Mike worked his magic on a failing company and transformed it into a profitable, reputable organisation…
Mike is a straight talking, tenacious and energetic professional who is able to quickly assimilate wide ranging issues and problems and produce a series of incredibly effective solutions to overcome what seem insurmountable obstacles at first sight. When a company is facing a turbulent time, it needs the right people around to manage the situation and Mike is certainly the right person to engage at such times.
Mike managed the Group activities after huge losses on a large construction contract and despite a large cash hole managed to build up the other operating activities to gradually eliminate the funding requirement. This initially entailed delicate negotiations with the bank and suppliers, aggressive cash management and the production of a credible plan which demonstrated the effects of a series of turnaround measures. This also included careful management of staff, as well as implementing a redundancy programme, ensuring a viable long term future for Scotts.
In essence, Mike over delivered on the promised improvements in the three operating companies and the Group has gone on and prospered in a way that has delighted all involved.
In summary, Mike is an incredibly hardworking and committed individual who offers high energy and high integrity while still managing to combine it with a sense of fun. Mike is a true asset to any organisation and always exceeds expectations.
Mike was instrumental in the successful transition from significant monthly loss to healthy, sustainable profit…
When Mike comes in to your business prepare yourself for some rapid and invaluable change. I was within weeks of disaster after the 2008 credit crunch halved the company turnover. Mike came in and helped me to quickly turn around every aspect of the business – strategy, sales, marketing, personnel, finance and operations and not only helped me save the day but laid the foundations for immediate profitable growth. The new “green” strategic direction has allowed me to increase turnover 10 fold over the last three years and secure investment from two of TV’s Dragon’s Den investors to help me make Ploughcroft the leading company in the UK in the green energy sector.
I have worked closely with Mike on two cases. One was distressed, and one was going through a period of rapid growth
Mike develops an extremely good knowledge of a business very quickly and is therefore able to identify the areas that are causing problems, and drive the necessary changes to correct these problems.
Mike is particularly good at getting people on board with the change that needs to take place.
Mike is highly motivated, dynamic and hard working. He is inspirational and I very much enjoyed working with him and learning from him.
I would strongly recommend Mike for SME businesses that are facing challenges (negative and positive) and require material change operationally, financial and strategic.
I would have no hesitation recommending Mike to anyone as through his pool of knowledge you could find him invaluable to your business…
Due to the down turn in business in 2008 and the lack of profitable trading in 2 of the group companies it became inevitable that we would have to restructure the core business.
With this in mind i engaged the services of Mike.This decision to bring Mike in was essential to gave me the ability to quickly and objectively review complex situations and simplify the apparently unintelligible in to a clear series of improvement actions and thereafter carry them out. The result is that the reorganised and restructured trading company is now achieving record profits and the Group as a whole is rapidly building a cash surplus for reinvestment. One of the best decisions I have ever made was to have Mike involved in my business.
Mike has helped focused our business and managed us through a very difficult time, looking and planning forwards with a finacial strategy enabled us to avert what could have been a potentially unmanageable situation!
Mike has an uncanny knack of identifying how unprofitable businesses can be made profitable and thereby producing money making opportunities for owners and other stakeholders.