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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News - Helping businesses to access funding
The ambition of most businesses is usually limited by access to adequate funding.West Wales Consulting is working with closely with many clients to help them access bank and grant funding. We use our intimate knowledge of our clients’ businesses to help to shape them into profitable, growing enterprises which are then attractive to funding providers. We work alongside clients when they approach banks and grant providers, to ensure that their case is clearly and completely presented. We have excellent relationships with major banks, local councils, the Welsh Assembly Government and other funding providers which facilitate the process. Our knowledge of funders’ processes and attention to detail mean that we can help to choose the most appropriate forms of finance and ensure a smooth application process. Recent successes include:
- assisting a major leisure business to obtain a business development grant from Pembrokeshire County Council to improve its marketing capabilities
- assisting a engineering design and manufacturingManufacturing businesses business to obtain an assembly investment grantassistance to present their businesses to banks and grant awarding bodies with our excellent understanding of banks and grant awarding bodies and their procedures from the Welsh Assemby Government to strengthen its management and buy equipment, a grant from Carmarthenshire County Council to buy more equipment, and negotiating an invoice discounting facility to provide more adequate working capitalAssisting Businesses to gain essential working capital
- assisting a high-techHigh-tech businesses manufacturing business to refinance its venture capital with a loan from Finance Wales and then to re-bank, reducing its transaction charges and increasing its loan facilities significantly
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Latest Blog Posts
| Date | Title | |
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| 27 August 2009 | A commercial services business needs to strengthen financial control | |
| 26 August 2009 | Cash flow is king for a construction contractor | |
| 25 August 2009 | An electrical contractor needs to demonstrate his health & safety processes | |
| 24 August 2009 | An aerospace manufacturing company needs a quality management system | |
| 20 August 2009 | Without financial plans, a business cannot progress | |
| 19 August 2009 | Starting work with a contractor in the construction industry |
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