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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:
 Its
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.
The
Bridge has been involved in the following major projects:
Interim Commercial and financial controller
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Finance Director ABL Cultural Consulting. Responsibility
for finance function, managing a CVA and planning recovery.
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Commercial Director Lovejuice Ltd. (Smedvig Capital).
Full control of finance function of chain of retail chain. Responsible for
commercial input into development plans, property management and IT.
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Commercial Director then consultant. PDV Ltd (Smedvig
Capital). Responsible for company secretarial function, finance, and HR in
profitable b2b dotcom; won 2nd tier funding and launch of UK entertainment
site, thedailydraw.com.
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Other start-ups. Carlton Golf (Chelsfield), Rarechem,
Image Systems Europe, Essential Box (now AIM listed), Private Schools and 4
Enterprise Initiative projects.
Strategic Planning, corporate recovery and rationalisation
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WHSmith, Sainsbury & Dominion International. developed
and installed integrated planning, budgetary control and investment
appraisal systems
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Business plans and negotiations on finance & sale for
over 20 businesses in professional services, leisure, printing, IT
distribution, and specialty chemicals.
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MBI Planning. Work on over 20 possibilities in retail
(including funded bid for Halfords) funeral sector, luxury goods, sport and
leisure.
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JA Magson Ltd. Recovery plan in toy and stationery
wholesaler, development of sales function and telesales strategy,
integration of acquisition.
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Stationery Box Recovery plan, supported due diligence &
successful negotiation on refinancing. Market research and supply chain
work. Now a published case study.
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Other corporate recoveries. Motor World. Motorcycle City,
Owen & Robinson, EDS central services, Barker Shoes, Wartsila International,
Do It All, Kaleidoscope. HR, Change Management & Organisation Reshaping.
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Dept of Environment (Defra). Member of quinquennial
review of R&D institutes. Endorsed by the minister, Lord Whitty and
recommendations implemented
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Birmingham City Council. Performance contracts for chief
officers and stakeholder management programme with members.
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Allied Irish Banks. (AIB Group) Strategy implementation,
communications, & development of senior management team. Business bank of
the year within 3 years.
Business Development & Programme Management
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Nat West Bank. Project management developing
customer service and call centre strategy for corporate internet and
e:banking.
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Alliance & Leicester. Project management & control of
potential £m30 investment in strategic alliance with Somerfield.
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Allied Dunbar Strategy and implementation for long-term
development, support and motivation of associate sales force, resulting in
25% p.a. expansion. •
Bank of England Organisation mapping and updating internal market processes.
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Edexcel. Programme management on new product development
and marketing Arts, Economic Regeneration & Voluntary Sector.
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Associate of ABL and PKFA (Leading Arts and Leisure
Consultancies). Arts projects incl. Global Village Dubai, Glasgow City of
Culture, Museum Lottery bid North East Development Corp, City Challenge
Stratford East, , Birmingham Arts Centres.
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Trustee and Advisor, Amicus Housing, Cranfield Trust,
Parents for Children, The Children’s Soc. Praxis Asylum, Peckham Settlement,
Assoc. British Choral Directors.
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Liveryman. Curator and Past Upper Warden Worshipful
Company of Coopers; Trustee Company charities in education, housing and
support for the aged.
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Chair & member Horniman Singers (UK win, Let the People
Sing)
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WHSmith Group. Responsible for monitoring and assessing
bids for charities and corporate sponsorship: including Cushion Concerts and
Poetry in Schools.
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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Jonathan can be contacted either through our
offices, or by telephone on: 07850-459652.
Their web site can be viewed
by following this link:
www.the-bridge.biz.
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