Two of the Coast’s most experienced businessmen have joined forces to improve the skills and knowledge of new business owners in the region.
Well-known business consultant Rod Richards and director of accounting firm East Group Australia Bill Wieland are offering a series of 10 Back to Basics workshops, with the first starting on November 24.
“There are a lot of people who set their new lifestyle up here on the Coast, they buy a business or try and set one up and then they run into difficulties,” Mr Richards said.
“We found there was a huge demand for giving them some nuts and bolts skills because a business won’t grow without skills and knowledge,
“This is purely about giving them the opportunity to learn some new ways to build their business and investigate areas where thy need to use their resources more effectively.”
Mr Wieland said he wanted not only to give good, solid advice but to live up to certain promises contained in the advertising for the workshops.
“I want to honour everything we say we are going to do on our flyer,” Mr Wieland said.
“We want to help people sleep better at night, help them if they are stressed out about cash flows,” He said.
“Most people don’t have the knowledge and they don’t know where to go for it.
“A lot of people are fearful of change and many people dot not like asking for help because there’s embarrassment and an element of failure there.”
Mr Richards said the series of workshops was aimed at new businesses with less than five staff unsure of how to grow, as well as those people with an idea for a business.
