Grow your business? Simple. Grow a second head - two are always better than one.

Business is often a question of resource, people, capital, balance and books. Is there ever time to sit back, take stock and look constructively at our sales and marketing process? The answer is invariably, no.

So, we do this year what we did last year (and the year before!) and hope that if we do it often enough some of it will stick.  

A philosophy for change is a sound premise for business development, but change needs to be structured and measured. Middleton Murray is a company that adopted (and still uses) some of intime PROFIT’s business practices and approaches to development and growth.

“During the time I have had business dealings with intime PROFIT, I have always been impressed by the calm and considered approach and the results achieved. Having seen the material used at Intime PROFIT, and having used some of it to great effect in my own business, I can wholeheartedly endorse the Intime PROFIT concept as excellent means to improve any business.”

Angela Middleton,

Managing Director

Middleton Murray

  

With unemployment currently at 2.7 million, their business is part of a hot political and business potato. One aspect of Middleton Murray’s work literally creates employment opportunities through training and ‘Back to Work’ solutions.

Every month 30 unemployed 16 to 19 year olds in North London and another 30 in the South East are taken through Job Centre Plus advertising into a four week training programme. Middleton Murray’s innovation is music to the Government’s ears and funding is just part of a greater social reward they receive for orchestrating such outstanding hope from recessionary adversity.

The training is classroom based and covers an intensive programme of workplace skills as well as social grooming in self motivation and work ethics. Such learning and preparation is crucial for these youngsters, many of whom feel the world has forgotten them and have lost ambition and self esteem.  

The goal, and each candidate becomes increasingly confident and optimistic as they move towards that goal, is to guarantee each a job – an apprenticeship in business locally. At the end of the four weeks, Middleton Murray invite their corporate clients (employers) in and conduct a series of ‘speed interviews’. So far, everyone has been offered and taken a place.

Employers benefit because their enthusiastic fresh talent had been trained to meet local needs and all for the cost of an Apprentice wage. The young ‘former’ unemployed are given real chances through skill and opportunity. And Vince Cable gets to sleep at night.

The scheme was a natural development for Middleton Murray three or four years ago. As a progressive recruitment business their emphasis has always been on training.

On the premise that you can’t fit a square plug into a round hole, training knocks the corners off, re-shaping the candidate to better fit the opportunities available. Right fit, right employer / employee relationship:

OK, so why does anybody need help when you have such a good company in a much-needed sector and at a time of pretty awful unemployment?

Well, as intime PROFIT helps clients understand, a good company is not always a good business.

intime PROFIT will never share with third parties what we have actually done for and with a client, other than what that client has written themselves (above), but we can tell you some of the general approaches.

As an advisory practice we guide owner / directors of small to medium sized businesses and partnerships towards increasing profits through time-managed, deliverable and accountable activity. Proven methodology and simple business science will help clients to:

·         cut costs

·         add value

·         and increase new business = profitable turnover.

By working with intime PROFIT you open your doors to fresh insight and your mind to fresh ideas. Through weekly meetings we help stimulate thoughts, actions and routines that enable you to reach out to your market, further and more efficiently.

Business practice will improve as disciplines are tightened. Your actions will return favourably to the revitalised efforts you put in.

For more information on any of the above, please call intime PROFIT on 08456 437 497 or e-mail info@intimeprofit.com  or visit www.intimeprofit.com/. 

Create an Apprenticeship: if you would like to become part of Middleton Murray’s pioneering work to get unemployed talent back into the workplace and enjoy the benefits of an enthusiastic new member of staff, then call Angela Middleton who founded the business on 07725 837 637. Make a difference soon.