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Benchmarking service to boost business

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the North East have an opportunity to benefit from a benchmarking service offered by the University of 海角直播鈥檚 School of Business & Management. The service is available to SMEs with less than 250 employees and can be offered free of charge, as it is financed by the European Regional Development Fund. Benchmarking is a technique to improve business performance through comparisons with other organisations

The service provides the following: 路 An explanation of benchmarking.

路 An in-company benchmarking project, using a questionnaire completed by company staff.

路 Analysis of the questionnaire and feedback about company performance, compared to other companies.

路 Two days of free consultancy, giving the company an opportunity to make action plans to improve business performance.

Jim Bradley, from the School of Business & Management鈥檚 Commercial Development Centre, said: 鈥淭his service enables SMEs to identify their strengths and weaknesses as a business, and identify priority areas for action. This will help companies to improve performance and secure business contracts.鈥�

For more details on the benchmarking service please contact Jim Bradley on 01642 342913, fax 01642 342889, e-mail J.Bradley@tees.ac.uk

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