AKDAN Consulting was established to meet the growing local demand from private enterprise for support services in areas of business planning and development, marketing and other business management functions. AKDAN now works with private enterprises, government agencies and NGOs to improve Turkish business competitiveness through recommending and supporting implementation of organisational restructuring and change, supporting establishment of SMEs and encouraging new approaches to regional development based on SME support and growth. AKDAN’S comprehensive list of services to SMEs includes: *Business Development/ Project Development/ Modelling - consultancy services for developing of existing businesses and identifying new investment areas and opportunities to SME and other private sector clients; *Financing Projects - support services for obtaining financing, including creating alternative finance opportunities with low cost, negotiations with financing institutions, and application completion; *General management consultancy; *Entrepreneurship Consultancy/ Business Start up; *Brand Development and Introduction – supporting SMEs with development of brands in international and national markets to increase potential markets and to raising value-added values of products; *Foreign Trade - consultancy services to diminish risks involved in foreign trade *Research and Development Consultancy – assisting clients with application for funding in areas of research and development; *Business Plan Consultancy – involving consideration of business vision, mission, focussed strategy and organization plans; *Marketing Research - services comprise developing market estimates, confirming target market and fields, researching market sectors and marketing plan development; *Human Resources and Training; *Budget Formation; *Business Plan; *Restructuring and Management of Crisis;