Brussels Consulting for Translation, Event and Hotel Owners

• The EU institutions and their orbit

  Visit.brussels says the city hosts the major EU institutions, a large diplomatic corps, journalists and lobby groups. Around them a market of consultancies, interpreters, research firms and publishers sells time and expertise.

• Associations and business services

  The city is positioned as a home for international associations, with a dedicated bureau for them, and as a base for the Europe-wide operations of corporations. Translation and interpreting across the EU's official languages is listed as part of the service offer.

• Conferences, hotels and hospitality

  The Convention Bureau supports organisers from bidding to delegate welcome, and the city promotes its restaurants and on-site catering. Venues, caterers, hotels and event firms live by the calendar of meetings and by repeat organisers.

• Small business sectors the regional agency backs

  hub.brussels, the regional business agency, organises its business resources by sector, including construction, tech, food, and tourism and hospitality. Small food makers and building firms are typical owner-run businesses in those groups.

• 01Translation and interpreting firms commonly staff for peaks around summits and sessions, then carry idle freelancers and fixed costs in quiet weeks.
• 02Consultancies and association managers often win work through a few contacts, so a change of contact at a client can end a long relationship.
• 03Event organisers and caterers frequently deal with bookings confirmed late and invoices paid by large organisations after long approval chains.
• 04Hotels and restaurants near the institutions tend to ride the meeting calendar, which makes weekday occupancy and weekend gaps a pricing question.

UTC+1 (winter), UTC+2 (summer). Winter puts India 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of Brussels, and summer brings that down to 3 hours 30 minutes.

We book the first call once the scope of the problem is clear, so the conversation starts from your business and not from a calendar.

• Professional services
• Hospitality
• Other industries
• Technology

Trades to start from

• Translation and interpretation services
• Business consultants
• Event management companies
• Hotels
• Caterers
• Restaurants
• Website design and development companies

• Business Process

  A written booking-to-invoice routine helps translation and event firms stop late changes from becoming unbilled work.

• Business Growth

  Widening the client list beyond one institution or one association gives consultancies a way to reduce dependence on a few contacts.

• Business Consulting

  A cash forecast around the meeting calendar shows caterers and hotels when revenue arrives and when costs fall due.

• Business Audit

  A margin review per event or per client shows which engagements pay after the extra hours are counted.

1. First call by phone or video, to hear how your business runs and what is stuck.
2. A written scope that says what we will look at, what you will receive and what we need from you, with the fee written in your own currency.
3. Your first sheet: the one page of numbers or decisions that the work starts from.
4. A review rhythm agreed with you, so the work is checked against what actually happened.