The LOYALS Business Mentor Programme — your accountant and your growth team in one place.

Joining the programme is free for any active LOYALS Accountants client. Once you've signed an engagement letter for any of our accounting services (CIS, Self Assessment, Annual Accounts, Bookkeeping or VAT), you become eligible to access the Mentor Programme without additional joining fees. The first 30-minute strategy call with Kris is also free — that's where we work out which of the two paths fits your situation.

Path 1 is for growing companies focused on attracting more direct customers — sole traders, tradespeople, small businesses, and SMEs with turnover typically below £2 million. The growth lever is marketing: Meta and Instagram ads, Google ads, LinkedIn outreach, and email campaigns. Path 2 is for established companies with proven delivery capability and turnover typically £2 million to £10 million who want to access UK public sector contracts as a serious revenue channel. The growth lever is tender bidding through our partnership with an experienced public sector procurement specialist.

Joining the programme is free for LOYALS clients and the first 30-minute intake call with Kris is free. Beyond that, services are priced individually so you only pay for what you use. Path 1 starts with a £395 Marketing Growth Diagnostic, then ongoing services from £500/month (LinkedIn) up to £4,000 per campaign (paid advertising). Path 2 begins with a £1,895 Public Sector Viability Audit, then continues from £997/month (TenderRadar Core) with bid support from £2,395 per bid.

Because we already have the financial picture. We see exactly when a client is profitable enough to fund growth, when their cash flow can handle ad spend, when the timing is right to pursue larger contracts. A standalone marketing agency doesn't have that visibility — they sell you services regardless of whether your numbers can support them. Combining accounting oversight with growth services means we recommend marketing or tender activity only when it actually works for your business. That synchronisation is the core advantage.

Through our partner network we work with an experienced public sector procurement specialist with over a decade of buyer-side experience inside major UK government bodies including HM Land Registry, the Ministry of Defence, the NHS, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Department for Education. She has personally sat on numerous evaluation panels, scored thousands of SME bid submissions, and made supplier-selection decisions — meaning she understands exactly how buyers think and what scoring criteria really mean. We coordinate her work directly so LOYALS clients have a single point of contact.

The audit answers one question: should your business pursue public sector contracts as a revenue channel, and if so which contracts at what value through which procurement routes. You receive a Commercial Fit Assessment (revenue model, margin profile, cash flow, delivery structure), Target Contract Band Identification, Capability Gap Analysis (accreditations, policies, case studies, financial thresholds, insurance), Opportunity Sampling (3-5 live or recent contract examples with go/no-go reasoning), and a Go/No-Go Verdict — Proceed, Conditional, or Not Recommended. Delivered as a written report plus a 30-60 minute review call within 5 working days of receiving your intake questionnaire.

TenderRadar is an ongoing intelligence service that monitors the UK public sector market and filters opportunities against your supplier profile. Core (£997/month) delivers a tailored shortlist of relevant contracts with written reasoning to support each go/no-go decision. Plus (£2,495/month) adds deeper analysis — competitor scoring on previous similar awards, framework positioning advice, and quarterly strategic review calls. Both services are available exclusively to clients who have completed the Public Sector Viability Audit with a Proceed verdict.

Fixed-price support for specific tenders you've decided to pursue. We manage the full submission process — reviewing the tender pack, handling clarification questions, ensuring compliance with all mandatory requirements, and writing the technical responses with input from your team on delivery approach and case studies. Pricing starts at £2,395 per bid, or on a retainer basis depending on bid volume. Available to active TenderRadar clients only.

LinkedIn Management has a 3-month minimum commitment because that's how long it realistically takes to build engagement and produce measurable inbound activity. Paid advertising campaigns (Meta, Google) are priced per-campaign with no long-term commitment — typically a campaign runs 4-8 weeks. Email campaigns are also priced per-campaign. The £395 Marketing Growth Diagnostic carries no follow-on commitment — you can take the strategy plan and execute yourself, or come back to us for some or all of the channel work.

You have one account manager (Kris Nick) who oversees both your accounting work and your mentor programme engagement. Your bookkeeping data feeds directly into growth decisions — when we recommend a £4,000 ad campaign, we already know your trailing 90-day cash position. When the procurement specialist sees you should bid for £500K contracts, we already have the financial accreditation evidence ready. You don't repeat your story to multiple providers, you don't pay for separate consultancy on what your business looks like — that's already in our hands.