Case Studies

Property Portfolio Software was founded by experienced landlord, author and public speaker Amer Siddiq, owner of Tax Portal Ltd. and creator of the Property Tax Portal website.

Amer has been investing in property since 1999. As his own property portfolio expanded, he began to search for a software solution that would assist him in managing his properties. Soon realising there was no software that offered a single suitable solution for managing a complete portfolio of properties, Amer, a very successful software designer himself, designed his own tool. Property Portfolio Software - “Landlords Property Manager” would enable landlords to overcome five of the biggest property management challenges faced by growing portfolios...

Astec are experts in providing and implementing complex solutions and services that improve operations in both the Manufacturing and the Broadcasting Industry.

Terry first met with Andy Tripp, Managing Director of Astec Solutions in the Spring 2010 when they were experiencing a number of challenges mostly caused through a combination of growth pains and being able to work strategically ‘on’ the business as opposed to ‘in’ the business.

Over the first six months of an Executive Mentoring programme, Terry worked very closely with Andy and Chris, encouraging them to focus on internal project management, customer communications and improved resource planning. By the end of the year the effort and time given to addressing Astec’s business challenges began to pay off, and their business began to grow considerably.

By improving management effectiveness and internal processes and procedures, Astec Solutions has experienced significant growth. In the last two financial years the business has seen a 25% year on year growth.

Triton Consulting, Information Management Specialists, formed in 1996. The highly experienced Triton consultants are able to advise on the full range of IBM Information Management Solutions.The Triton owners and directors have a wealth of expertise in the DB2 arena as well as many years experience of providing high end technical leadership on large application development projects.

When Triton first met with Terry Forsey in 2007 they were having problems in the sales process, in particular when engaging at Director and Senior Manager Decision-maker level. Terry led a Triton Non-Executive Support Programme working closely with the Directors to review the whole customer engagement model and help them to really understand who their customers are and how to effectively engage them.

From this they have developed a continuous process of improving the skills of sales and marketing resources, the effectiveness of the sales and marketing function and the overall focus and profitability of the business.

FSI FM Solutions supply building services and facilities management software and are UK market leaders in Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) for the FM Market. As part of their growth plan they conceived MMB Software Ltd a new venture planned for launch in 2010. MMB (Manage My Business) is charged with delivering a new hosted solution, TaskAdviser.

‘TaskAdviser’ from MMB Software Ltd was expected to be fully ready for a live start towards the end of March 2010. The initial challenge was to develop the strategy to bring this new solution to market on time.

With a considerable amount of experience working with many “pay as you go” and “on line” solutions Terry was able to bring his experience of a number of different sectors and solutions to help MMB.

Excell Ultrasound is a Peterborough based company providing diagnostic ultrasound scans in the East of England and East Midlands, specialising in providing a mobile service in community based settings such as Doctor’s surgeries and Community Hospitals. The small dedicated team of sonographers carry out a range of examinations using the latest in portable ultrasound equipment.

In 2009 Excell Ultrasound received grant funding from Opportunity Peterborough. A proportion of the grant awarded was to be allocated for Marketing Consultancy. Excell Ultrasound contacted Terry to seek his advice and expertise on how to address the challenges of growth and target prospective customers.