Free guide · 24 pages
Levers for Growth
A practical guide for UK SME owners: where growth really comes from, how to fund it, and what has to be in place so it turns into profit and cash.
- · What a 1% move in price is worth, compared with 1% more volume
- · How fast your business can grow from its own cash
- · A 24-point scorecard and a 90-day plan to act on
What's inside
About 30 minutes to read. Every section ends with "do this next", so you finish with decisions, not just ideas.
The drivers of growth
The four routes to growth (organic, acquisitions, new products, marketing), when each one fits, and the seven levers that decide whether growth turns into profit.
Funding your growth
How much cash your growth will eat, your self-funded speed limit, which funding fits which route, and what lenders and investors check first.
Building the engine
People, Strategy, Execution and Cash: removing the owner bottleneck, a simple operating rhythm, and the 24-point growth scorecard.
What separates the winners
Eight habits of profitable growers, ten plays to start with, and a 90-day plan you can fill in.
A look inside
Worked examples use a fictional business, Brightwater Fabrications Ltd. The figures are illustrative, not client results.
Use it alongside the free tools
Three parts of the guide work online with your own numbers.
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