https://targemaker.co.uk/ Sharp targets. Measurable growth. en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:29:28 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/uplift-ledger-2027-price-target/ https://targemaker.co.uk/uplift-ledger-2027-price-target/ Most UK founders treat a price rise as a single decision rather than a target with measurable outcomes. Here is how to segment the customer base, set a revenue-per-customer uplift goal, script the difficult conversations, and track retention and margin so a 2027 increase becomes a controlled growth lever rather than a customer-relations gamble. Targemaker Strategy & Planning Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:39:26 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/thirteen-weeks-of-certainty-liquidity-target/ https://targemaker.co.uk/thirteen-weeks-of-certainty-liquidity-target/ Most UK SMEs can quote their revenue target to the nearest thousand pounds but cannot say what their bank balance will be at the end of next quarter. This article sets out how to build a rolling thirteen-week cash target with a calculated floor, a realistic inflow forecast, and a twenty-minute weekly checkpoint that turns liquidity into a measured discipline. Targemaker Performance & Measurement Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:39:26 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/before-ink-dries-stress-testing-next-years-numbers/ https://targemaker.co.uk/before-ink-dries-stress-testing-next-years-numbers/ A target is only as strong as the assumptions beneath it. This guide sets out a 90-minute failure audit for UK SMEs: assume the 2027 plan has already missed, identify fragile assumptions and single points of failure, and agree kill criteria before December planning locks the number in. Targemaker Strategy & Planning Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:39:27 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/beyond-founders-calendar-growth-target-operating-system/ https://targemaker.co.uk/beyond-founders-calendar-growth-target-operating-system/ Founder dependency can make a growth target look owned when it is only being watched. This deep dive sets out decision rights, a weekly scorecard, escalation triggers and a one-page target brief that let a UK SME team run the number without constant check-ins. Targemaker Performance & Measurement Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:39:27 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/five-numbers-one-page-target-sheet-uk-smes/ https://targemaker.co.uk/five-numbers-one-page-target-sheet-uk-smes/ A crowded dashboard rarely improves judgement; it usually postpones it. This article sets out a one-page target sheet — one outcome, three inputs and one guardrail — plus a thirty-day test for keeping only the numbers that change decisions. Targemaker Performance & Measurement Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:41:27 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/conversation-floor-uk-revenue-targets/ https://targemaker.co.uk/conversation-floor-uk-revenue-targets/ Revenue targets are often chosen first and reverse-engineered with optimistic conversion assumptions. This article argues for a pipeline floor — a weekly minimum of qualified conversations — set from your own close rates and sales-cycle length before a revenue ceiling is agreed. Targemaker Strategy & Planning Sun, 08 Nov 2026 04:41:27 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/margin-before-momentum-profit-first-target-hierarchy-uk/ https://targemaker.co.uk/margin-before-momentum-profit-first-target-hierarchy-uk/ Revenue-first targets can reward busy growth while starving cash and capacity. For UK SMEs planning 2027, a profit-first hierarchy sets contribution margin, cash conversion and billable capacity before turnover—and makes the trade-offs explicit. Targemaker Strategy & Planning Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:41:37 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/quarter-plus-one-week-uk-sme-target-cadence/ https://targemaker.co.uk/quarter-plus-one-week-uk-sme-target-cadence/ Annual plans often fade once January momentum gives way to February reality. A rolling thirteen-week target board gives UK SMEs a shorter operating horizon, named owners and a Friday scorecard that turns growth into a weekly measurement habit. Targemaker Performance & Measurement Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:41:37 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/november-reset-90-days-q1-2027/ https://targemaker.co.uk/november-reset-90-days-q1-2027/ With 2026 targets drifting and January still two months away, the temptation is to write the plan later. That is precisely backwards. This is a structured ninety-day reset — diagnosis, leading indicators, cashflow checkpoints and a weekly rhythm — that produces a Q1 2027 plan built on evidence rather than optimism. Targemaker Performance & Measurement Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:42:01 GMT https://targemaker.co.uk/retire-five-targets-before-2027/ https://targemaker.co.uk/retire-five-targets-before-2027/ Most UK target lists are inherited, not designed. As planning for 2027 begins, five familiar metrics deserve to be retired outright — not because ambition is unwelcome, but because they cannot tell you whether the business is actually getting stronger. Here is what to put in their place. Targemaker Strategy & Planning Sat, 07 Nov 2026 20:42:01 GMT