Crooked Stick Ltd

Transparent pricing

We believe in transparent & sensible pricing, and offer a 'no nonsense' guarantee on all our work.

Please click here for details of our Fixed Price Price Business Support

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it's about building cathedrals, rather than carrying bricks!

Click here to buy 'Great or Poor' The CD.
Read by the Author. 1 hour 17 minutes. Giving an overview of the material and empowering you to take action to improve the service you give today!

List price £12.99. Available here for £10 including P&P.
Buy 2 copies and receive 1 extra FREE.

Service
Description
Price
We wouldn't want to commit our time and money to someone we don't know, so we don't expect you to.
 
These offers enable you to experience our work for a small fee and no obligation. They also enable us to get to know you well, so we can make sure we give you the best help possible for the most sensible price.
  • Initial 15 - 30 minute phone discussion : no charge.
  • 2.5 Hour 'Business Surgery' : £170
  • Full Day 'Business Surgery': £370
    • available in South West UK only
  • 2.5 Hour 'Introductory workshop' in your Organisation : £270
    • 'GREAT or POOR': how to deliver excellent service: for managers
    • 'Go the extra inch': how to give great service: for all personnel
    • 'Fab or Drab': how to REALLY sell: for all personnel
    • 'Effective communication': for all personnel
    • 'Effective use of time': time management that works: for all
Market Research and Feedback
Diagnosis before prescription.

We use the amazingly simple and powerful 'Great or Poor' system. This delivers outstanding information, very quickly and cost effectively.

This serice includes all preparation, materials, and personalisation to your needs.

Customer Surveys:

  • From £6 per result ... by phone

Your People: assessing their opinions and engagement

  • £270 per half day: includes full report and suggestions

'Ad hoc' market research work:

  • Circa £92/hour
Service Delivery
These are our standard 'delivery' fees.
They include all preparation, materials, and personalisation to your needs.

If you're an SME in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset or Somerset, we'll give you 20% discount on these rates.

If you're a Charity anywhere in the UK, we'll give you 20% discount on these rates.
  • Full Day : £970
  • 1/2 Day : £590

Two or more days booked at once reduce these prices to:

  • Full Day : £820
  • 1/2 Day : £540

Coaching / 'ad hoc' work: circa £115/hour

Follow Up
These offers help you make the improvements work over the long term.
 
All these are adaptable to suit your individual needs.
Special Offers
These offers are designed to make our services more easily available to SMEs in the West Country and Charities across the UK.
  • South West based SMEs: 20% discount on all training & consultancy
  • Charities: 20% discount on all training & consultancy
  • (Both these exclude other special offers)

'Great or Poor': The System

‘Great or Poor’ is a simple and effective system to empower you and your organisation to deliver world class customer service consistently and excellently each and every day.

Through this fixed price offer, you will receive all the tools and support you need to set this system up in your Organisation. This will enable you to continually deliver excellent customer experiences, and grow turnover and profitability through repeat business and referrals.

Organisational effectiveness is the product of activities within a SYSTEM: this is the system to empower you to manage your most important asset ... your customer's experience of your service.

You receive:

> Business Surgery
> 1 hour coaching by phone following the Business Surgery
> 2 hours setup and personalisation of material to your specific needs
> 1 X 3 hour 'Great or Poor' workshop for all your people (including handouts and action plans)
> 1 X 2 hour 'review workshop' about a month later, to check understanding and action
> 2 X 1 hour coaching reviews by phone, following the sessions, to ensure the system works and delivers the results you need


Normal Price £1560 + VAT

Special offer price when booked as a package: £1250 + VAT

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Virtual CED or Monthly Fixed Price Business Advice Service

Charges for this service will vary according to your needs, please click on the title above for more details, or see below for guidance. Investment starts at just £99 / month.

 

Quarterly

Business review and advice (about 3 hours)

Bi Monthly coaching / advice / or training 

Monthly Coaching / advice or training

Annual staff survey in writing

Annual staff survey in person

Quarterly customer survey by phone

Quarterly Private training seminars in business effectiveness

Ad Hoc business support by email

Backup material

To help you continue to develop your business

To help you continue to develop your business

To help you continue to develop your business


One full day your business, including full report

30 customers

Extra places: £50


As needed

£99

£149

£270

£20

£40

£50

£50

No Charge

No charge

Terms and conditions

  • all fees to be paid by standing order on first day of month
  • minimum monthly fee £99


Other Charges

  • All rates are + VAT at standard rate 
  • We recharge any expenses at cost
  • For travel of more than 2 hours, we charge £125 'time expense' per journey
  • For overseas bookings, we charge a £350 / day extra fee


    Please note: all bookings are taken subject to our Code of Practice and Terms & Conditions 
     

Our Guarantee

We offer a 'no nonsense' guarantee on all our work. If you're not happy, tell us and we'll rectify it. If you're still not happy we'll refund your fees.

We also guarantee to charge you at 'best possible rate': i.e. to invoice you in line with any offers or the most cost effective way to use our services.