The same experience that built Training Course Tutor is available to your business: practical advice, defined projects, mentoring and health & safety support, without the jargon.
Ian Cliffen started out in labour-intensive manufacturing in 1977, ran production units abroad for twenty years, and later helped double the size and profitability of a UK training provider. The lesson each time was the same: training and good management are what make a business efficient.
Cliffen Consulting puts that experience to work for other businesses, including training providers and the tutors who work with them. Every engagement is built around your business, not a template, and you always know what you're getting before work begins.
Visit cliffen-consulting.comIt's common to start with one and move to another as your needs change. If you're not sure, start with Business Advice.
Someone experienced to talk a problem through with, who will tell you straight what they would do. Independent, practical guidance on the issue in front of you right now.
Best for: A one-off decision, or a second opinion
Learn more about Business AdviceFor when you know what needs to change and want it done properly: restructuring, process improvement, market entry or an independent strategic review, with "done" agreed before work starts.
Best for: A clear problem with a clear outcome
Learn more about ConsultancyRetained access to senior experience without the cost of a senior hire: regular check-ins, a phone call away between them, and continuity from one conversation to the next.
Best for: The week-to-week decisions
Learn more about Business SupportGrowth without the guesswork: a plan for revenue, capacity, the team and cash, grounded in your numbers, so growth doesn't outrun your ability to deliver it.
Best for: New markets, new revenue, funding readiness
Learn more about Business GrowthOne-to-one development for you as a business owner, not just the business. Ian Cliffen mentors on Help to Grow: Management and supports National Mentoring Day.
Best for: Personal and professional development
Learn more about MentoringA nationwide network of consultants to help you meet the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: policies, risk assessments, inspections, audits, training and a tailored H&S manual. Many can act as your "competent person".
Learn moreWork smarter, not harder, with the numbers to prove it. Work Study finds where time and value are being lost, and checks automated processes are kept loaded, then turns the findings into a clear improvement plan.
Learn moreBefore Training Course Broker, Ian was Business Manager and then a Director of a training provider delivering CITB, IOSH, IEMA, NEBOSH and NVQ courses through ten venues and 34 tutors. Filling courses, building a tutor pool, and keeping venues and compliance in order are problems Cliffen Consulting knows first-hand.
Cliffen Consulting also runs the companies behind this site: Training Course Broker for comparing and booking accredited courses, and OnPoint Hosts for straightforward, transparent web hosting.
Book a free 30-minute call and we'll work out where to start. No obligation, no sales pitch.
