Business services

Restoring confidence, realigning operations, unlocking growth

Business services: Turning disruption into opportunity

The business services sector is facing increasing pressure from automation, shifting client expectations, talent shortages and compressed margins. Whether B2B or B2C, providers must deliver greater value with fewer resources, while adapting to digital transformation, ESG demands and volatile market cycles.

Add to that rising wage costs, fragmented operations and mounting debt burdens, and it becomes clear: many firms need urgent intervention to protect value, retain clients and reset their models for sustainable growth.

Challenges we help solve

  • Margin erosion and cost pressures: Rising input costs, inefficiencies and squeezed pricing models are compromising profitability.
  • Talent drain and resource constraints: Recruitment challenges, high turnover and rising wage demands are threatening service delivery and growth.
  • Client retention risk: Disruptive competitors and evolving client expectations increase the risk of churn and lost contracts.
  • Debt burden and cash-flow volatility: Financing gaps, covenant breaches and underperformance are creating acute liquidity risk.
  • Fragmented or unscalable operations: M&A activity and legacy systems often result in operational sprawl, lack of visibility and slow response to change.

How BM&T supports business services firms

BM&T delivers stabilisation, restructuring and strategic repositioning to business services firms under financial, operational or client pressure. Our work restores control and unlocks sustainable performance.

Stabilise liquidity and performance

Take rapid action to improve cash flow, reduce overheads and align operations to immediate revenue realities.

Rebuild operational coherence

Rationalise systems, streamline structures, and integrate legacy acquisitions to eliminate friction and improve responsiveness.

Retain clients and rebuild confidence

Work with leadership to protect key accounts, improve delivery quality and demonstrate a credible path forward to stakeholders.

Proven track record in business services

BM&T has led turnaround and restructuring initiatives across professional services, facilities management, staffing, education, outsourced IT and more. From mid-market firms to cross-border groups, we’ve helped businesses regain control, restructure with confidence, and deliver lasting value to clients and investors.

BM&T led the financial restructuring of the firm, negotiating with both the factoring provider and bank to address secured debts and alleviate the pressure of personal guarantees.

Campbell Hooper

Sector Insight

Trusted guidance begins here

Contact us for a confidential consultation on how we can help you restructure for resilience, realign your service model and restore stakeholder confidence.

Insights, case studies and industry updates

Explore thought leadership, grounded case reflections and timely updates from across the crisis management, turnaround and restructuring landscape. Covering financial, legal, operational and strategic dimensions, our insights help leaders navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and control.

Real-world turnaround outcomes

See how BM&T has helped businesses stabilise, restructure and recover across sectors and borders. From mid-market firms to multinationals, our work delivers clarity, control and measurable outcomes

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