Consulting, Valuation
Research & Analysis
Education, Training
Communication, PR


"Not only people standing are left behind. Those running slower, too."

 
 
 
 
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Consulting, Valuation

In unique business situations you might face the problem of not having the required knowledge in house which is typical for SMEs. Though while for most of the owners and managers it is natural to hire an accountant, an IT service provider or supervisor, a marketing agency or a subcontractor, rarely do top managers think of asking financial professionals for advice before key strategic or financial decisions. Asking an outsider has another important advantage: privacy. You do not have to share your personal information with friends or family members to make someone listen or to get an advise of questionable quality. In special cases (restructuring, training) it is even an advantage when uncomfortable steps are proposed by an outsider.

            We can help you especially in the following fields:

        Business planning and controlling

        Crisis management, restructuring

        Developing financing and working capital policy

        Calculating the efficiency of investment projects

        Evaluating business options

        Business appraisal

        Uncovering, valuing, managing intellectual capital

        Value based management systems, integrating shareholder view

        Developing financial criteria for public procurements

 
Research & Analysis

Resolving some business problems need background materials the creation of which need special knowledge. Though this kind of special knowledge might only be need rarely at smaller entities, so it might be not economical to have special staff for it in house. On the top of all that these special situations usually require not only knowledge but also experience but the organisation just can not offer a possibility to acquire that. Shou8ld you still have both knowledge and experience it is very common that the special problem has to be resolved very quickly and in addition to the normal tasks of your personnel. This is way it is advisable to call for resources from outside.

            You can get the most of our cooperation if you have for us similar tasks to the following:

        Analysing your firm, your competitors or a market

        Building strategy

        Research in specialist literature, media research

        Cost-benefit analysis

        Elaborating the financials for a tender

        Complex multivariate statistical analysis

–   Analysing databases or questionnaires

 
Education, Training

You usually hire someone for your staff hoping that the person hold skills and knowledge that will benefit your institution. However quickly developing firms soon can face the problem that the knowledge inside the firm is not enough anymore to handle all the challenges that are emerging at the company. Efficiency is low, new customer needs can not be answered, processes are not quick enough – but resources for hiring new colleagues are very limited.  In these situations usually providing some training to the old staff is more economic than trying to integrate newcomers in an organisation in the middle of a crisis.

            Or educational portfolio covers three major fields. We offer courses on corporate finance, business valuation and managerial accounting from beginner to after MSc/MBA in Finance level. Our general course dedicated to those holding non-financial degrees or not working in the field is particularly popular. It gives a general overview on the functions of a firm, the link among business functions while presenting their role in the consumer and shareholder value creation.

            A special need is fulfilled by our courses on the popular spreadsheet editor. The entry level for these is the knowledge you can gain at courses with similar titles. We recommend these training to those who could only increase their knowledge until now on their own, asking for tips and tricks when looking at their colleagues working. The Programming Excel course is especially useful for those using spreadsheets on a daily basis and having to perform long, monotone tasks or use functions embedded in each other at multiple level to get the required results.

            Our communication trainings are aimed at professionals having a regular contact with journalists. We cover from release writing through press conference organising to PR-article writing each and every vital field. You can get used to interviews in real-life-like conditions and get information on your rights associated with the article or program prepared. Or presentation training is developed for people having to present their ideas in front of smaller or bigger groups regularly. You can learn not only how to structure your presentation, the right way of formatting your slides but also how to handle conflicts during the presentation.

            We use always tailor-made material aligning in covered fields, details and timetable to your needs. We also provide one-to-one training which is especially popular among busy top managers willing to enhance their knowledge. Most of our courses are available in Hungarian and in English too.

            Our most popular courses/trainings are:

        Basics of finance and accounting

        Value based management, business economics

        Business valuation

        Valuing and managing intellectual capital

        Preparatory course for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam

        MS Excel for advanced users

        Programming MS Excel (user defined functions and macros)

        Communication training (press contact, appearing in the media)

        Presentation training

 
Communication, PR

Most SMEs’ first experience with the press is far from being comfortable. The releases written with hard work do not appear in the next day’s papers, at the long prepared conferences only few journalists show up, and none of them publishes anything, of if so, with a huge number of vital errors in it. The journals only publish the bad news on the company, the advertisements have nearly no effect at all.  Because of all these often there is only a very lax connection to the journalist and even that only from necessity. Although the press could be of a great help. All firms should experience this on their own but the first steps as far more easy and happy if getting support from experts.

            For writing 5-10 press releases a year there is no need to hire a professional press officer while communication agencies are usually willing to organise big events only. If you feel like your firm already needs an active press contact, but you do not know how to start; if you already know who will do the job but have no idea what that exactly should be and how to do it right, look for us. We do not only help to choose the correct tools and determine the right timetable but also keep your aims at realistic level to provide you with true cost-benefit analysis.

            Contact us, if you need one of the following:

        Writing articles, research papers, analysis’s

        Preparing or proofreading presentations

        Editing, proofreading articles, books, publications

        Optimising the structure and content of websites

        Preparing press releases, PR-articles, yearbooks

        Advising, education and training on communication

        Coaching for interviews and press conferences

–   Moderating conferences