Stop Bleeding Money Without Losing What Matters

Real budget strategies that protect your business while cutting costs. Learn from someone who's helped hundreds of Australian companies navigate tough times without sacrificing quality or staff.

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Three Approaches That Actually Work

Most budget cuts either destroy morale or barely make a dent. These methods do both — save real money and keep your team intact.

Strategic budget analysis process

Revenue-First Cutting

Start with expenses that directly hurt your income potential. Most people cut marketing first — that's backwards. We'll show you how to identify the real dead weight in your spending.

Team collaboration during budget planning

Staff-Smart Reductions

Layoffs are expensive and damage trust. Better to restructure roles, renegotiate terms, or find creative alternatives. Your best people have ideas — if you know how to ask.

Cost analysis spreadsheet review

Hidden Cost Surgery

Subscriptions you forgot about, contracts on autopilot, vendor relationships that stopped making sense years ago. This stuff adds up faster than you think.

How We Approach Budget Reduction

This isn't about random cost cutting. It's a systematic process that protects what works while eliminating what doesn't.

1

Revenue Impact Assessment

We map every expense to its revenue contribution. Sounds obvious, but most businesses have never done this properly.

Takes about two weeks to complete thoroughly. The results often surprise business owners.
2

Staff Protection Planning

Before touching payroll, we explore every alternative. Sometimes that means temporary pay cuts, role combinations, or performance-based adjustments.

Your team's trust is worth more than short-term savings. We help you preserve both.
3

Vendor Renegotiation

Most suppliers will work with you if approached correctly. We teach you the conversations that save money without burning bridges.

Average savings here range from 15-30% on major contracts. Sometimes much more.
4

Implementation Support

Having a plan is one thing. Actually making the changes stick is another. We help you manage the transition period.

Most participants see meaningful results within 60 days of implementation.

Real Results from Real Businesses

These numbers come from participants in our 2024 programs. Every situation is different, but the principles work across industries and business sizes.

£180K Average Annual Savings
92% Staff Retention Rate
8 weeks Typical Program Length
Business meeting discussing budget improvements
Kiona Hartwell, lead financial consultant

Kiona Hartwell

Lead Financial Consultant

The hardest part isn't finding places to cut expenses. It's doing it without damaging the business long-term. After working with over 300 companies through budget crises, I've learned that the right approach can actually make businesses stronger.

Ready to Cut Costs Without Cutting Corners?

Our next group program starts in September 2025. Limited to 12 participants so everyone gets individual attention.