Pretty good, ta.
How's things with you? Got a proper job yet?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 20:59, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

I work as an independent consultant/ advisor, so sometimes I'll do a few days for a company, sometimes a few months.
That's about as close as I get to a 'proper job'.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:04, Reply)

What is your area of expertise?

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:06, Reply)

Consumer brand strategy, proposition development etc.
Though been doing more general management, structural review type stuff recently (last 24 months) moving towards re-engineering the offer & operation of PE backed companies.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:10, Reply)

Fucken 'ell Batts I thought English was my first language.
I know all those words but I don't understand them in that order.
Can you give me an example of what's wrong when someone calls you in and what you do for them to put it right?
(Not takin the piss here btw)
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:14, Reply)

He goes into struggling businesses, sacks half their staff and then advises them how to use the remaining staff

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:16, Reply)

Typically, a large company that isn't doing well (for one or more reasons) brings people like me in to sort it out.
The problems could be anything, from how the company sells, how it is structured & operates, how & what it advertises, how the company is financed etc. the objective being to make the business profitable (or more profitable than it previously was).
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:19, Reply)

Getting it now thanks.
So how do you know more than they do?
Have you run successful businesses?
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:28, Reply)

Some may say that.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:33, Reply)

Well good for you.
Anyone who improves other people's lots will do for me.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:40, Reply)

Doesn't always go well; I was responsible for a few thousand people losing their jobs last year.
Not exactly what I'd consider the better aspect to my career...
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:42, Reply)

Well if they was doing it so wrong wouldn't those people be out of work soon
plus others?
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:51, Reply)

Nice work if you can get it

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:08, Reply)

Had a good meeting this morning with one of the big 4 consulting firms, who are looking to advise a group of lenders on a £100mil acquisition.& may want me to help with the pitch to the potential lenders.
Also involved with another potential acquisition (as a consultant, not an investor) of a retail chain, subject to due diligence on the company.

These are bigger things than I have done to date.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:12, Reply)

Got a little from that ta.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Mon 2 Dec 2013, 21:16, Reply)