Business Services

Four disciplines.
One operating partner.

C&B Group provides fractional executive leadership across brand strategy, operations management, human resources, and government contracting. Each discipline operates independently or in concert, matched to where a business is in its lifecycle.

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Brand Strategy & Marketing

Identity systems, digital presence, and marketing collateral.

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Fractional Operations & Management

Executive-level operator embedded in your business.

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Fractional HR

A complete HR department on retainer.

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Government Contracting Consulting

R.E.A.D.Y. sprint methodology for procurement readiness.

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01 / Brand Strategy & Marketing

Build a brand that holds up under scrutiny.

Full-service brand development for organizations building visibility, authority, and market position. From identity systems to content strategy, C&B builds brands that earn trust before the first conversation happens. The work starts with who you are, translates that into visual and written systems, then puts those systems in the places where decisions get made.

01 / Identity

The visual system.

Logo, brand book, color palette, typography, and pattern library. The foundation that makes a business look like it belongs in the rooms it is trying to enter. Built to hold across print, screen, signage, and procurement documents.

02 / Presence

The first impression.

Website design, professional email, social media setup, and content strategy. The digital infrastructure where contracting officers, clients, and partners verify credibility before picking up the phone.

03 / Collateral

The toolkit.

Capability statements, pitch decks, proposals, signage, vehicle wraps, and branded materials. The designed deliverables that support business development in procurement meetings, trade shows, and the field.

Brand Foundation
For businesses establishing their visual identity.
Scope
  • Logo design and brand standards document
  • Color palette, typography, and pattern library
  • Business card and letterhead design
  • Brand guidelines for consistent application
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Brand Suite
For businesses ready to build a complete digital presence.
Builds on the Foundation scope, plus:
Scope
  • Website design (up to 5 pages)
  • Professional email system setup
  • Social media setup across 3 platforms
  • 30 days of drafted content
  • Capability statement design
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Full Brand Build
For businesses launching or rebuilding from the ground up.
Builds on the Suite scope, plus:
Scope
  • Pitch deck and presentation templates
  • Brochure and collateral package
  • Merch or product design (up to 3 items)
  • Signage and vehicle wrap design
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All engagements begin with a discovery call. Scope is finalized during consultation.

02 / Fractional Operations & Management

An executive operator
functioning at owner level.

The Business Manager is not a project manager, a consultant, or an assistant. It is an executive-level role. A senior operator who looks at your business with the eye of an investor, the discipline of a CFO, and the judgment of a chief of staff. The work begins with assessment of the business and the owner, then designs the partnerships, solutions, and systems that move your business from operating on momentum to operating with structure.

01 / Structure

Structural organization.

A business with the right legal entity, the right ownership map, the right contracts in place, and the right governance to make decisions without the owner being a bottleneck. The skeleton has to hold before the body can grow.

02 / Process

Procedural organization.

Documented systems for how work happens: intake, hiring, vendor management, client delivery, financial flow, dispute resolution. The clarity that lets a new team member ramp in days instead of months, and lets you take a week off without the business stalling.

03 / Stability

Risk, revenue & resilience.

P&L visibility, cash flow rhythm, reserves you can defend, and a risk management posture that protects what you've built. Sustainability is a function of what you see coming before it arrives.

Foundations
For Founder-Run businesses.
Scope
  • Weekly 60-minute Business Manager sessions
  • Initial 8-week intensive: business and owner health assessment
  • Risk audit with prioritized mitigation roadmap
  • Foundational systems design: legal, financial, basic operations
  • Vendor representation when situations arise
  • Between-session access via email for time-sensitive decisions
Start with Foundations
Operations
For Manager-Ready businesses.
Builds on the Foundations scope, plus:
Scope
  • Weekly 90-minute Business Manager sessions
  • Monthly on-site visits and external meeting attendance
  • Formal delegated authority for bank and vendor representation
  • Hiring system design: intake, onboarding, supervision
  • Quarterly business review with KPI dashboard
Start with Operations
Scale
For Owner-Led businesses.
Builds on the Operations scope, plus:
Scope
  • Weekly executive cabinet sessions with the owner
  • Advisory board formation and ongoing coordination
  • Strategic partnership design and outreach
  • Expanded representation: investors, regulators, government, partners
  • Annual planning, scenario design, and investor-readiness materials
Start with Scale

All engagements begin with a discovery call. Scope and tier are determined during consultation.

03 / Fractional HR

HR executive. Workforce manager.
Single retainer.

The HR Business Partner is a fractional HR department embedded in your business. One role that replaces what a full-time HR director would do, without the salary, the benefits, the office, or the fixed overhead. The work spans strategic compliance and the day-to-day employee experience: mediation, scheduling, performance management, terminations. The moments where things either go cleanly or get expensive.

01 / Protection

Compliance, defensible.

Labor law currency reviewed monthly. Classifications audited (employee vs. independent contractor, exempt vs. non-exempt). Multi-state employment law navigated. Documentation that holds up if it is ever tested by a regulator, an attorney, or a former employee with a complaint.

02 / Experience

Employees, handled.

Your team has a single HR point of contact who is not you. Mediation, performance issues, compensation questions, scheduling disputes: all routed through a professional. Owner gets the time back. Employees get someone with the bandwidth and training to listen.

03 / Systems

People operations, systemized.

Employee handbook. Staff operating manuals. Onboarding from day one through day thirty. Termination process documented and rehearsed. Performance reviews on a cadence. The infrastructure that lets you hire your fiftieth employee without rebuilding the wheel.

HR Business Partner Retainer
A fractional HR department, billed monthly. Three-month minimum.
Strategic & Compliance
  • Monthly compliance sweep: labor law, minimum wage, classifications
  • Quarterly comprehensive HR audit
  • Multi-state employment law guidance
  • Worker classification reviews (W-2 vs. 1099, exempt vs. non-exempt)
  • Annual compensation benchmarking
Employee Experience
  • Single HR point of contact for every employee
  • 24-hour employee support line
  • Mediation and conflict resolution
  • Performance management framework
  • Termination and separation handling
Documentation & Operations
  • Custom employee handbook
  • Staff operating manuals
  • Onboarding system design (day 1 through day 30)
  • Offboarding processes and documentation
  • Unemployment claim response drafting
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Standalone engagements.

For businesses that need targeted help without an ongoing retainer. Each engagement is scoped on a discovery call.

Lifecycle Moments

New hire onboarding system design. Termination support and documentation. Structured exit interviews with retention analysis.

Compliance & Documentation

HR foundation assessment. Covert compliance review. Difficult employee documentation sprints with Performance Improvement Plans.

Specialty Situations

Formal workplace investigations (harassment, discrimination, misconduct). Family-in-business conflict resolution with mediated agreements.

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04 / Government Contracting Consulting

Government contracting.
Made R.E.A.D.Y.

A twelve-week sprint that takes your business from its current READY score to a perfect 80/80 on the READY Checklist. Built around five phases: Registration, Economy & Education, Art of Business, Development, Year-Round Readiness. C&B does not bid for you. C&B makes your business one that gets to bid, and wins.

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Registration

Business structure, SAM.gov, UEI, state and local procurement portals. The legal and infrastructural foundation.

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Economy & Education

Billing, invoicing, accounting, tax guidance, technical writing, and proposal interpretation.

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Art of Business

Logo, brand standards, website, social media, and merch. The visible side contracting officers want to award.

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Development

CRM, business plan, procedural manual, insurance, master matrices, and bid proposal submissions.

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Year-Round Readiness

Renewals, annual reviews, reserves, credit, vendor agreements, and continuity planning.

01 / Foundation

Structured and documented.

Registrations active. Banking, licensing, insurance, and operating systems in place. Procedural manuals and master matrices built. The legal and operational foundation that lets contracting officers verify your business is real and serious.

02 / Capability

Pursuit-ready, not just registered.

Capability statement, executive summary, and reusable proposal matrix complete. Past performance documented. Brand standards established and visible across website, email, and procurement profiles.

03 / Pipeline

Submitting bids, not just reading them.

Bid proposals submitted during the sprint itself. A working pipeline of qualified opportunities identified. Relationships initiated with contracting officers, primes, and subcontractor partners.

Proposal Concierge
For READY scores of 65 to 80. Your foundation is built. You are ready to bid.
Scope
  • Verification and refresh of existing registrations and certifications
  • Capability statement refinement and past-performance documentation
  • Reusable master proposal matrix
  • Government proposal writing training
  • Pipeline development: qualified opportunities identified
  • Submission of two bid proposals during the sprint
Begin with Assessment
GovCon Essentials Kit
For READY scores of 45 to 64. Pieces in place. We refine and complete the rest.
Everything in Proposal Concierge, plus:
Scope
  • Registration and certification gap closure
  • Brand refinement: logo, palette, typography, standards
  • Website review and refresh; professional email setup
  • Procedural manual or basic employee handbook
  • CRM setup and training; insurance alignment
  • Submission of four bid proposals during the sprint
Begin with Assessment
GovPortal Launch
For READY scores below 45. Full R.E.A.D.Y. infrastructure built from the ground up.
Everything in GovCon Essentials Kit, plus:
Scope
  • Business formation support (EIN, banking, licensing)
  • Full brand build: logo, tagline, brand book
  • Website design with hosting and domain ownership
  • Social media setup (3 platforms) with 30 days content
  • Business plan and master password matrix
  • Submission of six bid proposals during the sprint
Begin with Assessment

Every sprint begins with the R.E.A.D.Y. Assessment. Package is determined by your score, not at booking.

Year-Round Readiness Retainer
For sprint graduates. One bid per month. Foundation maintained. Pursuit sustained.
  • One bid submission guaranteed per month
  • Active opportunity monitoring across procurement portals
  • Monthly pipeline review call (45 minutes)
  • Additional bid submissions at preferred rate
  • All registrations and certifications renewed before expiration
  • Quarterly capability statement and past-performance refresh
  • Annual core bid document refresh and compliance review
  • Email access for time-sensitive bid questions
Discuss the Retainer Requires completion of a R.E.A.D.Y. Sprint.
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A discovery call is forty-five minutes. We use it to understand your business, identify which discipline fits, and decide together whether an engagement makes sense. No pitch deck. No pressure.

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