About Us

Our approach

Helping small and medium-sized companies to greater success is our business and our passion - we’ve worked with hundreds of them over the last eight years.

Individuality is a hallmark of the sector, so everything we do is done in collaboration with you. There are no off-the-shelf solutions. Instead, we work with you to define your aims and opportunities, as well as the challenges and barriers you face. Then we work with you to find the best answers and put them into practice.

We have a team of legal advisers, designers, PR specialists and bid writers, and access to many others, who we can bring into your business as and when you need them.

Our approach is practical as well as personal. We use plain English, not business jargon, and we deliver results that you can measure in terms of business growth.

It’s not a process with a defined cut-off point. Many of our clients have been with us for years, using us as an extension of their own team, to provide valuable expertise and to offer a fresh perspective.

We have a wide range of business services such as PR (Public Relations), Marketing, Business grants, funding, business consultancy and many more.

Partner profiles

Prerana Phadnis
With more than 15 years’ management experience in both the public and private sectors, Prerana has a track record of collaborative working in the manufacturing, service and creative arenas. Her involvement has contributed to the profitability, growth and repositioning of many companies.

She has a Masters degree in industrial design from London University and an MBA from the Open University Business School. She is also a member of the Chartered Management Institute. She was nominated by clients for the Best Business Adviser award in a national competition run by Barclays Bank.

Email: pp@prefixassociates.co.uk

Alison Swaden
Alison is a Chartered Marketer and member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, with a degree in business management from Trinity College, Dublin. Her experience ranges from roles in blue chip companies such as Nestlé to working with owner-managed smaller businesses in a wide variety of industry sectors.

Her work covers every phase of the marketing cycle, from strategic planning through to practical implementation. She enjoys sharing these skills as she helps her clients to develop their own understanding of marketing - and to increase their productivity and profits.

Email: as@prefixassociates.co.uk

Associates

Nathan Hallett
Design and Print, website development, brand development and corporate identity, signage, brochures and more.

Lorna Bennison
Investors in People adviser, database development, customer and staff surveys, training plans and staff development.

Neil Raichura
Financial plans and strategy, IT strategy, business planning and access to finance such as business grants and funding.