Leadership, Growth or Exit?
Leadership, Growth or Exit?
Don’t make the journey alone. Practical support, tangible results. Tailored to you, rooted in real-world knowledge and experience.
Your North Star Will Always Be Unique to You
We work with owner-managed businesses to build profitable businesses with long-term value. Our unique blend of tools and practical support ensures business owners can lead with clarity, grow with purpose, and exit with confidence.
We work with you to unlock the potential in your business, guiding your leadership team through strategy, succession, and sustainable growth - with challenge, honesty, and unwavering support.
That’s what makes us hgkc, the High Growth Knowledge Company. The business advisor who is on your side.
Our Expertise
Knowledge Hub
Explore our Knowledge HubNot ready to speak to us yet? Why not dive into our Knowledge Base? Packed with podcasts, blog posts and free business health checks, our Knowledge Base has something for everyone.
Health Checks & Toolkits
Discover Tools
Exit Readiness Health Check
This short health check provides a structured assessment of your current exit readiness.
Exit Planning & Preparation Toolkit
Our toolkit gives you access to everything - all of the knowledge and experience we have gained in over 50 years working to prepare businesses for exit. Take it at your own speed and be in control.
Blog Posts
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Cyber Risk - How SME Directors can be assured they are managing it effectively
For UK SMEs, cyber risk is no longer a distant concern or something that “only happens to big companies”. In fact, according to the Cyber Security Breaches 2025, 42% of small businesses and 67% of medium-sized business reported a cyber incident within the last 12 months. Indeed, 81% of all the businesses affected by cyber incidents in the UK are SMEs. These incidents cause operational disruption, wasting precious time and money on fixing issues and recovering access to data and systems.
South West Businesses: Building Optimism and Unlocking Growth
The Southwest has always been a region full of creativity, resilience and ambition. From its rugged coastlines and rural heartlands to its thriving towns and cities, it is a place where enterprise takes many forms — family-owned firms passed down through generations, innovative start-ups making their mark, growing companies eager to explore new horizons, and large companies leading the world in aerospace engineering and nuclear power generation.
Exit Planning & Preparation Toolkit: A Clear Starting Point for Business Owners Ready to Think About Their Future
Every business owner, whether they realise it or not, will exit their business one day. For some, that moment feels distant; for others, it’s already starting to occupy their thoughts. But across all the conversations we’ve had with owners over the years, a common theme emerges: “I don’t know where to start.”
Featured Events
Come along to one of our events! Learn from industry experts about relevant topics that may be affecting your business and network with your peers.
Buy and Build: How to grow your business through acquisition
Designed for business owners, this intimate roundtable session will give you insights and practical takeaways to embark on your business' growth through acquisition.
7th October 2026, 12:20am - 12:20am
17 Square Works, Berkeley Square, BS8 1HB | Bristol
Eco-System mapping workshop for Somerset Businesses facing turbulent compounding change
Eco-System mapping is a proven technique to re-think the problem, generate new insights and surface tensions conventional approaches ignore.
21st October 2026, 8:00am - 12:00pm
The Undercroft, Wells Cathedral, Cathedral Green, BA5 2PA | Wells
Testimonials
Browse Testimonials
Yoav Alony-Gilboa
Director
Friars Moor Livestock Health
David Crew
Managing Director
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Jonathan Spittle
Managing Director
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Organisations We Have Worked With
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