David Lowe launches DF & B Consulting

Former Genesis Fitness Clubs and Debit Success Chief Executive David Lowe has launched a new management consultancy, DF & B Consulting, that aims to help small and medium sized businesses of all types while specialising in offering a range of specialised services to the fitness, recreation, swim school and wellness sector.

With access to partners with more than 70 years senior management experience in sales, marketing, contract and consumer law, accounting, HR and training, the new consultancy is able to offer a wide range of management consulting services to businesses of all types along with some more specialised services.

Outlining an early success for a fitness industry client, Lowe explains "I have just completed a billing company audit for my first client and found that their billing company had been overcharging them since 2008 ... and (this was) not a 'second tier' provider either, this was one of the 'tier one' billing companies.

"(As a result) the billing company concerned has just agreed to refund my client the overcharges (and I have) one very pleased client.

"Given my background and ability to data mine and unit these companies, this is a great first up result."

Lowe holds a Bachelor of Education, Masters Degree in Business Administration, Masters Degree in Commercial Law and a Graduate Certificate in Corporate Management and by March of 2013 he will have upgraded his MBA to a Doctor of Business Administration.

He has worked at the first level of management for over 25 years and has experience from three start up businesses through to large corporates (Telstra), including 11 years as a chief executive of two highly successful companies, one that he took from a start up to be turning over more that $350 million.

He is well known for his passion, persistence and drive.

Lowe will complete his Doctoral thesis by December 2012 which is the first academic study in Australia into consumer behaviour specific to why people join fitness clubs and why they then maintain their memberships beyond the initial term. As a result of his experience in this Doctoral study, Lowe is very well placed to undertake consumer research on behalf of his clients.

DF & B Consulting offers the following management consulting services:

• Accelerated Growth
• Advertising & Marketing
• Asset Improvement
• Billing Services
• Budgeting
• Business and Marketing plans
• Business coaching & mentoring
• Change Management
• Creditor Management
• Consumer behaviour research
• Contract & Consumer Law Advice & Advocacy
• Debtor Management & Collections
• Finance advice & negotiations
• Franchise Systems (both Franchisor and Franchisee)
• ISO9002 preparation
• IT and systems reviews
• Lease Negotiations
• Market Research
• Multi-site Operations
• New Product Delivery
• Operations Re-engineering
• P&L and EBIT improvements
• Planning and Strategy
• Process reviews and documentation
• Recruitment
• Risk Management
• Sales Training
• Staff Leadership
• Start-Ups
• Temporary Relief Management

As well as the following specialist services to businesses in the leisure industry:

• Billing Services/Direct Debit Management reviews
• Club Management software/system evaluation and review
• Data mining
• Lead generation
• Marketing plans
• Member attraction
• Member management
• Member retention
• Membership contract review, drafting and membership dispute advocacy
• Sales systems
• Site Selection

For more information call David Lowe on 0419 896 696, E: david@dfandbconsulting.com.au, www.dfandbconsulting.com.au

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