Start Your Own Business
Feeling Overwhelmed
Need to Optimise?
Need A Break?
Need a Fresh Approach?
Need To Upskill?
Are you a tradie or other professional wanting to start your own business, but have little idea on how to go about it?
Start Your Own Business
Symptom
You have that entrepreneurial flair to get things done, but are unsure how to go about it or simply lack the knowledge of how to set your business up.
Consequences
The first real consequence of not embarking on your dream or vision for a business, is your own unfulfilled ambition and sense of powerlessness that comes with that.
The second real consequence is that you may start up the business using an inappropriate structure, which could lead to unintended consequences down the road.
How we at Santer can help
Once we have identified the issues which are holding you back, we can then address them. This may include the structure of the business, how you want to operate it, licences and registrations you may need to apply for, setting up the administration of the business, and we can assist you to run the administration of the business.
Together, we can combine our knowledge to make your dream a reality.
What the client can expect
The first step is to identify and understand the issues which need to be addressed. This will involve detailed discussions with you to establish what you really need and want to happen.
The second step will involve preparing options for you to consider and is entirely dependent on the issues identified. However, all options available will be carefully explained so that you can make informed decisions on how to move forward.
Further, actions will be dependent on the outcomes generated in the initial steps outlined above.
Remember, this is your business project and the decisions are yours to make. We are there to guide you.
Once the foundational options are selected, we can then implement the solutions and work with you to build and manage your business into the future. This includes regular maintenance of financial records and returns.
Your business appears to have gone “off-track” and exhibiting signs of failure with stagnating or declining sales, cash flow problems or not doing as well as you believe it could or should do.
Need to Optimise?
Symptom
Your revenues are showing little or no growth from year to year. The business has a reduced market share with declining sales.
Costs and overheads escalating.
Low profitability or even on-going losses.
Cash flow issues.
Inadequate record maintenance.
Consequences
Losses or poor profit returns will in turn mean restricted cash flow for future investment opportunities. This could lead to the eventual closure of business or even bankruptcy.
How we at Santer can help
We can perform a detailed analysis of the cost and revenue structures to identify the problem areas.
Once we have identified the issues which are causing you concern, we can then address them. Part of that may involve analysing the business processes to identify possible improvements and efficiencies. We operate as though “nothing is off the table” when it comes to finding solutions, including reorganisation of resources, as survival of your business is paramount.
What the client can expect
To provide an initial appraisal, a comprehensive analysis of financial and performance reports would be undertaken.
Subsequent steps will be dependent on the issues identified in the initial appraisal, and may include activities such as the observation and documenting of processes in the business and operations to identify areas for improvement.
All steps taken will be focussed on the improvement of profitability in the business. It is important to remember that a business exists to make a profit for the owners. Without earning a reasonable profit, the company cannot survive into the future.
Do you need to be working on your business and less time in your business?
Symptom
You feel that you have too much to do and not enough hours in the day to do it.
You feel that you are spending all your time on routine daily matters, which does not permit enough time to strategise
Consequences
If you are unable to work on the long-term development of the business, you will simply be overseeing a stagnating or, even worse, a declining business. It is critical to any business that the management devotes adequate time to determining the future course of the business, sets the direction and monitors its progress from a macro or high-level perspective. All options need to be considered and demands an adequate amount of time to be devoted to the process.
How we at Santer can help
With the considerable and varied experience we offer across a broad range of businesses and industries, we can step up and provide interim and business management services for a limited time to augment or cover your absence or reduced time in the business while you attend to the developmental activities required for the future of the business.
Alternatively, we can assist in facilitating the long-term planning for the business, ensuring that you and your team contribute meaningfully to the process.
What the client can expect
The first step is to identify and understand the issues which need to be addressed. This will involve detailed discussions with you to establish your needs and how you may want it to happen.
The second step will involve preparing options for you to consider and is entirely dependent on the issues identified. The solutions may include a full or part-time presence in the business for a period of time, identifying specific functions to be performed in your absence or on your behalf, creating plans for the future to assist in “spreading the load” or just in times of your absence, etc.
However, all options identified will be fully explained so that you can make informed decisions on how to move forward in both the short and long terms.https://interimmanager.com.au/contact-us/
You simply needing to take a break and do something different with your time, but have no one to stand in for you?
Symptom
Spending all your time in your business with little or no time for family, friends, sport or hobbies.
Consequences
Reduced sociability and declining circle of friends, leading to no interests outside the business. Boredom can set in, and this can lead to reduced productivity and interest in the business in the future.
How we at Santer can help
With considerable and varied experience we offer across a broad range of businesses and industries, we can step up and provide interim and business management services for a limited time or on a regular scheduled timetable to augment or cover your absence or reduced time in the business.
What the client can expect
To start with, we need to identify and understand the issues which are to be addressed. This will involve detailed discussions with you, the client, to establish what you really need and want to happen.
The next step will involve preparing options for you to consider and is entirely dependent on the issues identified. The solutions may include a full or part-time presence in the business for a period of time, identifying specific functions to be performed in your absence, creating plans for the future to assist in the reallocation of duties or just in times of your absence, etc.
However, all options identified will be fully explained so that you can make informed decisions on how to move forward in both the short and long terms to benefit both yourself and the business.
Are your systems operating at optimum capacity or do you need a fresh approach?
Symptom
Losing contracts to competitors due to pricing or other issues.
Productivity is declining, and your business is not producing as you believe it should.
Profitability is declining or has dipped into a loss position after years of good performance.
Consequences
Continual reductions in turnover and profitability will inevitably lead to a reduced capacity in the business and possibly closure.
How we at Santer can help
We can perform a detailed analysis of the cost and revenue structures to identify the problem areas.
Once we have identified the issues which are causing you concern, we can then address them. Part of that may involve analysing the business operating processes to identify possible improvements and efficiencies. This is likely to include production processes, whether that be goods or services, and the way your business services your client needs.
What the client can expect
To provide an initial appraisal, a comprehensive analysis of financial and performance reports would be undertaken.
Subsequent steps will be dependent on the issues identified in the initial appraisal, and may include activities such as the observation and documenting of processes in the business and operations to identify areas for improvement.
All steps taken will be focussed on the improvement of profitability of the business. It is important that a business exists to make a profit for the owners. Without earning a reasonable profit, the company cannot survive into the future. Therefore, its business and operating systems must be geared to providing the optimum efficiency in its delivery of product and service to its client base.
Have you been able to upskill and keep abreast of changing technologies or are you time poor?
Symptom
You feel that you have too much to do and not enough hours in the day to do it, let alone attend a new or updating skills course.
Consequences
Your business may be doing well at the moment utilising your current knowledge and skill set, but unless your skills are up-to-date you will not remain relevant in the marketplace and your business will start to decline as more modern, better or efficient methods are offered to your clients by your competitors. Upskilling can avoid that decline in the business.
How we at Santer can help
With the considerable and varied experience we offer across a broad range of businesses and industries, we can step up and provide interim and business management services for a limited time to augment or cover your absence or reduced time in the business.
What the client can expect
The first step is to identify and understand the issues which need to be addressed. This will involve detailed discussions with you to establish your needs and how you may want it to happen.
The second step will involve preparing options for you to consider and is entirely dependent on the issues identified. The solutions may include a full or part-time presence in the business for a period of time, identifying specific functions to be performed in your absence or on your behalf, creating plans for the future to assist in delegating tasks or just in times of your absence, etc.
However, all options identified will be fully explained so that you can make informed decisions on how to move forward in both the short and long terms.
Is your health suffering due to the demands of your business?
Symptom
You simply can’t make time for anything other than the business.
You have not had an extended break or a holiday in a long time.
You are starting to have health issues due to the constant worry or time spent in the business.
You just need to have a break, and there is no-one available to oversee the business in your absence.
Consequences
The first consequence is a breakdown in your health due to the constant demands of the business.
The second consequence is that you are slowly losing interest in the business, and it is also starting to suffer.
A case of more pain, less gain.
How we at Santer can help
With the considerable and varied experience we offer across a broad range of businesses and industries, we can step up and provide interim and management services for a limited time to augment or cover your absence or reduced time in the business.
What the client can expect
The first step is to identify and understand the issues which need to be addressed. This will involve detailed discussions with you to establish what you really need and want to happen.
The second step will involve preparing options for you to consider and is entirely dependent on the issues identified. The solutions may include a full or part-time presence in the business for a period of time, identifying specific functions to be performed in your absence, creating plans for the future to assist in the reallocation of tasks or just in times of your absence, etc.
However, all options identified will be fully explained so that you can make informed decisions on how to move forward in both the short and long terms.
If you answered YES to any of the above...
Or perhaps you simply need a trustworthy professional to “caretake” the business while you take that upskilling course, that much-needed break or simply to take the administrative burden off your desk.