Cloud-Busting, headed up by Mel Archbould, focuses on working with SME business leaders who are scaling-up their company from a small-sized to medium-sized enterprise. SME's wanting to scale-up and grow or scale-up to sell-up, Cloud-Busting has all the experience to help them achieve their goal. The journey often throws up unexpected challenges, rather like clouds forming over the business. What made the business so successful getting from £1m to £4.5m revenue doesn't seem to be working. The journey from £5m to £10m stalls. The Managing Director is sucked in, trouble-shooting, endless meetings resolving issues, the strategic plan starts to fade, gaps form in the team, alignment starts to erode. The business is not enjoyable any more. Mel's experience as MD of Palamatic Ltd for over 17 years, with the battle scars to prove it, combined with in-depth interviews with MD's of small, medium and large organisations who have both made and failed this transition, have all felt the challenges during this transition. For example, according to ONS Inter-Departmental Business Register (2021) there were 3900 SME Manufacturers with 50-99 employees (typical scale-up-sized business employee numbers) in the UK but only 2260 manufacturers with 100-250 employees (medium-sized organisation). It proves it is not an easy transition. Following the successful sale of Palamatic Ltd, Mel's ambition now, with Cloud-Busting, is to help business leaders get their organisation's Scale-Up Ready. Helping more businesses succeed in their scale-up journey will increase future long-term employment opportunities, continue to drive innovation, (SME's champion this area), and boost the economy with increased revenues than currently occurs today. Working with Cloud-Busting gives you access to a range of scale-up support programmes, confidential MD Sounding-board 1-2-1 support, and a vast array of practical solutions to specific light or dark clouds that have already formed over the business.