Business partnering

Achieve your goals.

Business partnering is what we do best, and your dedicated business partner will be with you every step of the way through your journey. 

You’ll be able to contact them with any questions or concerns you may have. Your business partner will be able to draw on their own experience, the experience of their colleagues and the library of business knowledge and statistics held at city mill. 

Business is very often about fine margins, and these small margins can make the difference between a hugely success business and a complete failure. 

step one

setting clear goals

Understanding you. The most suitable of our business partners will be paired with you, depending on your industry and ambitions. They will begin by getting to know you and your business in-depth, and take the time to learn about your unique ambitions and challenges. They’ll discuss both your short-term objectives and long-term vision. This understanding forms the foundation of our partnership and is used to create your goals. When you partner with us, these goals and aspirations are the cornerstone to our services. 

step two

building a business plan

Creating your road map. Once we’ve set your goals, your business partner will work with you to develop a strategy. Together, we’ll create a detailed step-by-step plan, breaking it down into clear, manageable steps that are easy to follow and implement. This will give us the best chance of success. Your business partner will be able to draw on their own experience as well as the wide and deep experience within City Mill. 

step three

track progress

Navigating the journey. As you progress, your business partner will continuously monitor your journey. You’ll have regular meetings together to review both your goals and our plan, they will provide valuable feedback for the most chance of success. If needed we’ll make adjustments as to ensure you’re on the path to success.

step four

achieve your goals

Celebrating success. This is our favourite step—celebrating your achievements! 

Your business partner will be there to help you maintain your goals and to discuss any new goals you may have.

Yes it really is that
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Mortgage declined

Withing 12 months we got them into their own unit! How did we do it? We improved their financial position and profitability, and then presented their results and forecast to a panel of lenders to secure the best deal.

£12,000 in penalties

We worked with the client to explore mitigating factors, together with our experience we successfully negotiated the appeal on behalf of our client, saving them over £12,000 in penalties.

Low profitability

We worked with our client to adapted their service so they could successfully target an under served niche sector which was much more profitable.

Business restructuring

Worked with a client which is projected to save them over £100,000 in tax over the next 5 years.

FX risks

We reduced the effect of foreign exchange volatility by 68% for our client giving them long term stability.

Unapproved accounts

Within 30 days we prepared the accounts for a large multinational company, and lead the successful audit to hit the statutory deadline.

Overpaying VAT

We Identified over £20,000 in overpaid VAT for a new client. It will also save them over £5,000 per quarter.

Poor capital allocation

We performed a deep review of our clients business, we identified under performing segments, managed the capital reallocation to more profitable areas. This lead to over a 50% increase in net profit.

Startup Struggle

We worked with our client to improve their marketing and coupled with our contacts and business connections our client is now at full capacity.

Investment appraisal

We advised on the successful $100m+ acquisition for our client, helping to negotiate favourable terms.

High overheads

We centralised the support functions for the client and implemented new software. This improved their net margin from 10 to 12%.

Undeclared income

We successfully negotiated no penalties to be charged in respect to the income they hadn't reported to HMRC over a 4 year period which saved them at least £10,000 in penalties.

No cash

Our client was experiencing high growth but their bank account was empty. We made improvements to their working capital cycle which reversed the loss of cash allowing them to continue growing at an exception rate.

Inaccurate costings

We developed our client's understanding of their costs, which allowed them to submit more competitive bids, leading to a 10% increase in success rate.

Cash flow squeeze

We successfully renegotiate our clients repayment terms allowing them to continue trading.

Admin burden

Using our knowledge of software we were able to work with our client to streamline their information gathering, meaning they can spend more time focusing on creating growth.

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