Business Advisory Services at Bik and Bos is all about the identification of long-term and short-term methods aimed at creating and or increasing value for businesses be it a startup businesses or well-established businesses operating or intending to operate in Uganda. Our core responsibility as Business Advisors is to grow your business.
Our Business Advisory Services encompass a wide scope of strategies, ideas, activities, and initiatives that business owners, investors, and entrepreneurs depend on in order to achieve the goal of making their businesses better. Below are our major Business Advisory Services;
Fund Arranging Services
Capital in terms of money remains scarce and inaccessible yet it is the bloodline of every business all over the world. It is against this background that Bik and Bos offers Fund Arranging Services to assist businesses in Uganda secure timely affordable financing in terms of loans in order to propel economic growth.
To enable us offer our clients with reliable Fund Arranging solutions ranging from Asset Financing, Contract Financing, Equity Financing, Trade Financing, Infrastructure Financing, Mezzanine Financing, Islamic Finance, Development Financing, et al; our company has over time cultivated and continues to maintain excellent professional relationships and partnerships with various financial industry players ranging from local Commercial Banks, Foreign Banks, Hedge Funds, International Finance Institutions, Non-Bank Lenders, et al. Therefore, depending on the nature of your business and or need for credit, we know exactly where to find for you affordable, timely financing.
It is important for our prospective clients to kindly note that Bik and Bos is not a financial or a lending institution. Our role as a Fund Arranging service provider is to link our esteemed clients to reliable financers both locally and internationally to enable you access affordable timely credit services.
Investment Advisory Services
We coordinate, encourage, promote, facilitate and advise on investment and investment opportunities in Uganda. Our Investment Advisory Services mean any services that involve the set up and establishment of an Investment in Uganda be it by Ugandans or Foreigners.
As professional investment advisors, we offer investors and business people the opportunity to exploit their assets through investment products which fit their own risk/return preferences either through linking them up to already existent lucrative investment opportunities or assisting them in creating new business opportunities within Uganda.
We regularly update our clients on recent market conditions by carrying out an assessment to determine whether or not the client’s investment strategy complies with economic and financial circumstances hence, based on mutual discussions with our clients, their investment strategy is updated and modifications are made between investment products and portfolios.
We also as part of our Investment Advisory Services assist investors and business people who are in need of registering/incorporating new business ventures (Company) with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and thus operate legal businesses in Uganda. We in the same vain assist individuals who are in need of registering Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) to get permits in order to legally transact in civil society work in Uganda.
Furthermore, we guide investors, entrepreneurs and business people through the maze of Uganda’s regulatory requirements and thus assist them to process all kinds of Licenses and Permits from various sectors like Trade, Investment, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Mining, Farming, Agro-processing, Civil Society, Import & Export, et al.
Regardless of the sector or industry of investment, we are readily available to assist in ensuring that investors acquire any kind of licensing and permits in record time.
Tax Advisory Services
At Bik and Bos, we take a critical look at the operations of each of our clients and propose the required interventions and support to ensure that their tax compliance functions are adequately addressed and dealt with.
We ensure that our clients comply with the tax regulations as per Uganda’s Tax laws as well as any international tax laws that apply to the existence and operations of the Client.
We offer a wide range of direct and indirect taxation services from tax planning and advisory through corporate tax determination, tax return compilation, tax audits and reviews, tax education and tax clinics as well as tax compliance services in a number of areas depending on our client’s business and needs. Our Tax Advisory Services areas include Corporate Taxation, Individual and Non-corporate, Pay as You Earn, Value Added Tax, Customs and Excise, et al.
Business Development Services
Our experienced team of Business Development Advisors helps entrepreneurs and business owners reduce the barriers to business growth by providing unrivaled Business Development Services that enable entrepreneurs and business owners to make informed business decisions, save time and increase their return on investment while mitigating various risks at the same time hence enabling our clients emerge as the best in the markets where they compete.
The Business Development Services we offer encompass a wide scope of ideas, activities, and initiatives that a business owner and management implement with the goal of making the business better. The Business Development Services we offer at Bik and Bos include but are not limited to the following:
Business Optimization where we identify and implement new methods that make a business more efficient and cost effective;
Business Strategy Development where we elaborate on the actions and decisions a business needs in order to achieve its goals and objectives;
Sales and Marketing Strategy where we assist businesses set the direction for how they will find and engage with prospective customers and also describe how Businesses will sell to that target audience and turn prospects into buyers. In most cases, we don’t stop at developing marketing strategies for our clients, we go ahead and help market our clients products and services;
Feasibility Studies where we objectively uncover the strengths and weaknesses of any business plan or project;
Risk Management where we identify the risks that are faced or can be faced by a business, analyze them and then make a framework of actions that can be taken to mitigate any such risks;
Business Research whereby we acquire detailed information of various areas of business and use such information in maximizing sales and profit of the business hence such a study helps companies determine which product/service is most profitable or on demand;
Business and Management Training where we offer training to small and microentrepreneurs in Uganda looking particularly at imparting knowledge on entrepreneurship and management skills for sustainable self-employment, job creation and economic development.