Sustaining Progress
with Calm, Capable Support
Solving business problems, gaining clarity through analysis, or navigating change is only the beginning. Sustaining progress is what continually transforms a business.
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Once challenges are resolved, systems are fixed, change has happened, and teams are realigned, many businesses still need trusted, steady support to maintain improvements, evolve operations, and guide further growth.
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What is ongoing support?
Ongoing support can be flexible consultancy or fractional involvement, tailored to your business’s evolving needs. It builds on the work we’ve already done, sustaining momentum while continuing to improve systems, processes, and people.
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You get consistent, experienced support across finance, operations, leadership, and team development, without the cost or complexity of full-time hiring.
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What it can include:
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End-to-end financial oversight - an experienced eye on regular transactions, reconciliations, cashflow, forecasting, reporting, VAT, payroll, and supplier and client processes.
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Continuous operational improvement - streamlining day-to-day workflows, removing bottlenecks, simplifying handovers, and embedding systems that support smoother collaboration and productivity.
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Team and people alignment - strengthening communication, clarifying responsibilities and task ownership, and supporting performance, growth, and resilience across your team.
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Ongoing change readiness - keeping your business adaptable by evolving processes, guiding key conversations, helping leaders and teams adjust with confidence, while developing trusted individuals within your team to positively support and embed change.
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Leadership guidance that supports your direction - a trusted, presence to support decision-making, strategic planning, and leadership reflection, offering clarity and removing pressure.
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Fractional presence - whether a few days a month or a more regular involvement, tailored to your pace and needs without the commitment or cost of a full-time hire.
My Approach - Consistent, Collaborative, Adaptable
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Steady support, not interference
The support I offer is about being the calm second brain, financial partner, or operational guide that helps your business run smoothly behind the scenes or stands beside you when decisions get tough.
Flexible but focused
No two businesses need the same level of support. You and I shape the service around your business's size, goals, team capacity, and pace, with clear boundaries and regular check-ins to ensure support remains effective.
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Always progressing
‘Ongoing’ doesn’t mean standing still and maintaining the status quo. I help you stay on top of what’s working, what needs fine-tuning, and what’s ready to evolve, so your business doesn’t slip back into firefighting or reactive mode.
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Ongoing support could be right, if you?
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Have addressed major issues but want help maintaining and building on the changes.
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Are growing and need experienced, affordable leadership to support that growth.
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Want to prevent future bottlenecks or errors from re-emerging.
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Need high quality regular financial or operational input but not a full-time hire.
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Are managing people or performance changes and want guidance and mentoring along the way.
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Value an experienced perspective to keep your strategy on track.
Why work with me?
My ongoing support is grounded in trust, consistency, and real-world experience. I bring 25 years of financial management and over a decade of operational and change leadership and coaching, with the lived experience of guiding businesses from stuck to steady growth.
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Clients often tell me I bring order to chaos, and simplicity to complexity. I stay quietly in the background when things are smooth, and step forward when you need clarity, support with a challenge, or a trusted second view.
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“Ruth has transformed my business of 30 employees. She has helped us to continually improve through her deep understanding of what an SME business needs in order to thrive. The results are spectacular - we have a healthier, better-run, less stressful and more successful business.” (Howard Fearn, MD, Avian Ecology Ltd)
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“Ruth has been fundamental in progressing my business’s development and financial security.”
(IH, Managing Director, SME Sector).
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If you're looking for steady, reliable support that flexes to meet your business needs, I offer a complimentary, no-obligation meeting to explore what that could look like. Let’s talk about how to keep your business and team strong, evolving, and future ready.​