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We can provide support for a specific project or provide your company or organisation with access to a range of expertise and skills where the level or amount of support does not justify the long term commitment to a full time appointment.

Establish a presence in the UK

Our team has established and run multimillion pound operations from scratch in various countries. The UK has been for many years one of the leading regions for inward investment in the world, and we can help you with all aspects of establishing a presence here. Typical activities we could handle for you include:

• researching the market
• establishing a UK base
• building a UK customer base
• meeting the right banks, lawyers, professional bodies and government agencies
• arranging translation and rewriting of your manuals and other documents
• developing the business through PR, marketing and exhibitions
• networking with the UK market

Business plans

As noted in our Funding Services section, we can help with the writing, editing, proofreading and/or critiquing of Business Plans, whether they are to be used for solicitation of funds or other purposes. Our consultants' expertise and experience in assisting with business plans for a full range of audiences enables them to pre-empt what your reader will want to extract from your proposition. As a guideline to the information that we look for, the following generic headings will typically be adapted to feature in your plan:

• executive summary
• the business
• management, organisation and personnel
• operational details
• the market
• competition
• marketing
• financial requirements

Capital procurement & disposal

We have taken charge of the procurement and disposal of buildings, equipment and processes for manufacturing, research and associated facilities. Projects have involved complex processes, procurement of a variety of specialist plant and equipment and the creation of many new facilities including warehousing, production, laboratory, and office buildings.

Feasibility studies

We can undertake feasibility studies for your new ideas or products, including market research, demand analysis, competition analysis, site evaluations, facility reviews, concept development assistance, management and operating systems reviews, equipment cost estimates, financial projections..........

UK representation

With its contacts throughout UK industry and academia, as well as in the heart of the UK Government, Mackintosh Consultants is well placed to assist overseas companies that wish to exploit the UK market. Activities include introductions, presentations, demonstrations, negotiations, procurement, administration, marketing and sales support.

Due diligence

Mackintosh Consultants has provided due diligence reports in instances of corporate restructuring, finance applications, project appraisals, litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings and other situations. Our due diligence reports can encompass consideration of numerous aspects, such as:

• key personnel human resources
• ownership of assets & intangibles
• intellectual property
• environmental issues
• debtor recoverability and sales profiles
• creditor and supplier profiles
• working capital requirements
• reality check of projections
• technical and manufacturing capabilities

Event organising

Mackintosh Consultants has considerable experience in the organisation of both informal and formal conferences and meetings with numerous companies, government departments, agencies and the European Commission.

All activities from concept stage to conference launch – including venue selection, delegate identification, online and traditional marketing, registration, conference branding and on-site management – can be undertaken.

Project management

Perhaps you have been awarded a contract but you need somebody to project manage it for you? We can undertake this task. We have extensive experience in end-to-end management of multi-million pound projects, especially with the European Commission and UK Government.

Design, typesetting and page make-up

Our advanced and sophisticated software enables us to design and typeset any form of publication, from a simple leaflet to complex, fully illustrated books running to several hundred pages.

Clients feed us with the various components of their intended publication (text, photos, sketches, tables, etc.) and we produce fully made-up pages. We can create designs to clients' specifications or match the designs of existing titles.

Proofreading & editing

We can undertake to edit or proofread at any level from checking for basic errors of grammar and spelling to working with an exacting house style or rewriting text by non-native English speakers.

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