Setting Up, Improving an Existing Business and Selling a Business in a Recession Having interviewed over 500 MD's and owners of small to medium sized companies face to face, we have a huge insight into what makes businesses successful and what causes businesses to fail. We are able to bring that experience to you to help you avoid some of the errors that some of those MD's and owners have made. Also at the same time some of those MD's and owners were incredibly successful. We can also pass on what they were doing right that made them winners. So, how do you go about setting up a new business or improving an existing business especially in this recession....the worst we've ever known especially when the banks are reluctant to lend? You have a great idea, but how do you make it reality? Who do you take advice from? How much will it cost you to set it up? What service providers do you need? How do you know what to look for from your service providers? So many questions, but where to