Business Doctors has been awarded Centre of Excellence status by SFEDI (Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative), the Ofqual regulated sector specialists in qualifications for business support and business enterprise.

SFEDI researches leading practice, sets standards, principles and guidelines and national occupational standards for anyone thinking about starting or growing their business and those offering business advice and support to small businesses.

As a SFEDI Centre of Excellence, all Business Doctors joining the network will now achieve SFEDI accreditation and qualifications as part of their comprehensive training and field support programme.

Achieving SFEDI Business Support Standard, shows that Business Doctors meets the standard in maintaining effective business support relationships with clients, helping clients analyse the business and decide the way forward, enabling clients to implement changes in their business, encouraging business support clients to act for themselves and developing business support networks to provide access to information and other resources.

Business Doctors director Matthew Levington said: “SFEDI accreditation sets a benchmark of best practice in the world of small business support and enterprise development. We are proud to have achieved the standard as it provides great reassurance for clients and potential franchisees that our methods and the quality of our services are independently approved.

“As the national expansion of our franchise network across the country gathers ever greater momentum, the standard is there to validate the value of the services we offer to growing businesses.”