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Business Today. Insight for B2B leaders.

Commercial intelligence for CEOs, MDs and Sales Directors in B2B manufacturing. Perspectives on growth, strategy, leadership and the commercial challenges that matter most.

Thinking that moves the commercial needle. No fluff.

Real perspectives on the challenges facing B2B manufacturers — from sales structure to pricing discipline, leadership gaps to growth strategy.

Case study
Scaling marketing ROI through specialist transition.

How a generalist marketing team became a specialist-led model — and delivered £935k additional EBITDA.

Cost out. Performance up. Without adding headcount. The full breakdown of the cost model, funnel performance, and financial impact.

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Leadership
A world-class sales structure won't build itself.

The interim sales director case — why timing is everything.

When a senior commercial departure leaves a leadership gap, the instinct is to recruit. A permanent hire takes three to six months at minimum. The cost of the gap is usually invisible until it's too late.

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Performance
The gap between good and great is always strategy — not effort.

Why your best salespeople are probably underperforming.

Most B2B manufacturers have a capable sales team. What they don't have is the strategic framework to make that team consistently high-performing. The result: reliance on individual heroics.

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Change management
Restructuring a sales function is complex. Getting it wrong is expensive.

Sales transformation for manufacturers serious about growth.

Commercial transformation in B2B manufacturing is not a consulting project. It's a leadership programme that requires someone who has lived the commercial reality — not produced a slide deck.

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Pipeline
More enquiries mean nothing if your sales team can't convert them into revenue.

Pipeline is full. Revenue isn't growing. Here's why.

A full pipeline and flat revenue is one of the most common and costly commercial problems in B2B manufacturing. The solution is never more pipeline — it's a conversion architecture.

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Board advisory
Does your board have the commercial expertise to drive the next growth phase?

The NED commercial gap — why most manufacturing boards are missing a critical voice.

Many manufacturing boards are strong on operations and finance but light on senior commercial leadership. A commercial NED with board-level P&L experience changes the dynamic.

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Steve Corfield, MBA
"The businesses that align sales and marketing around one revenue number grow 24% faster. The ones that don't are leaving the numbers on the table."
38%Higher win rates
208%More mktg revenue

The 208% marketing revenue multiplier — how sales & marketing alignment changes everything.

When sales and marketing functions are genuinely unified — same ICP, same metrics, same pipeline ownership — marketing-influenced revenue increases by 208%. That's not a rounding error. That's a structural commercial transformation.

The solution isn't a monthly joint meeting and a shared dashboard. It's a fundamental reorientation of both functions around one number — revenue — and one shared customer.

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Practical thought leadership for B2B leaders — perspectives on growth, strategy, and commercial performance from Steve Corfield.