Business Turnaround Services

We know that the past few years has been especially challenging for businesses. Generating sales, cash flow, paying suppliers, supporting employees during different stages of lock down and navigating a difficult business environment has all contributed to businesses being vulnerable. At the Caban Group, we specialise in helping company directors navigate this minefield.  

Business owners and boards of directors often take too long to each out and ask for support. There is certainly no shame is finding qualified and experienced business turnaround specialists to support your business. The reason why business turnaround services exist in the first place, is to support businesses like yours. Our team of specialist have access to the networks and resources to support you.

If your business is currently struggling with meeting its financial obligations, the most important thing to remember is that you are not alone. Businesses of all sizes across the country experience financial related issues. No matter how serious you feel the problem is, there is no situation we haven’t seen before, so you can rest assured that there is a solution out there for you.

We can assist you with the following:

  • Increase sales;
  • Improving on GP and reducing costs;
  • Maximizing human resources;
  • Negotiating better terms with suppliers;
  • Assisting with cash flow management;
  • External CFO;
  • Social Media optimization;
  • Sourcing equity partners;
  • Sourcing business funding;
  • Creating exit strategies;
  • Complete free business analysis.

 

Business Rescue Services

If the business is in serious trouble, we have a team of Registered Business Rescue Practitioners that can assist. This is the final option if a turnaround is not possible without risking a liquidation.

Reasons why business rescue services are required

  • External issues such as economic down turns, Covid-19 type of pandemics or aggressive new competitors;
  • Employees are involved in industrial strike action;
  • Legal and regulatory changes which might force your business to adopt expensive but unprofitable processes.
  • Poor market conditions;
  • Clients not paying their bills;
  • Threats of legal action;
  • To many unproductive employees and ineffective use of technology inside the business with which to optimise business processes.

If your business is currently struggling with meeting its financial obligations, the most important thing to remember is that you are not alone. Businesses of all sizes across the country experience financial related issues or struggle with paying their taxes every year. No matter how serious you feel the problem is, there is no situation we haven’t seen before, so you can rest assured that there is a solution out there for you.

Reasons why business rescue services are required

  1. External issues such as economic down turns, Covid-19 type of pandemics or aggressive new competitors.
  2. Employees are involved in industrial strike action
  3. Unexpected bills and overheads which increase due to an increase in fuel costs for instance.
  4. Legal and regulatory changes which might force your business to adopt expensive but unprofitable processes.
  5. Poor market conditions
  6. Clients not paying their bills on time
  7. Poor marketing and sales practices using outdates approaches.
  8. To many unproductive employees and ineffective use of technology inside the business with which to optimise business processes.

As well as offering industry-leading advice to directors of insolvent companies, we also provide a comprehensive advisory suite of services to directors, shareholders, and stakeholder alike. These include restructuring and turnaround options such as working capital management and corporate simplification, as well as specialist advisory offerings including debt advisory and contingency planning. 

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Contact us for a free consultation and have a confidential conversation about how we can help.
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About Us

Caban Investments is an Impact Venture Capital firm, operating across Sub Saharan Africa.
We work with seed, early, and growth stage businesses with the intention to positively impact the environment.
Part of the Caban Group of Companies

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Contact Info

Address:

Block I, Georgian Place, 18 South Road, Kelvin , Sandton, South Africa.

Phone:

+27 81 855 0714

Email:

contact@support.com

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Matthew Musgrove

Matthew is an entrepreneur and business Advisor with a passion for change management and social empowerment. With a background in business accounting and advisory, as well clinical research project management, he strives to find strategic and sustainable solutions to business problems.

MARK VAN HOFF

Mark Van Hoff comes from background of technical & production planning, budgeting & scheduling of major live events. As the first production co-ordinator at M-NET for Outside Broadcasts, Mark has managed major local and international productions including Miss South Africa, Miss World, multiple music events and major sports events, including the PnP Cycling Tour.​Mark co-founded Van-Man Productions in 1994, Page to Picture in 2000 and Move Media Networks in 2007. All three companies have achieved domestic success and have been well-regarded in the South African production industry.

OLUWASEUN ADEWUYI

Oluwaseun Adewuyi who is the Group Chief Finance Officer (CFO) at Caban, is a Certified Chartered Accountant, with Fellowship status at both the ACCA as well as the Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a UK Based industry body with a specific focus on the management of charities, not-for-profit organisations and NGOs.. Oluwaseun comes with strong business acumen and 20+ years of progressive experience in finance and operations management within well-reputed and high growth organisations Including Next Plc and Royal Mail. He has been heavily involved in impact investment across Sub-Saharan Africa and has been instrumental in the creation of a series of community schools in West Africa. Throughout his career, he oversaw a broad range of operations, including Business Strategy and Business Reorganisation, summarising the organisation’s financial status, and coordinating the preparation of tactical plans, financial forecasts, and budgets. Adept at developing and implementing effective internal control framework to maintain sound financial accountability.

TIM SCHOLTZ

Tim Scholtz, who's is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Caban Investments, is experienced in implementing corporate governance guidelines, formulating risk management structures, process and cost optimization. Tim has a strong corporate background, having worked as COO at the South African Tourism board, was COO at the Nelson Mandela foundation and as a internal audit manager at Arthur Anderson earlier in his career.

BEN BOTES

Ben Botes is Entrepreneur, VC, co-Founder, Author and Academic with a strong social conscience. Ben Involved with early stage and growth firms for the past 20 years and has been Co-founder of 9 separate businesses across Africa. Ben has directly and indirectly been involved in impact investment and the support of charities and non profits for the last 30 years. Ben is a regular speaker at the African Investment Conference in London and has been featured in Wall Street for Europe, The Guardian Small Business, BBC, the Mail and Guardian in the UK and BizCommunity, Channel 3 TV, Investors Weekly, The Cape Times, Radio 702 with John Robbie and Good Hope FM in South Africa

DAVE ROMERO

Dave Romero is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with a passion for making an impact. A qualified Professional Accountant, Dave has been a director in multiple financial institutions and was once the youngest Chairman on the JSE, in addition to being listed as one of Business Times’ Top 100 companies and the 40th fastest-growing company in South Africa. Dave is a core founder of the Caban Group, which aims to provide a comprehensive service offering to small businesses in return for equity. With a passion for nurturing entrepreneurs, Dave can often be found outside of the boardroom – offering advice, creating innovative funding solutions and building communities through sustainable practices.

Dr RUBEN RICHARDS

Dr Ruben Richards is a truly inspirational South African leader. Through his peace-building seminars for criminal gangs, Dr Ruben has facilitated the longest ceasefire in the history of gang warfare on the Cape Flats. In addition to being Chairman & Founder of the non-profit Ruben Richards Foundation, Dr Ruben is an ordained cleric, company director, non-executive Chairman of Visual International Limited and was once the Deputy Director-General of the now-disbanded Scorpions.