Practical Business Advice for Owners Who Want Better Results.
Business Consulting: Whether you're a family business, professional service firms, an established business owner preparing for succession, or looking to scale your business, Unicorn Consultants helps business owners improve performance, strengthen profitability, plan succession, reduce risk and make clearer decisions about the future.
Better decisions. Stronger performance. A business that works for you.
Many owners reach a point where they know their business could be performing better, but they are too close to the day-to-day pressure to see the right next move clearly.
Unicorn Consultants provides calm, practical and experienced guidance, helping you step back, see the bigger picture, and turn strategy into action.
- Clarify where the business is now and where it needs to go
- Identify profit, performance and growth opportunities
- Strengthen systems, processes and decision-making
- Plan for exit, succession, wealth protection and legacy
Success is not just growth. It is growth with clarity, structure and purpose.
The Unicorn approach combines strategic thinking with grounded, practical implementation.Business support that goes beyond theory.
Whether you want to grow, prepare for succession, improve systems, strengthen resilience or sharpen customer experience, the aim is the same: practical progress that makes a measurable difference.
Business Planning & Growth Strategy
Clear planning, practical priorities and growth pathways for owners who want more control over performance and direction.
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Support for owners thinking about transition, family business continuity, sale-readiness, succession and legacy.
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Practical improvement of how your business runs, so less depends on memory, habit or the owner doing everything.
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Stronger positioning, clearer messages and smarter marketing direction to help attract better-quality enquiries.
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Improve the way clients are welcomed, served and retained, so your reputation becomes a genuine business asset.
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Identify vulnerabilities, strengthen business continuity and prepare your business for disruption and change.
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Experienced advice with a practical edge.
The value is not just in having a strategy. The value is in knowing what to do next, why it matters, and how to make it stick.
Experience
Four decades of real-world business advisory experience across many types of owners and enterprises.
Perspective
Calm, independent thinking when decisions are complex, emotional or commercially important.
Implementation
Practical guidance designed to move from conversation to action, not just sit in a report.
Connections
Access to trusted partners and specialist capability when deeper expertise is required.
A clear way to start.
Every business is different, so the process begins with understanding your current reality, your ambitions and the practical constraints around you.
Business Review
We discuss where the business is now, what is working, what is not, and where better decisions are needed.
Diagnosis
We identify the real issues, the hidden opportunities and the areas where action could create leverage.
Priorities
We narrow the focus to the changes that matter most, so effort is not wasted on noise.
Action
We help turn the strategy into practical steps, better conversations and clearer implementation.
About Unicorn Consultants & Phil Manhire
Unicorn Consultants, along with Internet Marketing Service, was founded by Phil Manhire, a business growth facilitator with over four decades of experience advising business owners, family enterprises and high-net-worth families.
Phil’s work spans strategy, growth, exit and succession planning, with a strong focus on practical implementation. He has advised clients in professional services, trade-based businesses, manufacturing, health, agriculture and more.
The common thread? Helping owners build businesses that are both commercially robust and personally rewarding — businesses that support the lifestyle and legacy they want, not the other way around.
- Takes the time to understand the person behind the numbers
- Combines strategic thinking with a practical, feet-on-the-ground approach
- Works collaboratively with accountants, lawyers and other advisers
- Brings a calm, measured perspective when decisions really matter
Business Consulting: Specialist expertise when it adds value.
When deeper capability is needed, Unicorn Consultants can draw on trusted partners who share the same commitment to practical, professional support.
Internet Marketing Service
Practical digital marketing, SEO and online growth support for service-based businesses.
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Strategic thinking and education around wealth, business ownership and long-term financial clarity.
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Book a Business Review and explore where strategy, structure and practical action could make the biggest difference in your business.