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EAJ Consultants. Liz Jones BA, ACIS Director. Liz Jones BA, ACIS. Personal Information Single, no children, 2 brothers – one in Australia, one in California. Own a flat in London, living in Essex
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EAJ Consultants Liz Jones BA, ACIS Director
Liz Jones BA, ACIS Personal Information • Single, no children, 2 brothers – one in Australia, one in California. • Own a flat in London, living in Essex • Spend free time reading, doing crosswords, eating and drinking, attending concerts and travelling - most recently on foot on the West Highland Way and in the Pyrenees! Qualifications • Degree (2.1) in French and Italian from London University. • Chartered Secretary (ACIS) - covered business & company law, management and financial accounting, business finance, systems management, pensions & insurance
Liz Jones Brief Career History - in Classical Music Artists’ Management Harrison/Parrott Limited (1980-1997) Company Secretary & Associate Director in charge of administration with special responsibility for Pensions, Insurance, IT Systems, Recruitment & HR Served for a year (1996-97) as Honorary Treasurer of the International Artist Managers' Association Hazard Chase Limited (1998-2000) Company Secretary & Director of Administration. Managed merging of systems and personnel from another (larger) company taken over by HCL. Participated in management buyout in 2000. Continue to serve as a non-executive director
Liz Jones Currently Freelance small business consultant since 2001.
EAJ Consultants Currently two classical music clients (one in London, one in Cambridge) - and one major client based in Wiltshire - LalPac Limited is a software development company which supplies a specialist licensing software package to local government.
EAJ Consultants Work for the two smaller clients has involved • Implementation of a new company-wide contact management and diary database and training of all staff in its use • Analysis of problems arising from unstructured use of a (different) contact management and diary database. Recommendation and project management of action to resolve said problems. • Both above projects involve liaison with software developers and interpretation of specification issues between developers and clients.
What does EAJ Consultantsdo for LalPac? Company Secretarial • Organise and attend Board & Management meetings, prepare board & management agendas & minutes • Deal with annual return etc. • Manage Data Protection Registration • Advise on legal and financial implications of contractual terms and conditions
What does EAJ Consultantsdo for LalPac? Sales & Marketing • Attend and contribute ideas to monthly marketing meetings • Assist with compiling sales funnel & pipeline • Recommend ideas for sales campaigns • Produced interim marketing materials • Carried out sales presentations and software demonstrations
What does EAJ Consultants do for LalPac? Financial & Strategic • Prepare business plans and annual budgets • Liaise with Financial Consultant regarding monthly management accounts. • Assist with cash-flow forecasts • Advise and support bookkeeper as requested • Current project – strategic activities review and zero-based budget analysis
What does EAJ Consultants do for LalPac? Personnel Supply advice and support to Directors as needed on issues such as : - • job descriptions • recruitment process • staff appraisal process • special situations such as maternity or paternity leave or requests for flexible working
What can we do to help youto stabilise and grow your business? We can help you navigate through the administrative nightmare of running a small business in today’s world of red tape and bureaucracy, freeing you up to concentrate on the reason you set up your business in the first place !
EAJ Consultants Are you intimidated by the amount of bureaucracy and administration that affects your business? You set up your company because you are good at what you do and want to make a living doing it. You don’t want to spend your life form-filling and reading all the leaflets that land on your doormat. We can make your life easier and save you time!
What can we do to help you? Financial Management & Business Administration • Find the right accountant • Negotiate with your bank • Get the best deal from your utilities suppliers • Comply with the Data Protection Act • Prepare a Business Plan • Organise your company meetings • Deal with your Companies House Annual Return • Complywith Health and Safety regulations • Organise a fire risk assessment
What can we do to help you? Customer and Supplier Management • Choose the right software to manage your customer relationships • Research market opportunities • Improve quality and distribution of marketing material • Produce standard terms for your business contracts
What can we do to help you? Personnel Management • Set up employment contracts • Create a staff handbook appropriate for your business • Implement a stakeholder pension scheme • Create job descriptions and person specifications
EAJ Consultants These are just a few of the issues that arise when you are creating or growing a small business. Call now and find out if we can help you - maybe a little, maybe a lot...