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January 24, 2005

If You're A Small Business Owner Here’s Why You Should Vet Small Business Consultants Before Hiring Them or Else You Could Find Your Fingers Being Bitten Off

It’s easy for anyone to call themselves consultant because the term could mean almost anything, from “pig breeding consultant” to management consultant. If fact a consultant does not have to be qualified by having passed recognised examinations set by a recognised or approved body. For this reason if you want good advice from someone calling themselves consultant it’s vital to check his / her credentials.

Many small business owners have had to pay the price of engaging consultants who simply lacked the skills to deliver what they boasted. In some cases consultant were dishonest to the point of stealing funds that were given as grant to small businesses.

Take Donal Kelly, the managing director of Donegal-based Seamless Aluminum by not vetting consultants his business has suffered. He’s had consultants advising him on tax and grants but they did not vet them and on one occasion, a consultant drew grant money awarded to his firm but never passed it on.

According to latest DTI statements, The DTI said that the number of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK has grown by 300,000 in the past seven years and employment in small business has increased by 600,000.

The UK is leading Europe in its level of entrepreneurial activity, with women at the forefront of a national surge to start-up business on their own.

Rates for the self-employed have rocketed in Britain over a three year-period, with those wanting to start-up a company rising from 7.9 per cent in 2002 to 9.5 in 2004.

See freelance UK

With this surge in creation of small businesses many small business entrepreneurs, will be looking for business ideas and advice. Hiring consultants from the top consultancies, like KPMG is cost prohibitive for 99% of small businesses. As a small business owner you’re well advised to hire proven business advisor's with a track record of delivery back up by guarantee of delivery.

See Sunday Times small business advice article.

At Small Business Resource I recognised this many years ago that’s why we guarantee to deliver what we promise.

David
Small Business Resource

Posted by David at January 24, 2005 10:20 PM

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