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Associates - Bridge Management
Group:
The Bridge Management Group specialises in
planning and implementing rapid and necessary change in medium sized companies.
This includes profits improvement, corporate recovery and restructuring,
acquisitions work and project planning of new ventures and business start-ups.
Its ethos can best be summarised as follows:
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The Bridge team
never makes recommendations that it would not implement if requested
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The Bridge does
not pretend to have a solution to every problem
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principal is Jonathan Palmer, an experienced financial manager and strategic
planner who has held senior positions in Bass, Sainsbury and WH Smith and has
over 15 years consultancy experience. He has an MA in maths and economics, a
masters degree in business, and further financial and marketing qualifications.
He has served on subcommittees of the Strategic planning Society and is an
occasional lecturer at business schools.
He is
able to call on a team of independent specialists and is delighted to be
associated with Jerry Hayter who brings fundamental HR strategy skills to
implementation work. This way of operating ensures that the client company gets
the skills it needs paying for the work not the overheads.
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Bridge has been involved in the following major projects:
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Corporate
Recovery & Rationalisation:
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2001-2002
Stationery Box (£40m t/o retail) Recovery plan & successful
negotiation on refinancing. Profits improvement and supply chain work.
Read our case study. |
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1999-2001
Motorcycle City(£70m t/o retail) Interim management & business plan
for phase 2 of MBO of sector leader. Successfully refinanced and sold to
leading competitor.
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1996-1998 Motor
World (£100m t/o 400 units) Range development plans resulting in 40%
improvement from same space, distribution redesign (30% savings), and
performance management systems. Sector retailer of the year for 1997/98.
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1992-1996. Owen
& Robinson (£60m t/o 120 units) Corporate finance, manpower &
remuneration planning, Research & negotiation on successful
acquisition from Sears plc. |
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Change
Management:
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2002 –2003 Dept
of Environment (DEFRA). External consultant on review of R&D
institutes.
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1994-95
Nurdin & Peacock. Integration of merger with cash & carry
competitor
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1989-1990 Allied
Irish Banks. (AIB Group) implementation of niche business bank strategy
and communications, development of senior management team.
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1986-91
Allied Dunbar development, support and motivation of associate sales
force, and performance management systems resulting in 25% p.a. associate
force expansion. |
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Business
Development & Project Management:
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2000-2001 Wrox
Press Ltd. Developing organisation and administration structure for
floatation within 1 year for specialist IT book and web publisher
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1999. Nat West
Bank. Project management developing customer service and call centre
strategy for corporate internet and e-banking
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1997-1998 Alliance
& Leicester. Project management & control of potential £30m
investment in strategic alliance with major retailer covering product
development, branding, concept and infrastructure. Recommendation adopted
by both boards. |
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Commercial
& financial controller:
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2000-2002 FD and
business development, thedailydraw.com (Smedvig ac). Involved in business
plan and operating model for second tier funding and launch of b2b
permission marketing using vehicle of online lottery. (7th largest UK
entertainment site now profitable)
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1996. Commercial
controller, shoe manufacturer Change management process creating consensus
on rapid working capital control, improved costing and range
rationalisation, moving into profit and successful refinancing.
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1990-1992
Commercial director Carlton Projects (Chelsfield subsidiary) Development
of new concept, financial models and branding strategy. Corporate finance
negotiation and undertaking due diligence process on £24m leisure
and golf venture
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1990-2001 MBI
projects. Commercial controller to Alan Gaynor Associates. Developed plan
for £325m bid for out of town retailer; and over 10 other projects. |
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Planning
& Control systems:
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1976-85 WH Smith
and Sainsbury developed and installed integrated planning, financial
control and investment appraisal systems
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Other
Clients Include:
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Asda |
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Adia Ltd |
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Bank of England |
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Boddingtons |
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Birmingham City
Council |
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The Children’s
Society |
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Coca Cola |
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Dixon's |
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Edexcel |
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North East Development
Corporation |
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Kodak Express |
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Thorn EMI |
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WH Smith |
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Wartsila Int, |
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Jonathan can be contacted either through our
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