Business Improvement

Whether your business is small, medium or large, continually improving your business and its practises is imperative for success. UHY Haines Norton Brisbane offers a multitude of business analysis and improvement services to ensure your business is running at its optimum capacity and in the desired direction.

The proven benefits of using UHY Haines Norton Brisbane as your business advisor are;

  • faster and more successful implementation of business strategies
  • increased growth and profit
  • powerful strategic planning tools and methodologies
  • access to a regular source of the latest strategic innovation
  • experienced sounding board for any issues and opportunities

Profit improvement strategies

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane can help your business perform above and beyond expectations with various strategies including;

  • reducing waste
  • increasing sales
  • improving cash flow


We also help you to increase, the most important factor in improving profits - your sales. We can help you to understand and amplify customers, average customer purchase and the value of each sale, with plans of action that are easy to implement and maintain. We also facilitate successful pricing methodology to ensure you are gaining the best profit you can.

Our waste audit can quickly identify and assist in overcoming waste in your business.  Wastes,  such as overproduction, transporting, waiting and inappropriate processing, can attribute up to 15 to 30 per cent of the operating costs of a business.

Investment ready analysis

Whether you are seeking an investment or not, all businesses need to display the correct attributes of being investor ready. Our processes and expertise to help become investor ready, cover all aspects of the business from the strategic to the operational.

Management reporting systems

It is paramount in today’s business community to establish strong, executable corporate governance systems, so high quality financial management reporting is crucial. As a business owner you need clear traffic signals for the performance of your business.  

Green   All is good here!
Amber   Keep an eye on this – we could be heading towards a problem!
Red   We have a problem!

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane can help you to design and implement a reporting system customised to your needs.  Firstly we can sit down with you, review your long-term and short-term strategic objectives, and identify the key performance indicators that will measure your success in this particular area of your business.  Once we have determined what you should be reporting on, we can help you to set up the systems required to efficiently report on these measures.  If necessary, we can facilitate the establishment of a customised reporting solution to automatically generate the necessary reports from your existing system.  This can also include implementation of the solution and attending to the required system changes to ensure the data is processed accurately and reliably.

Once implemented UHY Haines Norton Brisbane’s role doesn’t have to stop there. We can also meet with you once a month or once a quarter to discuss what the actual results really mean for your business.

Business coaching and management consulting

We’ve designed a specialised business improvement process (BIP) to ensure improvement in the;

  • overall performance of your business,
  • profits,
  • cash flow
  • business value and
  • lifestyle of the proprietor.

Our business improvement process helps you identify and implement strategies to manage change and streamline processes within your business.  Our process comprises three simple stages – NOW, WHERE and HOW?

NOW we establish where the business currently resides and identify key issues affecting the business.
WHERE we establish and implement the goals, a clear vision and a strong direction for the business, including a competitive advantage.
HOW we establish a sustainable and detailed action plan, effectively using the resources available to achieve the predetermined goals.

We ‘begin with the end in mind’ to make this process truly successful.

Feasibility studies

We offer detailed feasibility studies to assist business owners, financers and investors in being able to determine the overall viability of particular projects.

This process can involve the following analysis:

  • costing and returns
  • what ifs analysis
  • funding requirements
  • key drivers and variables
  • key sensitivities

Cash flow and profit projection

Cash flow is paramount to business success. We prepare detailed cash flow forecasts and profit projection for your business, specific project or investment program and assist in setting new goals and planning operations.

Senior Management Resource

UHY Haines Norton Brisbane offers a unique service to our clients - the Senior Management Resource.

Members of the resource receive the following benefits:

  • online access to over 100 business tools and processes
  • secure access to a global discussion forum
  • bi-monthly webcasts on merging business tools and trends
  • networking opportunities with fellow senior executives
  • quality strategic training /networking meetings
  • 24/7 coaching support

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