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Business Growth
Turn ambition into a practical growth plan with structure, focus, and clear priorities.
Glasgow Business Coach
Business growth with more clarity, more control, and more accountability.
Basics and Beyond helps SMEs across Glasgow, Scotland, and the wider UK build robust growth through sharper objectives, stronger financial management, smarter strategy, and practical coaching support.
250+
Successful SMEs referenced in the existing business growth process.
Bespoke
Support packages shaped around need, ambition, and financial reality.
UK-wide
Glasgow-based support for start-ups and established businesses alike.
Founder
Michael Clerck
Senior leadership, project management, mentoring, and practical business coaching focused on profitable progress rather than theory.
Business mentor with The Prince’s Trust and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
Clear business objectives
Marketing and financial strategy
Risk management and resilience
Accountability that drives action
Why clients reach out
When growth feels harder than it should, the fundamentals usually need attention.
Struggling to see the way forward
Frustrated by slower progress than expected
Feeling the pressure of cash flow and financial uncertainty
Trying to manage growth without enough time or headspace
What you get
Practical support built around your business, not a fixed programme.
Basics and Beyond is positioned around robust, profitable business growth. The core offer is a bespoke package that helps owners make better decisions, build stronger habits, and move forward with more confidence.
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Objective external perspective, without the fluff
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Support tailored to early-stage and established SMEs
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Accountability that keeps the important work moving
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A bespoke proposal rather than an off-the-shelf programme
Our approach
Business coaching should be a practical investment in stronger decisions, clearer priorities and measurable progress.
Services
Support across the parts of the business that most often hold growth back.
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Marketing Strategy
Sharpen your positioning and stop wasting effort on activity that does not move the business forward.
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Financial Management
Build a stronger grip on cash flow, commercial decisions, and the numbers behind sustainable progress.
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Risk & Resilience
Develop the resilience, controls, and decision-making habits that keep businesses stable through change.
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Change Management
Introduce change with less friction, more buy-in, and better execution across the business.
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Business Planning
Create a business plan that is commercially grounded, credible, and genuinely useful in practice.
About Michael
Experience that spans senior management, mentoring, and hands-on SME support.
Michael Clerck brings experience from senior management roles in international manufacturing, leadership positions in smaller businesses, and extensive project management work across demanding environments.
Basics and Beyond offers pragmatic guidance, honest challenge, and support designed to help owners work on the business as well as in it.
Based in Glasgow
Supporting clients locally, across Scotland, and throughout the UK.
Mentor & Coach
Including mentoring work with The Prince’s Trust and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
Testimonials
Trusted by business owners who value clear advice and practical results.
“Having an external pair of eyes with a broad range of experience, expertise and knowledge looking at the business provided the critical view that I was missing.”
“I completely underestimated the value Michael would bring to my business. The business growth and personal development I have achieved has been beyond what I could have imagined.”
“Michael always asks the right questions at the right time. I feel confident I know what steps to take to achieve my goals for my business.”
Free review and chat
If you want to develop your business in a more efficient, profitable way, start the conversation.
Get in touch for a free review and an initial chat about where your business is today, what is getting in the way, and what you want to achieve next.
Phone: 07762 937 137
Email: michael@basicsandbeyond.co.uk
Address: 49 Merryton Avenue, Glasgow G46 6DY