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BUSINESS PLANNING

Business planning support for Northern Ireland businesses

A strong business plan gives you more than a document for the bank. It provides a practical route forward, backed by realistic figures and clear priorities. Chikara Consulting supports start-ups, sole traders and established businesses across Northern Ireland with business planning that is credible, commercially focused and useful in day-to-day decision-making.

Turn the idea into a plan you can use.

Business planning support can be shaped around a new venture, a funding application, a change of direction or the next stage of growth. We start by understanding the business model, customers, market, pricing and operating costs. From there, the plan is built around evidence rather than broad assumptions, so the opportunity, risks and actions are clear to the person running the business as well as any lender, investor or grant panel reading it.

Financial information is explained in plain English and connected directly to the plan. This can include cash-flow forecasts, profit-and-loss projections, break-even analysis, funding requirements and realistic sales assumptions. You remain involved throughout the process, and the finished plan is something you understand and can update—not a generic document that sits unused once the application has been submitted.

PRACTICAL SUPPORT

Typical business planning work

✓ Start-up and early-stage business plans

✓ Growth, expansion and diversification plans

✓ Cash-flow forecasts and profit-and-loss projections

✓ Funding, lending and investment business cases

✓ Market, competitor and customer research

✓ Pricing, capacity and sales assumptions

✓ Operational milestones, risks and action planning

✓ Reviewing and updating an existing business plan

WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE

Practical support, shaped around the situation.

New ventures

Test the idea, clarify the offer and build a realistic route from concept to trading.

Funding applications

Present a credible commercial case supported by clear assumptions and financial evidence.

Growth planning

Prioritise the opportunities, resources and decisions needed for the next stage.

READY TO MOVE FORWARD?

Put a clearer plan behind the business.

Book a free call to discuss the plan you need, who it is for and the decisions it needs to support.

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