Human Resources Development

“Good management is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.” – Ken Blanchard

 

Creating an environment in which your staff feel valued, motivated and enthused is key to retaining and also attracting the right people to positively represent your brand and promote your offering. Providing development support, advice and guidance can significantly impact your bottom line – investing in continual professional and personal development activities for both management and staff can increase efficiency, enhance performance and promote a positive work environment.

 

As contracted Human Resource Development Advisors with the Welsh Government, CIOTEK Ltd are able to work with eligible businesses on a full/part funded basis, supporting them in identifying areas for improvement, developing an action plan to address HR weaknesses, and obtain funding for training activities to minimise any skills gaps.

 

If you want your team to operate at maximum capacity, with 100% commitment to the organisation and a passion for promoting your mission, contact CIOTEK Ltd today to discuss how we might support you in this quest. We can offer guidance in relation to developing performance management procedures, individual profile and skills needs analysis, learning plan development, team building activities plus methods for employee engagement. See also Belbin® Team Role Training

 

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Strategic Consultancy

“Start with the end in mind” – Stephen Covey

 

Our strategic consultancy services are designed to support you in planning, defining and documenting a winning strategy for your business.

 

Combining analytical and visionary thinking we work alongside your management team to develop and document truly effective clear and achievable customer orientated strategies. Your management team than has access to our support in making sure that the agreed strategy is implemented effectively through a cascading system of focused objectives, measures, targets and timescales.

 

Our support to you ensures effective team involvement, careful monitoring and timely reviews of achievements against plan. These planning and deployment systems are a powerful management tool enabling your business to generate and implement breakthroughs and achieve the radical improvements in performance that you are seeking.

 

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Marketing Support


“The sole purpose of marketing is to sell more to more people, more often and at higher prices. There is no other reason to do it.” – Sergio Zyman

 

Marketing your business is undoubtedly one of the most difficult tasks you face as a business. In a changing or difficult economic environment we help define a marketing strategy and marketing mix suited to your business and your customers. As registered professionals with the Chartered Institute of Marketing we have the expertise and a track record of developing and implementing successful marketing strategies for a wide range of businesses, allowing you to benefit from our skills, knowledge and experience in successfully promoting and raising the profile of your enterprise.

 

If you are looking to launch a new product or service, create a quirky campaign for an established enterprise or review your marketing strategy, CIOTEK Ltd can help. We have the expertise to develop promotional and marketing campaigns to suit any industry, sector and budget. From low cost strategies to elaborate bigger budget creative campaigns – guaranteed to get you noticed and take your business to another level. This is supported by our in-house multimedia department which ensures that all important marketing message is effectively carried through from the idea stage to implementation and distribution.

 

Promoting the benefits of your product/service is key when creating a marketing campaign,– promoting elements which elicit an instant response from the target consumer. We work with you to make sure existing and prospective clients fully understand and appreciate the benefits of your offering – developing dynamic, attractive and creative campaigns to get you noticed and boost business.

 

 

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Business and Financial Planning


“Be as clear and specific as possible about the results you expect to attain.” – Chris James

Your business plan and financial plan can benefit from an impartial external input to support the preparation of the plan by your management team. Our team of experienced business, marketing and management professionals will work with you to develop a practical and achievable business and financial plan. We have a well proven business and financial planning methodology to ensure your plan accurately reflects your business objectives and plans.

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Office Space

CIOTEK Ltd Headquarters at The Warner Building is located in the Village of Gowerton, 10 minutes from the M4 and conveniently located near Swansea City Centre. We have 2 offices available for rent which would suit a start up business looking for office space from which to operate. The building benefits from 24 hour security, fully alarmed offices, communal kitchenette and WC area, parking and excellent transport links. The First Bus Stop is located outside the front door to the office, and Gowerton is also serviced by a regular train – linking the village to the City Centre in 12 minutes.

See the map on the Contact Us page.

 

Contact us today for more information or to arrange a viewing call 01792 874 777.

 

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Grants & Financial Support

If you are looking for financial assistance to establish your business, contact us today. We have up to date information on the availability of grant funding and support for start up businesses of various size and sector. Depending on the eligibility and availability of public and private supports, we will signpost you in the right direction and can support the development of plans to support your application. Whether you are looking for business support, advice and guidance – or you need capital to invest in machinery, training or premises – we have information and links to appropriate resources – making sure you access all the help available to maximise the success of your investment.

 

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Feasibility Studies

“The biggest obstacles in business are not its problems but its reluctance to change to resolve them.” – Chris James

 

Our feasibility studies are designed to provide you with the information on which you can confidently take actions and make clear decisions. In a start up business it is essential your early decisions are based, not on belief and emotion, but on factual evidence.

 

We have a successful track record in the development of elegant feasibility studies, designed to gather the key information that you need to move forward. Our feasibility studies provide cold hard facts together with relevant views and opinions, delivered from an impartial, professional and independent viewpoint.

 

Working with you, we produce creative and imaginative ways forward supported by a practical action plan to deliver the solutions you are seeking.

 

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Marketing Support


“The sole purpose of marketing is to sell more to more people, more often and at higher prices. There is no other reason to do it.” – Sergio Zyman

 

Marketing your business is undoubtedly one of the most difficult tasks you face as a business owner. To exist, a business needs to generate sales – and this is done through developing an awareness about ones products/services. As members of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, with a track record of developing and implementing successful marketing strategies for a wide range of businesses, CIOTEK Ltd have the skills, knowledge and experience required to help you effectively raise the profile of your enterprise.

 

If you are looking to develop a launch strategy for your business, create a quirky campaign or create a new company image, CIOTEK Ltd can help. We have the expertise to develop practical promotional and marketing campaigns to suit your start up business. Let us help you develop a creative campaign guarenteed to get you noticed. Our marketing expertise is supported by an in-house multimedia department which ensures that all important marketing messages are carried through confidently from the idea stage to implementation and distribution.

 

Promoting the benefits of your product/service is key when creating a marketing campaign. We work with you to make sure existing and prospective clients fully understand and appreciate the benefits of your offering – developing dynamic, attractive and creative campaigns to get you noticed and boost business.

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Business & Financial Planning


“Be as clear and specific as possible about the results you expect to attain.” – Chris James

Developing a business and financial plan for the first time can be a daunting experience – you want to get it right, you want it to positively reflect your proposed enterprise and you want it to attract support – be that in the form of investment or other resources.

Our team of experienced business, marketing and management professionals will work with you to effectively present your idea, accounting for all relevant issues and developing a strong, well communicated strategy to take your concept to commercialisation.

You would want your home built with strong foundations based on architects drawings – in the same way, you want to start a business with a watertight plan. Having worked as business mentors for over 10 years, we have the skills to effectively support you in your ambition to design, present and develop the successful enterprise you envisage.

Having perfected our successful business and financial planning methodology, we will confidently guide you through the process, helping you to define a practical and achievable plan.

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Willis Legal Services

Willis Legal Services are a long term client of CIOTEK Limited. As a part of their successful growth Willis required complete rebranding and a new website to reflect the quality of the services that they provide. Using our in-house design service, we created a strong, fresh and immediately recognisable brand.

The website was designed for ease of use and update via a content management system enabling Willis managers to add in latest news and customer testimonials as and whenever they wish without the need to refer back to ourselves. As a part of our support we also provided website hosting and technical support.

Visit Willis Legal Website

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