Advisers for owner-run businesses
Marlow Street Advisers (sample) has worked with shops, trades and cafes in Springfield since 2012, from one office on Marlow Street.
Small firms, plain numbers
Four advisers, about sixty clients a year, most of them with fewer than twenty staff (sample). Each of us ran or managed a small business before advising one, so we know what a Tuesday looks like when the oven breaks and payroll is due.
The rules we work by
Written down, so you can hold us to them.
The plan belongs to you
Every forecast, price list and plan we make is yours to keep, whatever happens next.
Fees before work
You know the fee before we start, and it does not change unless the work does.
No commissions
We take no money from banks, lenders, suppliers or software firms we might mention (sample terms).
No promised results
We help you decide and carry out the work. We never promise growth, savings or profit.
Advisers
One adviser stays with your business from the first meeting to the last week of the plan.
Helen Marlow
Founder, retail and wholesale (sample)
Sam Okafor
Trades and contractors (sample)
Lucia Ferrante
Cafes, food and hospitality (sample)
Ben Achterberg
Bookkeeping and systems (sample)
Start with a free first meeting
Forty-five minutes at our office or at your business. Bring last year’s accounts and a recent bank statement, and you leave knowing whether we can help and where we would start.