SERVICES OVERVIEW
Director Helpline helps company directors and owner-managers to successfully manage and resolve problematic commercial, financial and legal issues in their business and personal financial affairs.
We are a resource for non-recurring and extra-ordinary needs.
We will assist you by:
- Meeting extra-ordinary business needs
- Acting as a sounding board for new ideas
- Building confidence in your own abilities
- Devising and implementing strategies
- Avoiding or mitigating negative consequences
- Establishing and building a positive future
We enjoy challenges; we are creative in approach; we secure positive outcomes.
We are proud to have participated in saving many businesses, livelihoods, homes and marriages!
Working together we can greatly improve your situation.
Our approach
All our services are supervised personally by John Ram.
We deliver a service which is geared to helping you get on - we respond promptly, our advice is focussed and clear. All recommendations are bespoke - tailored to your circumstances.
We do not undertake compliance work – that is for your in-house staff, your accountants, solicitors and other professionals.
We use the client’s own resources wherever possible in order to minimise costs.
We could recommend other qualified professionals as necessary and monitor their performance.
Our fees
Our clients are cost conscious and do not have money to waste.
Fees are agreed in advance and the payment terms are tailored as necessary to assist.
Our charging rates are moderate and we deliver an effective service at reasonable cost.
The financial benefits which flow from our creative approach always rationalise our fees.
References
We can arrange for you to speak to satisfied clients who will provide excellent references.
Current assignments
These include the following:
- Formulating business and management structure for off-shore and on-shore operations of a very successful businessman; advising and helping to progress plans to full implementation. There are plans for acquisition of a bank and the setting up of a charitable foundation.
- Waiting to launch own business venture which is structured to channel all its profits into a charitable foundation for “creating balanced communities” through education and other humanitarian initiatives. This project will have national and global reach.
- Advising the principal of a design consultancy as to re-structuring necessary to obtain more efficient operations and cost reductions. Work includes investigations, interviews, developing ideas with the principal and senior staff and helping implement changes.
- Formulating a plan and managing the planning team to obtain outline planning consent for a property in order to maximise its realisable value, for a long standing client who has recently been widowed.
- Arranging re-financing of a client’s interest in a Central London commercial property joint venture.
- Advising the Directors of a private members club in London as to re-structuring necessary to return to profitability; upgrading accounting systems and monitoring progress.
DO ANY OF THESE APPLY TO YOU?
- You feel your business is a noose
- A problem arises that you have not seen before
- You are too busy running your business to deal with extra-ordinary issues
- You are struggling to develop the potential of your business
- You need help to exploit an opportunity
- You need to structure your operations for financial efficiency
- You need to take action to protect your assets
- You need to devise a financially efficient structure for offshore trading
- Your offshore costs are mounting and you do not know who to trust
- You need to make arrangements for business continuity/succession
- You cannot pursue a claim for lack of money and/or expertise
- You would like to retire but do not know how to get out
- H M Revenue & Customs are investigating your business
- You have a dispute and do not know which way to turn
- The DTI are investigating your business activities
- You feel you must liquidate or do an arrangement with creditors
- The arrangement with creditors is not working
- You have received notice of disqualification proceedings
- You fear business and professional failure
- You are called upon to settle a personal guarantee
- You fear personal bankruptcy and need to consider the implications
- You fear losing your home
- Or ……… you simply cannot see the way forward
If any of these apply, you need enlightened and impartial advice. Talk to John Ram.