Co-operative Business Development
With expert, practical knowledge, we can help co-operative businesses. Our services currently cover the following areas:
Business growth
- Full diagnostic business review for growth-minded co-operatives. The review will help create a development plan that fits with the strategic needs of the co-operative.
- Financial health checks to review the current financial position of the business, and helping identify future financial issues.
Business management
- Advising and supporting co-op members and managers on how to best structure, plan and manage their business, dealing with a variety of management, legal and operational issues.
- Training in how to involve members in the management of a co-op, looking at the systems and processes that give the co-op strategic direction and make it effective and accountable.
Market research
- Carrying out market research for new business opportunities for co-operatives .
Finance
- Helping to identify established and potential new funds for co-operative business.
Generating business opportunities
- Helping to link up co-ops to encourage inter-trading within Scotland.
- Carrying out market research into potential trading links with other co-ops outside Scotland, including overseas.
- Undertaking market research to identify new business opportunities for co-ops in energy, health, social care and other sectors.
Please contact us straightaway to see how we could help you.