Business Help in a Friendly Environment Exeter Consulting Forum (ECF) is a friendly group of professionals with a diverse range of skills that can help businesses to improve their performance. It is also a meeting point for people who seek to form new businesses or to raise capital. The Forum was established primarily in order to find better ways to harness people’s skills in a world that is becoming increasingly complex. In our more complex world the creativity and innovation stemming from a greater diversity of skills experience and ideas and a more fluid approach to building teams can lead to better results. It can provide the cutting edge in terms of organisational and competitive advantage. The Forum recognizes that it can be difficult for smaller businesses in particular to find help given a relatively modest cash flow. Businesses only want to do things that pay their way. In addition businesses do not want services to be pushed continually on them. Businesses would rather engage in a constructive dialogue in a no pressure environment to explore if there might be mutually beneficial opportunities. In the light of this Members of the Forum have committed to deliver services on a performance basis to the extent possible and not to sell to clients at meetings of the Forum except on request. The Forum itself may send information about its facilitation work and Members’ skills to businesses for their interest. More information on the Forum and details of how it can be contacted can be seen at http://www.ecf.one.