Our Approach
A single engagement, from strategy to operation.
Every project starts with your commercial objective and the conditions in the target market, not with a standard package. Scope, deliverables, governance and responsibilities are agreed in writing before work begins.
Strategic advice and hands-on execution, under one team.
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Scope
We agree the commercial objective behind the expansion, the constraints you are working within and the time your management can give it. Scope, deliverables, governance and reporting lines are set out in writing before work begins.
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Assess
We assess the market on the factors that determine the outcome: demand and competition, regulation and tax, the labour market and cost base, supply chain and route to market. You receive a clear recommendation, with the assumptions and risks set out.
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Structure
We define the entry model — legal form, ownership, tax and funding — with local lawyers and tax advisers, and turn it into a delivery plan with a costed budget, a critical path and milestone dates.
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Establish
We run the establishment programme: company registration, banking, tax and social registrations, premises, licences, suppliers and partners, and the first management hires. Local advisers are appointed, briefed and managed by us.
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Develop
We hand the operation to local management with processes documented, a compliance calendar and financial controls in place, and stay involved through the first operating cycles to review performance and support the team.
Scoped to the decision in front of you.
These phases describe how a full expansion project usually runs; they are not a fixed method applied to everyone. Companies engage us for a single piece of work — a market assessment, a structuring opinion, a leadership search — or for the whole programme. In either case, deliverables, timetable, budget, responsibilities and reporting lines are agreed in writing before work begins.
How we engage
- A named project lead responsible for the work from start to finish
- Scope, deliverables and fees agreed in writing before we start
- Regular reporting to your board or executive sponsor
- Local lawyers and advisers appointed and managed by us
- Confidentiality and conflict checks on every project