{"id":68,"date":"2016-06-20T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T16:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edwardsnet.co.uk\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2025-10-26T17:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:50:29","slug":"consultant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"Why me?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"68\" class=\"elementor elementor-68\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41b2d9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41b2d9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82ce969\" data-id=\"82ce969\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fa8360 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fa8360\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45c3259\" data-id=\"45c3259\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c13938 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c13938\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ext2-169x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-332\" alt=\"Kevin Edwards\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ext2-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ext2-84x150.png 84w, https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ext2.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-005f739\" data-id=\"005f739\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a025825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a025825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">There are several reasons why you may need a Technical Business or Management consultant:<\/span><\/h2><p data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"332\">A consultant can help you in many ways and a major reason is that we often have operating knowledge of many other businesses that we can apply to your own business to help you thrive in your market place.<\/p><blockquote><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>\u00a0\ud83d\ude80 Currently Open to New Contracts\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a75231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a75231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"731\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">So, w<strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">hy take me on as a consultant?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><ul><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To obtain specific expertise<\/strong><\/span>. Clients typically hire people who have the skills and expertise their own staff lacks, so it really pays to have a track record that speaks for itself.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To identify problems<\/strong><\/span>. Sometimes employees are too close to a problem inside an organisation to recognise it.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To supplement a company&#8217;s internal staff<\/strong><\/span>. Sometimes business executives discover they can save thousands of pounds a week by hiring consultants when needed rather than hiring full-time employees. They also can save additional money because consultants don&#8217;t need benefits. So even though a consultant&#8217;s fees are generally higher than an employee&#8217;s salary, over the long haul, a consultant tends to be a less expensive option.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To act as a catalyst for change<\/strong><\/span>. No one likes change, especially corporate UK. But when change is needed, a consultant generally can do things without worrying about the corporate culture, employee morale, or other issues that tend to elicit high emotions and dissension in the ranks.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To be an objective onlooker<\/strong><\/span>. Besides seeing problems from a different perspective than internal staff does, a good consultant provides a fresh, objective viewpoint, then delivers results without being concerned about what workers in the organisation might think about the results and how they were achieved.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To teach<\/strong><\/span>. If you have special skills and knowledge, someone will pay you to pass on that knowledge. As a result, it&#8217;s very important for you to stay abreast of advances and developments in your chosen field so information can be passed on to clients knowledgeably and authoritatively.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To do your company&#8217;s &#8216;dirty work&#8217;<\/strong><\/span>. Let&#8217;s face it, nobody wants to be the person who has to make staff or program cuts. An impartial outside consultant is the perfect person to handle such unpleasant tasks.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To bring new life to an organisation<\/strong><\/span>. Many consultants are retained as idea starters and innovative thinkers. If you&#8217;re a subject matter expert who can think on your feet, you can help a company retool or reinvent itself.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To assist with a business launch<\/strong><\/span>. Business development consultants are in high demand by entrepreneurs and visionaries who wish to leave the groundwork&#8211;and grunt work&#8211;to someone else. In this role, a consultant may also assist with the day-to-day operations of the new venture.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To take control of new developments<\/strong><\/span>. You may be expanding your current business, moving premises, restructuring existing staff and infrastructure. This can be a complete office move which needs to be managed precisely and cost-effectively.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To share contacts<\/strong><\/span>. If you know the movers and shakers in business, or have big business or manufacturing contacts abroad, someone will probably want to tap into that knowledge.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Take me on as a consultant today<\/strong>:<\/span> Contact me <a href=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/contact-kevin-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edwardsnet.org\/index.php\/contact-kevin-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Kevin Edwards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several reasons why you may need a Technical Business or Management consultant: A consultant can help you in many ways and a major reason is that we often have operating knowledge of many other businesses that we can apply to your own business to help you thrive in your market place. \u00a0\ud83d\ude80 Currently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Take me on as a consultant to help move your business forward ...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So, why take me on as a consultant? 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