As reviewed in SUCCESS now magazine. "With a ten year track record in assisting clients to increased growth and profitability, the Business Advisory Bureau is ideally placed to advise on what works and what doesn't in setting up a development and consultancy business. Such knowledge is comprehensively and compellingly covered in this accessible guide. Organised into four action planning sections with plenty of interactive exercises, space for your own notes and helpful anecdotes, the Guide builds into a personalised resource that doubles as a business plan on how to earn a living from consultancy."
Received from Shiona Llewellyn Associates I find your guide very useful, and have recommended all or part of it to several clients who are looking to build independent or 'portfolio' careers. Apart from the obvious potential networking benefits that can be derived from a course, I think its value far exceeds many a training programme. Received from Guy Penny, Director of Executive Action Our clients continue to be impressed by the depth and scope of the Guide, it has been a good investment.
	Mrs Anita Crawshaw, Managing Small Businesses, Business Link Macclesfield I am delighted with 'The Essential Guide to Earning a Living from Independent Consultancy'. It provides the clearest advice on the subject I have yet seen. It is well laid out and easy to work with and builds into a real business plan for the new consultant. Joe Adams, MD, Adams & Assoc., (former MD, Encyclopaedia Britannica.) Having worked all my life in publishing state-of-the-art information, I must say that 'the Essential Guide' provided me and my independent consultancy associates with highly practical, valuable advice. It highlighted key decisions and allowed me, as a new consultant, to get off to a good start with my marketing.

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I purchased a copy of the 'Earning a Living' manual at last year's 'Personal Development' show. I am getting through it - belatedly - and it is very good.

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I would like to say how helpful I have found your Guide to Self- Employment and can see myself returning to it as a source of reference and to focus my thinking many times in the future.

Elaine Windhurst, Director of Jordan HR Consultancy

Setting up as an independent consultant is exciting, motivating and rewarding, but can also be a daunting experience. I first went into consultancy in 1996 and was lucky enough at the time to know Tony Robinson and Clare Francis, joint MDs of the 'Business Advisory Bureau Ltd', who gave me a copy of an earlier edition of this guide. It was an absolute godsend! A practical, user-friendly guide, which made me think really hard about what I was doing and reflect on my goals and plans. The guide has a clear structure and can be looked at and absorbed in bite-sized chunks, although whenever I pick it up I find it really hard to put down, as it flows so well for the reader. There are lots of practical hints and tips throughout and plenty of exercises which create important opportunities for getting down some thoughts and actions to move your own processes as a consultant forward. I really like the style of their writing. It is clear that they have been there and done it, and so there is some humour and willingness to admit to the times when they made mistakes, which makes me feel like I am being coached without being patronised. Our business plan was based on advice from the BAB Guide and our Bank said it was one of the best business plans they had seen!

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