Description and examples

Provision of objective advice relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of an organisation. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.

• Business case development;
• Business consultancy;
• Business continuity and/or disaster recovery planning;
• Business policy strategy and/or appraisal;
• Business processes;
• Change management;
• Development and/or review of policy;
• Digital, technology and cyber;
• Forecasting and/or planning;
• Operational planning and/or improvement;

• Organisational review;
• Programme & project management;
• Risk, compliance and/or opportunity management;
• Value for money reviews;
• Business Structure;
• Business process re-engineering;
• Policy development and/or implementation;
• Social Value;
• Strategic advice.

Description and examples

Provision of objective strategic and operational financial advice. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery

• Actuarial services;
• Asset management including valuation, sales and disposals;
• Business analysis;
• Capital fundraising, derivatives and hedging;
• Cash management;
• Corporate restructuring and flotation;
• Cost benefit reviews, studies, analysis and evaluation;
• Debt restructuring, management and insolvency;
• Developing and assessing project proposals;
• Financial due diligence;
• Economic analysis;
• Financial accounting and/or reporting;

• Financial performance review and viability studies;
• Financing public infrastructure projects and negotiations;
• Forecasting and budgeting;
• Foreign exchange;
• Investment, financial advice and market services;
• Mergers, acquisitions and divestment;
• Payment structure advice and risk;
• Pensions services;
• Policy impact assessments;
• Regulation and statutory requirements and/or reporting;
• Risk management;
• Tax including value added tax (VAT).

Description and examples

Provision of objective advice relating to strategy, structure, finance, management or operations on an international basis. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery. • Supply of international business services such as:

• Employment management
• Office management
• Student recruitment
• Marketing
• General administration

This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.

Description and examples

Prestart, start-up, early-stage and later stage business advice for business founded by University students and graduates including:

• Growth and scale
• Stimulating and supporting innovation
• Knowledge of business tools and methodologies e.g. lean methodology, design thinking and design sprints
• Internationalisation and trading globally
• Import and export
• Legal / IP
• Leadership and management including of individuals and teams (founders and employees)

• Human Resources
• Marketing including digital marketing
• Finance and business planning
• Social entrepreneurship
• Sales
• Technology including Deeptech and UX service design
• Freelancing