Phil Corper is Managing Director of West Wales Consulting. He started his career as a bank manager serving personal, small business and major corporate customers. Working for top global management consultancies, Phil then served a range of global multi-national clients which he continues to serve occasionally at main board level. In this blog, Phil sets out how West Wales Consulting is helping small and medium sized businesses in West Wales tackle their day to day business issues

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Dave Wood

Dave Wood specialises in quality management

The International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9001:2008 series describes standards for a QMS addressing the principles and processes surrounding the design, development and delivery of a general product or service

. He has advised a range of manufacturing and engineering clients to develop quality management systems and to gain ISO 9001ISO 9001 accreditation certifies that formalized business processes are being applied 2000 accreditations. He has particular expertise in the aerospace sector and EASA accreditations. He was previously quality manager with several aerospace engineering and other manufacturing bus

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Services:
- ISO 9001
Business Sectors:
- Manufacturing
Business Types:
- Major Business |
- Small Businesses

James Cooze

James Cooze specialises health and safety. He has advised a wide range of clients including the CITB, Nortel, Westand Augusta and EADS and a large number of small and medium

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Services:
- Business Review |
- ISO 9001
Business Sectors:
- Manufacturing
Business Types:
- Major Business |
- Small Businesses |
- SMEs

Stefanie Rees

Stefanie Rees specialises in employment and human resource processes and law, change managementwe can help put in place change management processes.

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Services:
- ISO 9001
Business Sectors:
- Services
Business Types:
- Major Business |
- Small Businesses

David Nicholson

David Nicholson has 35 years experience as a senior manager with nationally known foodFood businesses processors including Heinz and Wall’s and as Managing Director of the Oriel Jones meat processing facility in Llanybydder and Senior Executive Officer of Dungannon Meats (now Dunbia). David also has 6 years experience advising food, fish and forestry businesses.

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Services:
Business Sectors:
- Hospitality |
- Food |
- Retail
Business Types:

Woodlands consultant and contractor needed to plan the launch of his new business

17 July 2009 - 2:24am

A woodlands consultant and contractor needed to plan the launch of his new business. We helped him to prepare a business planto help clients ensure that all aspects of the business have been thought through, and to present their businesses to banks and grant awarding bodies and a financial planto forecast cash flow, profitability and funding requirements and to obtain a significant bank loan for working capitalAssisting Businesses to gain essential working capital

New owner of a plant nursery and garden centre needed a financial plan and marketing plan to help him to turn round the business

17 July 2009 - 2:22am

The new owner of a plant nursery and garden centre needed a financial planto forecast cash flow, profitability and funding requirements and marketing planwe can help with all aspects of planning marketing to help him to turn round the business

Organic farm shop needed our help with a business review to decide whether to put in place a succession plan

17 July 2009 - 2:20am

An organic farm shop needed our help with a business reviewto help clients ensure that all aspects of the business have been thought through and review their direction and goals to decide whether to put in place a succession plan to transfer the business to a new owner when the owners retired, and to assess their markets and sales.

Services:
Business Sectors:
- Retail |
- Organic |
- Farm Diversification
Business Types:
- Family Business |
- Small Businesses

Assisted a small construction company to respond to falling sales by reviewing financial performance and improving financial information

17 July 2009 - 2:17am

We assisted a small construction company to respond to falling sales by reviewing financial performancewe can help to review financial performance and improving financial information, advising on redundancy processes and PROACT support to reduce staffing in line with demand, and on sales and tender managementwe can assist with all aspects of the tender process to win more profitable business

Meat producer and farm shop with a business review

17 July 2009 - 1:52am

We helped a meat producer and farm shop with a business reviewto help clients ensure that all aspects of the business have been thought through and review their direction and goals after the death of a key family member which allowed the family to decide to re-start the business and on new business direction

Services:
- Succession Planning |
- Business Review
Business Sectors:
- Food
Business Types:
- Small Businesses

Micro-brewery to buy its first equipment with grant assistance

17 July 2009 - 1:49am

We helped a micro-brewery to buy its first equipment with grant assistance, preparing a business planto help clients ensure that all aspects of the business have been thought through, and to present their businesses to banks and grant awarding bodies, financial planto forecast cash flow, profitability and funding requirements and marketing planwe can help with all aspects of planning marketing, which allowed it to scale production and sales slowly as it developed and gained confidence.

Services:
Business Sectors:
- Hospitality |
- Drink
Business Types:
- Small Businesses

Small Businesses

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