ABOUT US

The Business Planning Shop was founded in 2006 by Zak Mockton, an experienced financial professional whose CV includes prolonged periods as Finance Director in a global energy engineering consultancy, an FE institution and a major UK charity, as well as specialist business analysis roles in government privatisation projects and developing and implementing root and branch business recovery plans, across
all sectors.

His philosophy is heavily informed by his own less than inspiring experience of consultants – “too many strategies were either heavily embellished statements of the obvious, or thoroughly un-implementable, because the consultant has never sat on your side of the desk.” Heavily disillusioned with the uninspiring, self-serving, low quality, low punch – but always highly priced – outputs, he became set on raising the standard of business support consultancy significantly.

Leveraging additional skills and expertise through a network of highly experienced and proven associates, the Business Planning Shop combines commerciality with pragmatism, taking full account of any constraints under which a client is operating. Affordability and value for money remain at the heart of the support provided.

All services are carefully estimated and presented in a digestible, easy to comprehend menu format, and no attempt is made to disguise the level of anticipated work required at the commencement of an assignment in order to appear less expensive.

The focus is always on depth of analysis, innovation, problem-solving and lateral thinking informed by real experience, combined with total professionalism at all times. The ethos is one of service, integrity and openness, driven by frequency of client contact.