Development

noun: the act of improving by expanding, enlarging or refining.

What somebody else might do with your business is completely irrelevant to us, what you want to achieve with your business is all that matters.

Your goals, ambitions, objectives, are just that: yours. They matter to you. They’re specific to your unique business, and they reflect your unique perspective and personality. Our role is simply to help you achieve them, as quickly as possible.

Maybe you want to expand your workforce. Find new markets. Cut absences. Develop a new product. Help your sales force work more efficiently. Triple your turnover. Launch a new product. Develop a mission statement. Retire to France. Make the most of meetings. Improve your management skills. Work part-time… the list is endless. Simply put, whatever your objectives Next Level can help you achieve them, and quicker than you thought possible.

Our overriding ethos is that there is no 'one size fits all' solution to business development. There are however, globally accepted commercial principles that could and should apply to every business:but the detailed application of those principles needs to be tailored to suit the individual characteristics of a business and the specific objectives of its owners. And that's what we do.

Our previous experience is varied and covers businesses of all sizes from small start-ups to global plc’s but our service is designed specifically for owner managed SMEs.

Our approach is:

modular: you choose the area(s) that you want to focus on

bespoke: our service is tailor-made, no off-the-shelf solutions

personal: what matters to you is all that matters to us

Modular

You can cherry-pick from the nine high-quality business development modules that we offer. That way, with the help of our expertise and experience, you can focus your efforts on the area(s) that are the most important to you.

Bespoke

We know from extensive commercial experience, and from working with hundreds of clients, that the key to ongoing SME business development is to liaise closely with individuals to identify what works for them.

Personal

We thoroughly enjoy what we do. We value the personal relationships we develop with our clients and gain great satisfaction from facilitating their achievements. When you work with Next Level we will get to know you, your business and your ambitions extremely well.

If you are an SME business owner and would like to talk to us about taking your business to the Next Level then please Contact Us

The 90-day marketing plan we developed with Next Level is fantastic. In the first month alone it brought us 3 new clients without any extra expenditure on marketing.

Andrea Jones, Managing Director of Jomu

Hiring Ian as our business coach was the best thing we have ever done. He has assisted us in the transition from busy technicians to a much more fulfilling role in our business.

Lesley Watson, Managing Partner at Springwood Nursery

90-day planning with Next Level has revolutionised the development of our business. Our goals are grander and we are achieving them quicker than I thought possible .

Ian Kirk, Managing Director of Opportunity Marketing

The work on DiSC has been amazing. We all have a far clearer understanding of how we need to communicate for mutual benefit both internally and externally.

Richard Atkinson, Sales Director at Adcos

There is now a defined "system" in place for every aspect of our business and the service we provide and we have implemented a completely new performance management system.

Sarah Hanlon, Managing Partner at Springwood Nursery

We now have positional contacts for every role, clear rules of the game and published KPI's for all departments. Efficiency has improved and subsequently so have sales.

Paul Dixon, Managing Director of AutoDrain

Through processing and systemising everything that we do, we have gained control over our business and can now make effective decisions on a daily basis.

Julie Tumilty, Director at FeatureMedia

Perhaps; mentor, advisor, motivator, sounding board, confidence builder, believer and listener goes some way towards describing what Ian adds to my business

Kate Eady, Managing Director of Space Creative

Working with Next Level has enabled me to free up a whole day each week to dedicate to the long term projects that I need to focus on.

Julian Field, Managing Director of Furniture 123

We have a clearly defined sales process in place and whilst working with Next Level turnover has increased by over �1 million, with no extra sales people.

Christian Cain, Managing Director of Inline Health & Beauty

We have systems in place for every area of the business from admin through to specialist manufacturing. This allowed us to increase sales by 33% last year with no extra staff.

Gareth Hart, Director at Advanced Polymerics

Ian, although hard on us, has made us look long and hard at our business - helping us change the things that are lacking. He is the concience a director could usually ignore.

Richard Atkinson, Sales Director at Adcos