Vision Republic Corporate Brochure

CORPORATE BROCHURE

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CONTENTS

A UNIQUE & UNIVERSAL VISION PAGE 3

MEET THE TEAM PAGE 4

PREFERRED PARTNERS PAGE 6

UNIQUE VISION PAGE 8

Evolve Page 9

Achieve Page 12

Protect Page 15

UNIVERSAL VISION PAGE 18

TrueTrade Page 18

Life Audit 50+ Page 19

Be Interprising Page 20

The Art of The Adviser Page 21

Love Your Business Page 22

CONTACTS PAGE 23

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A UNIQUE & UNIVERSAL VISION

TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE

The VISION REPUBLIC organisation was founded to bring success, positivity and

equality to people and businesses. We achieve this through a multi-platform ap-

proach to development and support, which enables us to create unique value and

quantifiable success for all our clients.

We are unique. We have a unique set of skills, experience and inspirational business

partners. Our organisation breathes and interacts according to an unrivalled set of

values. This is our constitution - this is who we are:

With VISION REPUBLIC, you will always know where we

want to take you……….towards a better future.

• To enable individuals and organisations to achieve success.

• Enable others to take a balanced view of what is and isn’t working.

• Maximise performance through strengths and values.

• Treat everyone equally and encourage others to do the same.

• Promote positivity, creative and innovative thinking and value

driven goals.

• Stay grounded.

• Only engage partners who share our ethos and values.

• Challenge stereotypes, question logic and push boundaries to keep

our services fresh, relevant, meaningful and powerful.

• Be open and transparent in our dealings and be honest about

ourselves.

• Be flexible, inspiring, practical, knowledgeable and humorous in

appropriate quantities.

• Have our income driven by the value we create.

• Have fun.

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MEET THE TEAM

Janet Harrison (Luminary)

Janet describes herself as a success trainer and motivational

coach with a track record in developing and delivering inno-

vative and powerful personal development programmes. She

is a strong advocate of strengths based learning and develop-

ment, which is absolutely crucial to the process of achieving

success and happiness. She also uses creative techniques to

unlock potential and encourage innovation, enterprise and

the realisation of ambitions. She is a supporter of CAPP

(Centre for Applied Positive Psychology), a volunteer and

training provider for the Princes Trust and sharpens her crea-

tive skills by offering improvisation workshops, as well as

writing screenplays.

“The key to the success of Vision Republic is our ability to de-

liver flexible, creative and potentially life changing pro-

grammes on behalf of companies of all sizes. I believe that

everyone has great potential, regardless of age, gender or

qualifications. For me, helping people to find their sense of

purpose in order to reach their full potential is exhilarating”.

Liz Faye (Visionista)

Liz has worked in the Financial Services sector for over 23

years and has worked for a number of large employers includ-

ing, Deloittes, Sedgwick Noble Lowndes and Watson Wyatt.

Liz is a fully qualified financial adviser and one of only a hand-

ful of advisers within the UK who holds the specific qualifica-

tion to advise the elderly on issues surrounding care home

fees. She also lectures on behalf of the FSA as part of their

Money Made Clear campaign and has recently become a

regular on various BBC Radio Lancashire programmes as their

resident financial expert.

“Being a part of Vision Republic enables me to reach as many

people as possible due to our extensive partner and client net-

work. I believe that everyone needs access to support of some

kind and that is what we do, such as helping people under-

stand care as they get older.”

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MEET THE TEAM

Douglas Watt-Dugdale (Revolutionary)

Douglas has been a qualified accountant since 2000 having

gained a degree in Accountancy & Finance and 3 years experi-

ence in practice. For the last 6 years he has worked in the ABL

industry as an auditor and client manger for a number of com-

mercial lenders including GMAC CF, Five Arrows CF and Lloyds

TSB CF.

“Working within and for such a forward thinking organisation

really allows me to make a difference to businesses. The depth

of our collective knowledge and experience means that we can

deliver market leading solutions.”

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PREFERRED PARTNERS

At Vision Republic we are advocates of interdependence and are keen to partner with

experts in their own field who share the same values as our company and add value to

our client’s journey towards success. In addition, we are very aware of our own

strengths and enthusiasms as individuals within the business and whilst we may have

the relevant skill to complete a task, we see no point in engaging in this task if it does

not ‘fire us up’. Surely better to give this to someone who has a passion for it who can

give their best to the client and really make a difference.

With this is mind, we have spent a good deal of time searching for the right

partners who share our value system and enthusiasm for the services and

products they provide. We consider them to be among the best in their

profession and know that you will too.

Alliance Commercial Finance Limited

Commercial Banking Brokerage and Risk Management

Andrew Thorp

Inspirational Speaker & People Coach

Business Rhythms Limited

Business Systems Development – Creating Time

Caroline McNamee

Human Resources

Creative Academy

People Development through Creative Means

Desmond Hickie

Leadership and Management Development

Gerry Donnelly

Risk and Interim Management

Mark Williams

Social Media Expert & Trainer

On Focus

Athlete Support Services & Personal Development Through Sport

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PREFERRED PARTNERS

Palm Financial Care Limited

Independent Financial Advisers and Long Term Care Specialists

Revolution Corporate Services Limited

Business Turnaround

Simon Brooke

Marketing

For more information about our Preferred Partners look in our Publication Library under

Preferred Partners Directory at http://issuu.com/visionrepublic

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We have developed a harmonised approach to developing people and businesses which uses our own

REAP ™ philosophy:

Review, then

Evolve,

Achieve and

Protect

UNIQUE VISION

Using REAP ™, we are able to build

strength, durability and most importantly

success because we understand that these

stages are relevant whether you are

working with people or businesses.

DEVELOPMENT – Developing People

In line with our constitution, our development stream is unique both in terms of

programme content and the innovative nature of delivery. This forward thinking

and pro-active approach enables each individual or organisation to achieve success

using their key strengths, abilities and values. This ensures not only a more rapid

route to success but realises greater job and life satisfaction.

This means less absenteeism, employee turnover, disengagement and negativity

and better customer evaluations, organisational behaviour, relationships with

colleagues and work/life balance.

CORPORATE – Developing Business

We have a wealth of corporate knowledge and talent at our disposal which

achieves its best impact under REAP ™ because it is formed around our core

values and constitution. Our philosophy is that no business can achieve

success without the development of the people alongside otherwise

significant change/advancement will not be achieved and maintained.

We deliver our approach through two streams:

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DEVELOPMENT

Age & Diversity

Career Change &

Support

Action Learning

Evolution is the key ingredient of success, the start point of

this process is for each person or business to establish their

unique strengths, abilities and values. We will help you with

this process and demonstrate how powerful this information

is in order to achieve success in life, career progression and

in business growth.

CORPORATE

Structuring

Refinancing

Business Development

Evolution is vital, whether it’s growing the bottom line

organically, changing products or service lines or moving into

other markets or sectors. Making these changes can be

difficult and time-consuming, leading most companies to

experience growing pains as they take on new challenges. At

Vision Republic we will support and advise our clients

through these times to ensure that each opportunity is

understood and optimised.

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AGE & DIVERSITY Pro-active and positive approaches to age and diversity issues within the

workplace with existing, groundbreaking programmes making headlines

in HR publications.

ACTION LEARNING

‘Learning by doing’. Improve performance, develop and

improve skills and experience by regular facilitated

learning sets.

EVOLVE:DEVELOPMENT

CAREER CHANGE & SUPPORT Recruitment Services

We work alongside other recruiters to assist with their registered candidates to

expand skills and likelihood of finding the right job.

Skills Assessments – Identifying inherent skills, strengths and passions and

how to use these to achieve success.

Candidate Mentoring – Guiding individuals to make the most out of career

opportunities and providing tailored programmes to ensure that talent is

spotted and nurtured.

Employer Services

We partner with businesses who are recruiting new staff to ensure they get the

right candidates, with the right set of skills and strengths.

Candidate Search – Assisting employers to choose the right candidates by

profiling both the position and the candidate.

Tailored Courses – In-house programmes which enable businesses that are

recruiting to ensure that any new staff members meet the values of the

organisation.

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STRUCTURING Our Transaction Services Team helps companies make acquisitions, disposals and

strategic alliances that enable the organisation to move forward. In each case we have

the same overriding objective: to help clients maximise the return on their deal. Our

range of support includes:

• Strategic review and competitor analysis of your sector.

• Researching and identifying key targets.

• Valuation.

• Transaction structuring, tactics and negotiation.

• Advice on financing, be it debt or equity.

• Supervising due diligence, legal and other issues to work towards a

successful completion.

• We can also assist with post-transaction services such as integration

of systems and cultures, human resources and business planning.

REFINANCING We use our own panel of both high street bank and independent

finance providers to ensure that each client gets the facility that is

right for their business. We also have a panel of independent

equity investors with wide ranging experience who can be

accessed.

EVOLVE:CORPORATE

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Whether it is helping to get new businesses off the ground or

consultancy for more mature businesses, we can move plans

forward and get you or your client on the path to success.

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DEVELOPMENT

Talent Development

Creativity &

Motivation

Leadership &

Management

Executive Coaching

Achievement is all about strengthening your teams,

establishing a positive culture where people can grow and

develop and being recognised for it. Whatever the size of

your business, the principals remain the same. Adopt a

pro-active approach to development and watch your

organisation shine.

CORPORATE

Resource Optimisation

Financial Management

IT Strategy

Interim Management

Achieving your potential and staying there is all about

promoting value and values throughout the business;

improving productivity, making the most of the supply chain,

optimising technology, improving financial systems and

creating a winning culture.

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TALENT DEVELOPMENT Everyone has talent. We help them find it and help you see where this

fits best within your organisation. Happy people are productive people –

it is not all about salaries and bonuses.

EXECUTIVE COACHING One to one high level mentoring and group innovation

sessions. Coaching with a difference with practical dem-

onstrations of self development techniques from the

masters we all know and admire.

ACHIEVE:DEVELOPMENT

CREATIVITY & MOTIVATION Without innovation, businesses stand still. Without

happy and motivated employees, there will always be

high levels of absence payments, a lack of acceptance of

change and poor customer feedback. Vision Republic

offer creative and positive solutions to help nurture

innovation and promote wellbeing.

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT Identifying what would be an ideal leadership and

management model for your business and bringing

you closer to that model. Building effective teams

and understanding team dynamics and developing

effective learning strategies.

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RESOURCE OPTIMISATION Resource and cost optimisation is a vital tool for driving strategic change throughout

the business. We help clients to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness through

operating cost reduction, increasing revenue and better management of their

business assets.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT We help to build and implement strategies for businesses that

increase the value and improve the efficiency of the finance

function, drive performance and enhance decision-making

within the organisation.

ACHIEVE:CORPORATE

IT STRATEGY IT objectives need to be aligned with strategic and financial

business objectives. We can advise on using technology to

drive growth, improve business performance and safeguard

operational integrity and security.

INTERIM MANAGEMENT Organisations continually strive to improve their efficiency and competitive

advantage. Driven by high market and customer expectations, most businesses

cannot afford “executive headroom” so issues can arise when troubleshooting is

required or bespoke projects need to be managed. An Interim Management role

can be quite diverse and include operations, finance, sales & marketing and

manufacturing. Providing leadership with clear vision of the desired end;

managing change and working with those within the organisation to achieve it.

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DEVELOPMENT

Redundancy &

Transition

IT Skills

People & Business

Skills

Every business must protect what they have built. This

should incorporate a strong and motivated workforce.

Building resilience to weather the economic storms and

foster goodwill amongst employees, customers and clients is

something we would advocate. Famous and respected

brands are known for this approach and it is something

which businesses of any size can adopt which will add value

to the company itself as well as maintaining a value driven

culture.

CORPORATE

Risk Management

Internal Audit

Corporate Social

Responsibility

Businesses and their stakeholders must protect what they

have built. This involves risk identification and management,

establishing clear control systems and communicating the

health of the organisation to the outside world. We take a

pro-active approach to helping any organisation and its

partners understand the situation and create additional

strength and value.

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REDUNDANCY & TRANSITION Re-writing the script in terms of options for the future, including

exploring enterprise as an option, personal financial strength and

attitude to risk and change of lifestyles. We can tailor specific

training needs to suit the individual and situation.

PROTECT:DEVELOPMENT

IT SKILLS Desktop Applications, Technical IT, Best Practice Service

Management (ITIL), Project Management (Prince2-2009).

Tailored IT training solutions both on and off-site.

PEOPLE & BUSINESS SKILLS A wide range of skills training delivered with our own unique style and

with powerful results:

• Public speaking and presentation skills – making an

impact with an audience.

• Successful people skills – leave behind a great legacy

every time.

• Successful networking – internal and external

networking with confidence.

• Emotional intelligence – think like a winner.

• Marketing on a budget – generating business through

relationship building.

• Linked-in training – how to make the most of this

powerful worldwide networking tool.

• Chairing brilliant meetings – the skills required to get the

outcome you require.

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RISK MANAGEMENT We assist and advise businesses, other advisers and lenders to manage risk in any

number of scenarios that include:

Collateral & Security - Working closely with lenders to appraise the value, validity and

enforceability of their client’s borrowing base. Primarily focused on the ABL industry.

Finance & Sustainability - Supervision and review of critical information in relation to

liquidity and financial conditions with ongoing status reports and collateral assessments.

Risk Review – A tailored risk review which concentrates on identifying the key risks

within every aspect of the business and developing and supporting strategies to manage

them.

Management Assessment - Can the client’s management team deliver the strategy that

is agreed with the lender? We are able to appraise and work with the company and the

lender to ensure that the management team is appropriately skilled for the tasks ahead.

INTERNAL AUDIT In these tough economic conditions and increased globalisation, there are new and

emerging risks. Internal audit is becoming a more prominent management tool in

this ever-changing environment as many companies are struggling to manage – and

sometimes, even to identify the complex risks they face. We provide a range of inter-

nal audit services, from outsourcing and co-sourcing, to Sarbanes-Oxley and Quality

Assurance Reviews. We go above traditional financial reporting in order to help

organisations protect what they have built.

PROTECT:CORPORATE

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY We are highly committed to helping our clients and all our partners and associates with

CSR issues. In our global, media driven times, the way organisations behave and

transact business is just as important as what they do. Outside stakeholders are taking

an increasing interest in the activity of the company. Most look to the outer circle -

what the company has actually done, good or bad, in terms of its products and services,

in terms of its impact on the environment and on local communities, or in how it treats

and develops its workforce.

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The Universal Vision that we have at Vision Republic is to enable everyone to achieve success and

access support. Using our unique strengths and those of our partners, we have created specific

‘signature’ programmes and products which demonstrate our values, share our knowledge and

most of all, help individuals and businesses achieve success.

UNIVERSAL VISION

TRUETRADE

In this unique package we match the needs of one company,

with another company’s offerings. Through TrueTrade we help

businesses of all sizes obtain goods and services they needed

without it effecting cash flow. Bartering via our TrueTrade

system is the obvious answer.

The system works on a strictly “face to face, 1 for 1” basis, for

example, 1 hour of an accountant’s time for 1 print run of 250

business cards. Whatever your business can do, you can trade it for something you need.

How does it work? You will need to find out for yourself – but it involves a ‘Barter

Board’, a good deal of face to face networking (which is essential to feel comfortable with

your fellow ‘trader’) and an ongoing bartering exchange system, which is available

outside of the TrueTrade evenings. Traders will also have the opportunity of a speaker

slot at the event and will obviously learn a great deal about the concept of giving

something back – something we are keen to promote.

If you are just setting up a business and are finding those costs excessive or you have an

existing business with temporary cash flow issues, you need to register for one of the

events. Check out more at www.truetrade.co.uk

For more information about TrueTrade look in our

Publication Library at http://issuu.com/visionrepublic

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UNIVERSAL VISION

LIFE AUDIT 50+

When we looked at pre-retirement support for people aged 50 and over, it made us want

to weep! These days, people in this age group are simply ‘not old’. Even if they can

afford to retire, they are more likely to want to start their own business, volunteer

abroad or have a go at achieving a life-long ambition. For those who can’t, thinking

about an alternative income stream via enterprise or using transferrable skills to find

some other work can be a challenge.

We offer a groundbreaking programme which more accurately reflects today’s younger,

fitter and more forward thinking generation of pre-retirees. It is proactive, extremely

positive and focuses on options and possibilities, post employment:

• Strengths & Motivating Factors - Identifying transferrable skills,

strengths and passions and how to use these to achieve success.

• Life Mapping - Exploring the many safe and more challenging options

available, post employment. Setting goals and achieving great things.

• Financial Health Check - A practical look at attitude to risk and what is

available to finance future ventures.

• Health Assessment - A pro-active look at health issues for those aged

50 and over delivered by a health professional.

Depending on the budget and the amount of time you have to offer your valued

employees, we can also organise other modules including:

• Texting/mobile phone awareness training

• Image consultancy

• Healthy mind, healthy body – more intensive motivational mindset

workshops

Full details of this programme and the all the press coverage from HR and business

publications can be found at: www.thevisionrepublic.co.uk

For more information about Life Audit 50+ look in our


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UNIVERSAL VISION

BE INTERPRISING

So popular is our ‘Life Audit’ programme, we have been asked to incorporate elements of

this into something which can be delivered to employees of all ages. Something which

identifies the strengths, abilities and values of individual employees and tries to align

these more closely with the missions and aims of the company.

We help employees realise where their real talents lie (that is those which give them real

energy, not just something they are good at). We also help employers establish or

re-visit their values and aims and try to establish where the synergy lies between

employee and employer.

If an employee can find their real strengths and tie these in with what the company is

trying to achieve, they become more ‘interprising’ as a result. Like entrepreneurs, they

will seek out opportunities which benefit the organisation and this is a way of making

companies more productive and more profitable. What we have also found is that,

naturally motivated, employees have less time off sick, have better interactions with

colleagues and produce improved customer service evaluations. We do this by:

• Strengths Assessment - Finding the unique strengths and abilities of

each individual.

• Behaviour & Motivation - Establishing a positive mindset and how to

create win-win situations.

• Life & Career Mapping - Setting goals in line with personal and

corporate strengths and values.

• Intrepreneurial thinking – Seeking out opportunities on behalf of the

employer and achieving success through interdependence.

• Rising Stars – Identifying rising stars in organisations and how to

harness their talent.



For more information about Be Interprising look in our


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UNIVERSAL VISION

THE ART OF THE ADVISER

We are focused on developing support and assistance for other professional adviser sec-

tors to ensure that Age & Diversity is at the forefront of what they do.

Financial Advisers - We assist Independent Financial Advisers to expand their

practices into the Over 70s market. IFAs are required by the FSA to hold specialist

qualifications to advise on this market and so only a handful are able. We educate

and facilitate the training of IFAs to ensure that they can access this rapidly grow-

ing market within Financial Services and as such ensure that this vulnerable sec-

tion of society is getting the real help they need.

Legal Practices - We help legal practices to make the most of their client bank by

educating them to understand the Long-Term Care market. With the advent of

new products to the LTC market which require conveyancing, our Advance Team

can ensure that legal practices do not miss out on these opportunities.

Care Homes – Due to the economic downturn, many within the care home sector

have found it increasingly difficult to maintain full occupancy. We can educate

owners on to maximise occupancy from their existing waiting list.

Insurance Companies - We work in association with a number of leading insurers

to enable them to maximise their exposure to the Over 70s market.



For more information about The Art of The Adviser look in our


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UNIVERSAL VISION

LOVE YOUR BUSINESS..... ...and increase productivity, develop a winning strategy and motivate your team

This powerful one day programme identifies where the natural strengths and skills of

your management team meet with personal passions.

It is delivered by experts in creativity, psychometrics, personal development and business

strategy.

Many business owners feel what they ‘love’ to do is very often restricted to outside

working hours. Find out that by introducing these elements into your working

environment and encouraging your management team to do the same, you can create a

strategy for success and have a strong and motivated workforce.

We do this by:

• Identifying the strengths, skills and values of the management team and company

as a whole.

• Using our own mapping techniques to establish where these attributes converge to

provide the most powerful recipe for success

• Working with the company to create a strategy that builds upon this recipe but

factors-in any change requirements from the current position.

‘Love your Business’ has been proven to make businesses better as well as getting them

through tough times. We do this by maximising the value of the hard and soft assets

which already exist and empowering people to achieve their full potential. Very often

the component parts and transferrable skills are already in place. It is the ability to think

creatively and introduce elements which ‘fire up’ each individual which make a huge dif-

ference and will make owners ‘love’ their business.



For more information about Love Your Business look in our


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CONTACTS

DEVELOPMENT

UNIVERSAL

CORPORATE

GENERAL VISION HOUSE

14 ASHTON DRIVE

NELSON

LANCASHIRE

BB9 0UA

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