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Defining a mission, vision and objective enables a business to explore, formulate and implement its strategy.</p> <p><strong>Customer Relationship Management</strong></p> <p>Customer satisfaction remains one of the ongoing challenges facing successful businesses, hence the emphasis on CRM programmes. Our clients will benefit from the following key components:</p> <ul> <li>Creating a clear customer experience strategy</li> <li>Hiring the right people with the right attitude</li> <li>Motivating and managing your people</li> <li>Delivering the service element</li> <li>Delivering the customer service ideal throughout the workforce from CEO to Sales Executive</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dispute Resolution</strong></p> <p>An ever more litigious society only highlights the importance of resolving disputes with staff, customers and suppliers within the workplace. An effective tool for any business is a good understanding of the mediation process and implementing a suitable scheme to minimise exposure.</p> <p><strong>Sales & Marketing</strong></p> <p>Every company faces relentless pressure to grow annual earnings. Our clients are given up to the minute marketing knowhow, but in order to capitalize on the full potential, the marketing function needs to be tightly integrated into the overall business strategy.</p> <p><strong>Project Management</strong></p> <ol> <li>Initiation</li> <li>Planning and Design</li> <li>Execution</li> <li>Monitoring and Control</li> <li>Completion</li> </ol> <p><strong>Contract Negotiation</strong></p> <p>Billions of pounds change hands each year as a result of commercial transactions. An inordinate level of risk, pressure and stress combine to make these negotiations the key part of a profit/loss equation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid_4"> <div class="wrap"> <h3>Primary Business Sectors</h3> <p><strong>Media & Communications</strong></p> <p>The recent growth of social media (including Facebook, Twitter, Blogs etc.) and huge technological changes, including the emerging digital world, have become a crucial component within many a business strategy.</p> <p><strong>Leisure & Hospitality</strong></p> <p>The Leisure and Hospitality industry sectors are highly sensitive to economic and competitive market conditions.</p> <p>Consumer expectations and general demand have continued to grow with the evolution of a global marketplace. 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