Services

 1.   Engaging Businesses

 We promote and encourage ways that target groups can network, mainstream their services and collaborate with other main stream companies. Local businesses themselves possess solutions to overcoming many of the barriers to business development in disadvantaged areas. Local business forums and traders associations can take practical steps to promote collaboration and, with public agencies, tackle problems, e.g. with crime, corruption and skills supply. Many large companies support economic and social initiatives in areas where they operate, e.g., providing mentors and trading opportunities for small companies and promoting employee volunteering. We extend such activities into new frontiers.

2.   Local Strategies

We link up and support international and local bodies in co-ordinating their activities to promote skills, enterprise and business development in the area, and make sure that services reach wider communities.

 

3.   Improving Quality of Service

We run seminars to ensure that investors, target groups and partner agencies understand the needs of different types of businesses in the area.

• Promote and publicise the support services available to them
• Work to ensure that referral services are of high quality, no matter where our clients enter these other ‘business support system’
• Mentor target group to achieve quality marks
• Provide complimentary services packaged to ensure that a whole service is available – so that, e.g., businesses needing finance have also access to advice and training to help them maximise the return on the money and reduce the risk for the lender.

 

4.   Investment Retention

We promote close links between local employers, communities and local partner agencies in order to ensure that skills and entrepreneurship are retained in the area.

We draw ‘Project Management Committee’ from amongst its beneficiaries. Their functions will include to:

• To inform and influence the contents and delivery of the project
• Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of project
• Control, support finance and contract management
• Serve as Technical Advisory Committee

5.   Monitoring and Evaluation

Following the completion of each training session, all participants will be asked to complete a short seminar evaluation questionnaire.   This will usually cover various aspects of the activities including:

• Finance
• Management Systems
• Workers and resources
• Outputs and outcomes
• Research and Training needs
• Overall assessment

6.   Innovative Approaches

Furthermore, we use innovative delivery approaches such as:

• Using culturally appropriate tools to deliver management consultancies.
• Creating new markets, new networks, mainstream African products and services, internal control processes, movement, support group, information sharing/giving
• One to one sessions that have proved successful in delivering culturally appropriate and gender specific capacity building interventions.
• Modifications to existing products and services and the introduction of changes in work ethics, attitudes and methods.
• Introducing skills and processes that create effective change that will provide competitive edge from increased efficiency of working and marketing techniques.
• Maintain appropriate financial discipline and rigor

Our Delivery Process

Our delivery structured are thus:

1. Aims and objectives
2. Methodology
3. Timescale and costs

Our methodology for undertaking assignments is outlined in details. We describe some of the key management interventions below in order to provide a flavour:

1.   Organisation Management Health-check

This is a tool sometimes used as a “pre-business planning exercise” which provides a brief overview of the current operations of a client organisation, which is ideal to be built upon in the group’s organizations development.

 

2.  Mentoring and Consultancy consisting of

• Initial diagnosis exercise (including self assessment form completed individually)
• Agreement of priority areas and work programme
• Deliver of work agreed programme focused on building lasting capacity by developing business skills
• Review and evaluation

3.   Business Evaluations

Our approach to business evaluation is robust supported by competent pool of professionals. Some members of our team are accredited Consultants with recognised world bodies such as the World Bank, DTI, Chambers of Commerce, Institute of Directors etc. for the purpose of conducting evaluation of businesses and projects.

4.   Grant Applications

RC provides direct fund raising services and advice for applications to major fund providers including the European Fund, AFB, Community Fund, ERDF, GOL, Corporation of London, other Statutory bodies, Charitable Trusts and Commercial Organisations.

5. Information Technology Programmes

We have strong links with top IT firm for the delivery and out sourcing of specialised IT solutions. In house we have Microsoft Office range, Internet, Internet e-mail systems, financial package software, desktop publishing programmes that can be customised and run in-house or at an external venue.

6. Feasibility Studies

We undertake feasibility studies for client organisation or as commissioned. This may involve the development of organisational business plans for new ventures or for managing change.

7. Statutory and International Registration/Company Status

Facilitation of the registration process to worlds accreditation bodies.

8. Business Advice and Network

Including development of Business Plans, Networks and assisting in their establishment, marketing & development

9. Leadership Training

In delivering a programme, we look at elements of successful leadership, provide clear guidance on roles and responsibilities in society and in business. We will also give understanding of company law and why individuals/organizations choose to become companies and sole traders etc and charitable organisations and duties.

 

 

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