2013
Business owners successfully transitioned to their next phase.
8
Expert advisors around the country.
24+
Years helping Kiwi businesses push through their problems.
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People
Our Business Advisors can help you create a great team or make a good one even better. A businesses is, in essence, only as good as its people. Successful businesses create systems that people understand and want to use. When good business practices have full staff support, the resulting harmony delivers excellent results. Our Business Advisors can help you achieve this powerful combination.
Finance
The numbers don’t lie. We will spend all the time needed to understand yours. Simply put, the financial elements of the business are the concrete base for your success. Aligning the finances to the real-life value proposition of a business gives it the best commercial advantage. That's how we help make good businesses better and struggling businesses profitable.
Marketing
Who do you want to talk to? Aligning your value proposition to your market delivers a high return on your investment. Marketing is about creating a relationship with the right people where they wish to connect. Our Advisors will ensure you fully understand your value proposition and your customer. Finally, we create a marketing process to drive sales growth and brand recognition.
Systems
Systems grow over time. Sometimes they were never initially created to live together. We help implement systems that support growth via sales and services. The key element is a user-friendly interface. Don't let staff get bogged down in every day processes. We make sure the systems are strong and flexible enough and to handle future change.
Growth
'I want to grow my business' is a goal we hear often. However, growth speed wobbles can eat away at business value. Sometimes have a detrimental effect on the quality of service.
Can we help you with growth? Yes of course. Most importantly, we can help provide the business model to support that growth. One that allows for success and delivers the next level of financial returns.
Succession
Smooth succession is one of the most sought-after life goals for business owners. We help you create value and get your business sale-ready. This is an area of particular expertise for our Advisors.
Succession planning is recommended for every business. An Advantage Advisor can drive the change you need to extract yourself from operations. We can help create business value in many ways.
Tailored Solutions
We understand that no two businesses are the same. That’s why we offer fully customised solutions to suit your unique situation. Our team will help articulate the specific problem you’re facing and uncover areas for improvement. Only then will we offer up a comprehensive set of solutions.
We’re More Than Just Business Advisors.
Personally Committed To Transforming Your Business
For 21 years we have been advising a diverse range of businesses on how to find their competitive advantage. Our clients look upon us as an extension of their own business because we become part of the team. We make 100% sure we do whatever is needed to fully understand how the business operates. Although we work in a professional manner, we connect on an emotional level.
Why Choose Advantage Business?
It’s The People.
Care for our clients comes from a genuine empathy with their situation. We have been there before and experienced what they are going through.
These Are The Results To Expect From Us.
Highly Qualified Advisers Across All Sectors
Advantage Business adds significant value to its clients. Our strong emphasis on growth, efficiency and sustainability drives this. We understand that running a business isn’t easy. That’s because many of our Business Advisors have owned businesses themselves.
Firstly, we work alongside you to identify opportunities for improvement and growth. Then we assist you to transform your ideas into business propositions. Preparing a roadmap to take you from strategic intent to a realisable action plan. Most importantly, we support you to transform your vision into a commercial reality.
Your initial no-obligation meeting with one of our advisors is absolutely FREE, think of it as a Business Health Check.
Don't Just Take Our Word For It
Through the business mentoring system Advantage provided, we developed a management focus filtering through to the up-grading of all systems including accounting. We have been able to focus significantly on internal and external growth.Daniel Williams & Stephen Hogg
With Advantage's assistance over a two year period we did a total management restructure. The company now runs much smoother with a major turn-around in production issues showing a positive effect on the bottom line.Peter Medforth
Through Advantage we have increased our turnover by 30% and profit to a greater degree than we could have hoped for. We now know the value of working on the business as well as working in it.Josephine Smith