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Helping accountants provide a ‘rounded’

business service

The great success of a recent Business Link event

held in Plymouth for the city’s

accountancy firms has led Peninsula Enterprise, which deliver Business Link and otherservices across the South West, to arrange another five such briefings

for the region’s

accountancy professionals.

July’s Accounting Breakfast Briefing

was attended by 27 accountants, who heardBusiness Link

’s Devon

Partnership Manager Pete Stacey describe a range of servicesaimed at helping companies find and apply the key to sustainable and profitablegrowth. Other presentations were made by advisers f

rom Business Link’s

Growth,Skills and Environmental services and a representative from UK Trade and Investment(UKTI).

As Pete says, “

We introduced delegates to a range of offerings that complement theirprofessional services and help them offer a more complete and rounded businessportfolio.

“

These include our Business Growth service, which helps clients develop a uniqueplan to improve business performance, enhance competitive advantage and enabletheir business to reach its full potential. Our Leadership and Management Skills(LMAS) support, meanwhile, helps senior managers hone their skills in those areasmost needed by their business, and our help in promoting resource efficiency througheffective environmental management is enabling businesses to boost their profits by

reducing costs.” UKTI

also highlighted how it can help local businesses tradeinternationally.