Thought Leadership

Paula Fagan, Quantuma’s Marketing Manager, recently announced the launch of its latest insight and support program, powered by Clarity. Developed by Quantuma’s expert analytics team, Clarity analyzes SME performance against growth and distress factors. The result is powerful insights that allow professional advisers and business owners to unlock potential.

For further support, the program also includes a new report, ‘Clarity in uncertain times’. This data-rich report examines SME viability and vulnerability across sectors and regions.

Safely navigate further economic turbulence

SMEs play a crucial role in driving economic growth and employment opportunities in the UK.

However, with smaller workforces and lower cash reserves, SMEs have been especially vulnerable to the past year’s severe economic shocks. Typically, SMEs had fewer buffers to help them withstand the multiple economic shock waves of the post-COVID era. These include supply chain disruptions, higher input and capital costs, and potentially weaker demand following reduced business and consumer confidence.

As a whole, the UK economy faces a challenging and highly uncertain outlook.

Business and consumer confidence are likely to remain muted in the months ahead. This makes it critical for SMEs to take action in the areas within their control. Some examples include starting to upskill the labor force and ensuring good access to financial advice and targeted financial support.

Interventions like these can help ensure that SMEs are in the strongest possible position to withstand further economic turbulence.

Position for success and reduce the risk of failure

Quantuma’s latest program aims to help professional advisers and business owners navigate this challenging economic environment and unlock potential.

Powered by Clarity, Quantuma’s program combines forward-looking distress and growth indicators, an insolvency propensity model, and financial performance ratios. The powerful insights and customized reports produced help SMEs position for success and reduce the risk of failure.

Taking data from multiple sources, Clarity analyzes and benchmarks it to identify the sectors under the most stress. It also highlights those that need help to recover, and the regions that have fared better over recent years.

Just as crucially, Clarity pinpoints businesses that have the greatest propensity for collapse and those that are set to grow. This provides advisers and business owners with a forward-looking, data-led view of the forces shaping the UK SME market. Armed with this information, they can spot opportunities to grow their practice in specific sectors or regions.

Over the coming months, Quantuma will continue to monitor conditions for UK SMEs and share further insights on how best to position a response.

With a challenging and uncertain economic outlook, it’s vital businesses can take positive actions in the areas within their control. Only then can the continued viability and prosperity of this vital segment of the UK economy be ensured.

For the full story, read Quantuma’s Clarity in Uncertain Times.