About us

Bob Shepherd Associates operates in South Wales and the West of England using highly qualified and experienced professional people. We have the Association of colleagues who work together regularly and trust each other’s professionalism. This gives you, the small business and SME client, a strong base of expertise to call upon.

Our range of expertise can bring you whatever is needed, be it a web designer who knows how to optimise a site from the start, an architect who can give you the plans you need to go with a grant application, a health and safety specialist who can give you the written policies you need to go for an important tender, a marketer who knows how to get you in to that company to promote your wares, and so on.

Small Business SMEs are demanding on your time, your resources and your sanity generally. Why should you be good at everything?

Our concern is always there to deliver quality advice and help to Small Business SMEs established or just starting out. We have regular contacts in the Banks and Finance Companies, Councils and Local Government, and other business organisations. If we don’t know where to get the information you need we can soon track it down.

We can give your Small Business SME the resources to save money, project a better profile, streamline your activities, gain repeat business, and help you develop your plans and projects. It is a tall order to be good at everything you present to the outside world. We can give you an extra pair of management hands to expand successfully and grow your business successfully! 



Bob Shepherd Associates offers Management Expertise in the following areas to support our products:
  • Communication and presentation
  • Marketing and sales   
  • Project management
  • Business lending
  • Financial analysis
  • Investments
  • Budgetary control
  • Debt management and recovery
  • Collateral charged security
  • Conveyancing
  • Foreign exchange and trading
  • Legal business matters
  • Company law
  • Legal charges
  • Health and safety
  • Training and seminars
  • Presentation and first impression training
  • Computer literacy
  • Target management
  • Team management
  • Staff coaching and counselling
  • Staff appraisal
  • Work flow prioritising
  • Office administration
  • Premises and security matters

Biography

R. E. W. Shepherd

ACIB, MIBC, MILM, DipRSA


Bob spent 30 years with a major Bank in Commercial and Retail management positions, as well as administrative. He has worked in Local Authority business support and as a private consultant. He is a qualified ACIB, a MIBC, an MILM and has a level 4 NVQ in Business Counselling.

Since leaving the Bank he has worked in the Business Support arena, as a Mentor and Adviser to a diverse range of clients. With Management and Financial expertise he has 37 years experience in assisting UK based businesses. and has a wide experience to call upon for Finance, Marketing and Management issues.

He is a visiting University Lecturer in Corporate Finance and has written and delivered seminars on 'Starting a Successful Business', ‘How to get on with your Bank’ and ‘Consumer Fraud’ among others.

 

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