. In doing so, this will enable the company to pinpoint some significant new product and market opportunities which could increase sales substantially.

The plan will also provide forecast profit and loss accounts and cash-flows to enable efficient performance management of the business.

The plan is an essential tool to help raise finance for a business whether it be in the form of a loan or government funding.

If you are a start up or growing business and require additional working capital to help finance growth you know where to go, it has to be Stafford & Co. because we’re helping our clients to develop and grow.