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A consultant is required to develop a Business Plan for the Staffordshire History Centre for a five year period. The Staffordshire History Centre Project will include the Grade II* listed Georgian Townhouse and Victorian Cottage (18 and 19 Eastgate Street) which currently stores the William Salt Library collections. As part of this project the building will be repurposed with the ground floor becoming part of the History Centre and it is proposed that the Cottage and upper floors are converted for residential and business office space for start-ups. Some initial work has been carried out to identify opportunities for the re-use of the building and assess likely income to include with the Stage 1 HLF submission. An experienced Business Plan consultant is required to create a detailed project Business Plan for the Staffordshire History Centre (SHC). Drawing on existing work to develop the project the consultant(s) will develop the plan for the Round 2 HLF application. The consultant(s) will be required to: * Review previous work carried out and test and challenge assumptions for the sustainability of the SHC, Townhouse and Cottage. * Undertake a strategic review of the potential income streams, including office space, residential use, retail, venue hire and commercial activities. * Undertake a demographic review / market analysis of visitor types and numbers with support from activity plan consultants. * Assess commercial opportunities, analysing pilot events programme to determine appropriate business model for future programming. * Carry out market research to test viability of income generation opportunities. * Analyse capital and revenue costs relative to forecast income. * Undertake a supply and demand analysis. * Carry out a sensitivity analysis on the income / visitor figures to ensure the plan is robust. * Work with the Project Board and Design team to test assumptions. * Work with the Project Team and other consultants to ensure the Business Plan is contributing to and is in line with the Management and Maintenance Plan, Activity plan and Conservation and Management Plan. * Ensure compliance with Funder's requirements. * Identify risks and opportunities. * Submit conclusions and financial sustainability of the Business Plan. * Provide a complete project Business Plan in line with HLF's guidance at: https://www.hlf.org.uk/project-business-plan-guidance * Provide information for the HLF Round 2 Application form especially section 6 by September 2017 in time for submission in February 2018. Tenders are via the portal https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login A copy of the brief is attached or more information please contact Matthew Sutton 01785 854648 [log in to unmask] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +