B2B GROWTH CONSULTANCY FOR UK SMEs

See what’s
possible.
Make it happen.

Find the opportunities. Put the ideas to work.
Make more of what you’ve built.

We help established, owner-led B2B service businesses grow revenue, develop new offers and improve how the business works.

Founded by Paula Bolton

Five businesses started. Two successfully scaled and sold.

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Your next growth opportunity may already be inside the business.

A customer who buys one service and has no idea you offer three others. Expertise you keep giving away.
An idea waiting for a quieter month.

We look across your customers, offers, sales and ways of working to find your biggest business growth opportunities and what deserves your attention.

Business growth consultancy for UK SMEs

What if your business has more going for it than you think?

We help you spot overlooked opportunities, put good ideas to work and make the changes worth making.

The Opportunity Review

What are we overlooking?

Explore what your customers, expertise and relationships could make possible. We’ll identify worthwhile opportunities, what you could simplify and where to focus first.

Growth Projects

Growth Projects

 Put the opportunity to work.

Hands-on support to develop an offer, reach new customers or improve sales conversion, with your team involved throughout.

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Growth Advisory

Ongoing Growth Advisory

A useful second opinion.

Ongoing business growth advice to challenge assumptions, make commercial decisions and keep your plans moving.

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How we approach business growth

Before you lower the price, find out what they’re worried about.

A hesitant buyer might need a clearer picture of the outcome. A smaller first commitment. An explanation of what happens after they say yes.

We look at what customers experience, what your team knows and where the work gets stuck. We question the obvious answer, explore alternatives and test promising ideas at a sensible scale.

Define worthwhile growth.

More repeat business? A stronger margin? A new service? Start with what you want the business to achieve.

Follow the evidence.

Listen to customers, examine the numbers and question familiar explanations. Find what’s influencing the result.

Put the thinking to work.

Test the idea, involve your team and see what changes. Use what you learn to decide the next move.

A growth strategy has to work on a Tuesday afternoon, when the inbox has other ideas.

What progress has looked like.

17% Revenue growth
in one quarter

EdTech Client

From one
office to three

Nichola Stopps, Simply Sustainable

More conversations
with the right
customers.

Steve Burch, Envelo

5
Businesses
founded
2
Successfully
scaled and sold
Paula Bolton Consulting business growth consultant

Meet our founder

Built by someone who’s built successful businesses.

Paula Bolton is a qualified executive business coach who’s started and scaled five businesses and successfully sold two.

Clients value her jargon-free approach, which has helped hundreds of companies find opportunities and grow.

Some things worth a second look.

Watch the session

Enterprise Nation Adviser member -Paula Bolton Consulting

Five places to find
more revenue in
your business

Explore the insight

Why buyers rule you out before the first sales call

A few useful questions.

Who do you work with?

We work with UK business owners, founders and managing directors who want to grow their business. You might have an opportunity you want to explore, sales that have stalled, or a business that depends too heavily on you. We help you and your team decide where to focus and put the work into practice.

A business growth consultant helps you identify opportunities, assess what’s holding progress back and decide what to do next. Our work can include developing services, reaching new customers, improving sales conversion and generating more business from existing relationships.

We’ll discuss what you want to achieve and what you already know. If the opportunity and scope are clear, we can agree a focused project. If the underlying problem needs investigating, we’ll recommend starting with a growth diagnostic.

Yes. Through our growth projects, we work alongside you and your team to put recommendations into practice, test ideas and review what changes. Ongoing growth advisory provides continued support as new decisions and opportunities arise.

Your next move

Just imagine the opportunities that you could make possible next...

Bring us the opportunity, the obstacle or the idea you keep coming back to.

You don’t need a polished brief. A few honest sentences will do.

business growth consultancy for UK SMEs

A focused conversation about your business, your sales and the result you want next.

Tell us what's on your mind

Our team will get back to you to discuss how we can help and the next step.