Business advisory
Business advice from someone who has built the business.
TAIU provides independent business advisory and value creation counsel to founders, boards and investors — across the United Kingdom, Europe, the GCC, the United States and Asia. Not consulting from the sidelines: 25+ years of building, scaling, restructuring and expanding businesses into more than 40 markets.
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Six places where advice changes the value of a business.
Growth advisory
Revenue, proposition, pricing, route to market, new segments and underperforming parts of the business.
Business model advisory
Where value actually sits across customer, company, partners and supply chain, and where economics quietly break.
International expansion advisory
Where to expand, how to enter, franchise, distribution and joint venture models, who to partner with and what must exist first.
Partnership and corporate development
Connecting complementary businesses, capabilities, capital and people into commercial partnerships.
Turnaround and performance
Separating symptoms from causes and focusing on the few interventions that actually change the outcome.
Board and investor counsel
Experienced challenge when the answer is unclear, the board is split or the organisation is stuck.
Where TAIU works
London and Dubai. Advising across five regions.
United Kingdom
London-based advisory for UK founders, boards and family businesses on growth, business model and international readiness.
Europe
Market entry, partner selection and operating models across Western, Southern and Central Europe, informed by building retail and consumer brands across the continent.
GCC & Middle East
Dubai-based presence supporting franchise, distribution and joint venture structures across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf.
United States
Entry strategy and partnership routes for European brands approaching the US, and for US businesses looking outward.
Asia
Expansion, partner and licensing models across South East and East Asia, drawn from multi-market retail rollouts and trade engagement in the region.
Common questions
What are business advisory services?
Business advisory is independent, experienced counsel on the decisions that determine the value of a business: where growth comes from, how the business model works, which markets to enter, which partners to work with and what to do when performance stalls. Unlike traditional consulting, TAIU's work is led by an operator who has built and run businesses internationally, and it continues through implementation rather than stopping at a recommendation.
How is TAIU different from a management consultancy?
There is no research team producing a deck. You work directly with Mark Eve, a founder, operator, shareholder and international director with more than 25 years of experience. The output is a commercially useful decision and help making it happen, not a report.
Which markets does TAIU work in?
TAIU advises businesses across the United Kingdom and Europe, the GCC and wider Middle East, the United States and Asia, working from London and Dubai. Experience includes expansion into more than 40 international markets.
Who does TAIU work with?
Founders, boards, management teams, family businesses and investors in consumer brands, retail, beauty, wellness, hospitality, interiors and international development.
How does an engagement start?
Usually with a single unresolved question. A first conversation is used to understand the situation and establish whether an outside perspective would add value. Email info@taiu.co.uk.