Datchworths can assist business
Datchworths team can assist businesses whatever their size (micro to multinational) or stage of development (start up to mature). Our services are designed to be flexible and tailored to meet the needs of the business:
Consultancy
Our experienced team are available to advise and assist management teams as independent consultants, experts in a variety of disciplines and able to take a broader view as required.
Executive support
Datchworths partners are available to mentor management teams or provide leadership as required, including shadowing of key management or provision of non executive directors / chairmen.
Interim Management
Datchworths are available to provide interim management both as a team capable of managing a complete business or to cover specific management functions.
Restructuring
Required infrequently, few companies have the experience and knowledge in-house to successfully re-structure their own businesses without additional support. Datchworths can help.
Finance / Investment / Acquisition / Mergers / Disposals
Datchworths can help access finance and risk capital. We can also assist with all aspects of acquisitions, mergers and disposals.
How Datchworths helped us
"When our MD and owner was suddenly taken ill, a call to Datchworths resulted in a partner on site same day. They undertook a quick business health check and identified any immediate issues that needed attention to keep the business running smoothly.
Establishing clear guidelines for staff, a Datchworths partner assumed day to day control under a 'care & maintenance' brief covering all aspects of business from sales through production to finance and cash flow.
After 3 months when the MD returned, Datchworths handed back control – the company was in good shape and ready to progress.
Datchworths prevented the illness of a key player from becoming a very serious commercial problem. In the event, when the MD returned, the company was able to continue its development and has gone from strength to strength..."
"When a major OEM customer sought to impose its own international terms of business on our supplies to them this posed a serious threat to the ongoing contract. Quite simply the OEM's terms were not appropriate to our type of supply so would be impossible for us to accept. The problem was that this sort of issue was outside our experience and was not simply an issue we could throw to our lawyers - we needed a way forward, not a legal dispute.
Datchworths helped us assess the commercial implications of the OEM's terms and to determine our response. Datchworths liaised directly with the customer to establish some areas for negotiation and then led our face to face discussions.
The result was a contract both parties accept and that reflects the reality of our supply arrangements. As a consequence we are now doing more business with a major customer - one that we could easily have lost"
"As an engineering firm we tend to focus on the mechanical aspects of production but these days you need to have clear policies for staff as well, but where to start?
Datchworths helped us develop a new contract of employment but perhaps even more importantly helped us develop our staff handbook, while this helps to explain the rules it also ensures that staff and management have a clear understanding of what is expected and reasonable."
<< Back"Datchworths always provide us with sound advice. While they have high level professional skills, the key thing is that they are business people with real experience
When you talk to them, they understand the big picture and can provide practical advice and assistance across an amazing range of topics. It is this breadth of understanding that makes their help so valuable as with so many 'advisers' the advice is one dimensional - with Datchworths you can have confidence that they not only understand but have experience to draw on"