Local Business Partners (LBP) provides part-time directors in finance, HR, or marketing to solve problems for small businesses. LBP directors work alongside business owners to drive strategic changes and get results, rather than just advising. Clients benefit from flexible support as needed without a long-term commitment, and LBP directors understand small business pressures as experienced entrepreneurs themselves.
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Local business partners march 2013
1. LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS: LBP
A NEW SOLUTION TO AN OLD PROBLEM Local Business Partners
Finance ? HR ? Marketing
? Local Business Partners?
LBP
? solves problems for businesses?
Local Business Partners
Finance ? HR ? Marketing
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Our clients have a need for senior support in
one or more of those three areas but either they
don¡¯t want the cost and risk of employing a full-
time director or they have found that traditional
consultancy support is more about advising than
getting results and the supplier bears little risk.
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?part-time directors of Finance, HR or?
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? They have an appetite to make changes in their business sales plan
but hesitate for fear of cost of senior support
? They want to make changes but don¡¯t want to give up equity to
a co?director
? The owner needs to prepare for fundamental change - exit, MBO,
acquisition etc.
? Who are our people??
Our network of partners have all been at director level in blue-chips and other high
performing business who now get the buzz of seeing the immediate impact of their
work in smaller businesses.
All of them have grown their own small business and share the excitement and
risk that every small business owner faces each day ¨C they simply ¡®get¡¯ the
entrepreneurial mentality and are prepared to share the risk in a working relationship
with a client.?
? What do clients get??
Clients get control
They control how much senior input they need each month to achieve their business
goals. They control the term of engagement. Hiring a director is a big decision and if
the chemistry isn¡¯t right after the honeymoon, it¡¯s a huge cost and distraction.
They get the ultimate guarantee:
no safety net
Questions??
Who would you trust more, someone who wants to lock you
in to a commitment where the risk is all yours, or someone Call Oli Randell or Nigel Sarbutts
who is confident to work without a long notice period? 0161 871 4610
High performance skills
with an SME mindset oli@localbp.co.uk
Clients share something very important in common with
our people - the SME way of thinking. They are SMEs
themselves. They understand what it means to be directly
accountable to who pays their bills ¨C their customers.
They get clear pricing nigel@localbp.co.uk
?100 per hour + VAT and a simple contract. Our
assignments start at half a day a month. www.localbusinesspartners.co.uk | @localbp