VERLING CONSULTING is a management consulting practice based in Blackrock Co. Louth. The practice was established by Francis Verling in 2007. As a management consulting practice VERLING CONSULTING provides the following services;

·          Management Consulting

·         Training

·         One-to-one mentoring

·         Coaching

·         Business Planning

Training & Mentoring

VERLING CONSULTING has provided training and mentoring to a large number of businesses in the following key business functions;

·         New Product Generation & Development

·         Market Research

·         Marketing

·         Promotion

·         Selling

·         Exporting

·         Channel Management

·         Time Management

·         Project Management

·         Personal Effectiveness

VERLING CONSULTING is an approved FAS/EI trainer and is registered on the National Register of Trainers.

VERLING CONSULTING has delivered a number of training programmes for enterprise development organisations in the past two years. The following summarise a selection of these training programmes:

·      Cavan County Enterprise Board – Practical Marketing for Small Business 2008/9.

VERLING CONSULTING developed and delivered this practical marketing programme for Cavan County Enterprise Board in 2008 and 2009. The programme which has been attended by over 20 micro-enterprises focused on developing a practical marketing plan for each of the businesses through the training and one-to-one mentoring.

At the end of the programme participants completed evaluation forms. The following are some of the key findings from the evaluations:

o        100% of respondents rated ‘Overall satisfaction with the course’ either Excellent or Very Satisfied

o        100% of respondents rated the ‘trainer’s delivery methods’ as excellent  or Very Satisfied

o        100% of respondents rated the “Quality of course materials” as either Excellent or Very Satisfied

o        100% of respondents stated that they were ‘happy that the course allowed them to acquire new knowledge’

The following are some of the comments made by participants on the course:

 “The course was informative, content easily understood, a good basis for further learning” – A. Godwin, Owner Manager Best Wishes.

 “Very interesting and beneficial regarding future planning and marketing” – P. Clark, Managing Director, Gilmore Clarke Electrical

 “Francis was great at explaining issues and he got great discussions going” – S. Bolger, Managing Director, Supreme Homecare.

·      Institute of Art, Design & Technology – Dun Laoghaire – Project Management, Time Management & Personal Effectiveness, Selling Skills

The CREATE programme at IADT is an enterprise platform programme for digital media start-up companies. Each year eleven creative entrepreneurs are supported over a nine month period to start-up a new digital media business. The business ideas are digital media focused in the areas of web/internet, music, film, TV, animation, ICT and Games. VERLING CONSULTING has provided training and mentoring to these companies in Project Management, Time Management & Personal Effectiveness, Sourcing Funding and Selling /Presentation Skills.

FAS/EI National Register of Trainers

VERLING CONSULTINGhas recently been approved as a Training Organisation by FAS/EI for it’s training programme – “Practical Marketing for Small Business”. Francis Verling has been registered on the National Register of Trainers as an approved trainer.

Management Consulting & Business Planning 

VERLING CONSULTING has been working with a number of private sector clients on developing their strategic marketing plans for domestic growth and export development in particular the Northern Ireland and UK markets. Advice provided covers the areas of:

• Strategic Marketing
• Promotion
• Branding
• Market Research
• Sales Development
• Business planning

VERLING CONSULTING has recently been providing business advice in emerging growth areas in the Republic of Ireland specifically;

• Franchising, and
• Internet based business:
• On-line retailing, and
• Social networking sites