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Business Advisory

We can help with:

  • Business Expansion & Rapid Growth Plans
  • Funding Solutions
  • Financial Planning
  • Data Analytics
  • Succession Planning
  • Grant Funding & Foreign Investment Support
  • Turnaround Management
  • Public Sector Consulting

Preparing clients for rapid business growth

Our business advisory services support business owners at every stage of the business cycle.

Whether you want to improve performance, expand your business or require support when raising finance, our advisory team will work closely with you to ensure that you achieve your goals.

When considering an investment in N.Ireland we were fortunate to work with FPM right from the start.

Their guidance & support was invaluable, and in many cases, their intimate knowledge of the process and stakeholders, accelerated our engagement and helped us hit the ground running.

We are now fully operational in Belfast with 50 staff.  We relied heavily on FPM for all fundamentals of setup, registration, and Invest NI engagement.

As we ramp up operations, we continue to lean heavily on FPM – they work closely with our tax and legal teams in the US to make sure all Belfast-based operations are in compliance with local regulations. The team also look after day-to-day essentials, such as, VAT, payroll and benefits support.

On the success of our engagement with FPM, we recommended them to our sister company, who is also now up and running in Belfast with INI support and significant expansion plans.

Gavan M. Corr – Manager Partner, Qarik Group

Led by FPM Partner Michelle Hawkins, our experienced business advisors provide you with one point of contact and work closely with you to create a long lasting and effective relationship.

We’ll quickly build an understanding of your business, develop tailored solutions that will add value, and identify opportunities for efficiencies and growth—all with the aim of meeting your strategic goals.

If required, we can enlist the expertise of our specialist teams across the business to deliver solutions for issues affecting you and your company. Our advisers have the knowledge, insight and experience to provide the support you and your business needs.


Business Advisory Services

Our business advisory services include:


BUSINESS EXPANSION & RAPID GROWTH PLANS

Our advisory team works closely with fast-growing businesses across the Island of Ireland. We help business owners to develop and implement solutions tailored to their unique requirements. Our services include:

  • Developing and implementing growth strategies
  • Measuring and monitoring progress against strategic goals
  • Identifying opportunities for efficiencies
  • Supporting financial reporting and accounting needs
  • Formalising the management structure
  • Comprehensive corporate finance services
  • Tax planning and support services.

BANKING REVIEW & FUNDING SOLUTIONS

It is recognised that the banking world has and is continuing to change dramatically with increased regulations imposed on the financial institutions which is affecting their appetite to lend to certain sectors and unwillingness to maintain non-compliant accounts. This will have a major impact on our business community and FPM are taking a pro-active approach to review and manage your banking relationship and look for alternative options where appropriate.

Traditionally, business owners turned to their bank when seeking to raise finance. However, today there are many other potential funding solutions to consider. From sales credit insurance, leasing, asset-backed finance, debt factoring and invoice discounting to effective tax and VAT planning.

Our business advisory team will help you identify the best solutions for your individual circumstances and, if appropriate, will negotiate with lenders on your behalf. Our services include:

  • Reviewing current funding structure and covenants attributed to each
  • Assessing the appropriateness of your existing loans and assessing future funding requirements
  • Identifying funding options
  • Preparing financial information and forecasts to support funding applications
  • Guidance and support during the application process.

FINANCIAL PLANNING

Our Group colleagues at AAB Wealth deliver financial planning and wealth management strategies aimed at helping business owners protect and grow their personal and business assets. Financial planning services include:

  • Pension planning
  • Personal insurance protection
  • Estate and inheritance tax planning
  • Investment planning
  • Planning through the use of trusts
  • Retirement planning
  • Corporate and personal tax planning

DATA ANALYTICS

With more data than ever before available to business owners, understanding how to analyse information in a way that adds value to your business is crucial.

Our advisory team uses powerful data analytics tools to help you:

  • Control costs
  • Monitor performance
  • Improve efficiency
  • Identify opportunities
  • Detect fraud
  • Analyse risk
  • Improve decision making

SUCCESSION PLANNING

Succession planning is a process that requires time and careful thought. It doesn’t necessarily mean planning to pass the business to the next generation — it can involve selling the business or identifying talented individuals within the organisation and developing them for a future leadership role. Our business advisory team will help you clarify your objectives so that you can begin to develop a plan. A well thought-out and effectively executed succession plan will maximise the future benefits for your family, your business and yourself. Our succession planning services include:

  • Business valuation
  • Strategic advice
  • Financial planning and tax advice
  • Negotiation and mediation

GRANT FUNDING & FOREIGN INVESTMENT SUPPORT

Grants and other funding sources are extremely important for growing businesses. Various publicly-funded grants are available. However, navigating your way through these programmes can be time-consuming and confusing. Our Business Advisory team will help identify the funding sources best suited to your business and provide advice on your funding application. We have an excellent network of contacts internationally across the AAB Group and can provide comprehensive services and support for businesses seeking foreign investment.


TURNAROUND MANAGEMENT

Our corporate restructuring and recovery advisors provide financial and operational turnaround management solutions.  Our primary focus is to stabilise your business and identify workable strategies to enable you to return to growth. Whether through restructuring, performance management and monitoring, strategic advice, refinancing or other turnaround management solutions, our business advisors will work with your creditors, debtors, lenders and shareholders to preserve value and enable your business to emerge stronger from periods of distress.


PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTING

As one of the largest consulting firms on the Island of Ireland, FPM is a natural choice for public sector organisations tendering for services. We have a strong track record working with Government departments, state agencies, local councils and various publicly funded organisations. Our business advisory team provides a broad range of support including internal audit, economic and financial appraisals, value-for-money studies, project and programme evaluations and grant application assistance. We also advise companies applying for funding to public sector organisations such as Invest NI and Enterprise Ireland.

NEED MORE HELP, ASK THE EXPERT...

Michelle Hawkins/ Partner

m.hawkins@fpmaab.com