TO keep your business vital you should regularly take a fresh look at it by carrying out a business “health check”. The points below will help you to get started:

Analyse all the key areas of your operations, including finance, sales, administration and your relationships with customers, suppliers and staff.

To stay competitive and grow successfully, look for new and improved ways of doing things.

Take a critical eye to your business’s performance to ensure it is as healthy as it should be and identify where improvements can be made.

Contact Business Link for an in-depth, one-to-one review with an adviser to get an objective viewpoint and access a wealth of support to bring about changes that could benefit your business.

To complete an on-line health check, go to www.businesslink.gov.uk/northwest/healthcheck. For more information or to arrange an independent, face-to-face company health check with a Business Link adviser, call 0845 00 66 888.