About Paratus

Paratus – a modern way to do business

At Paratus, we have work and moral ethics that fit in with today’s world at the heart of all we do, it’s not just all about experience and knowledge!
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How we started

A bit about us

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The name Paratus was derived from the Latin word for ‘prepared’. At Paratus Commercial Services we work with businesses of all sizes across all sectors to help them be commercially and contractually prepared for doing business.

The logo represents the elements the ESG landscape. The green reflects the importance of considering the Environmental impact of doing business, the blue reflects the Social impact of our actions and the yellow reflects the need for Governance to ensure that as well as doing the right thing, businesses do things right. The handshake represents the need to ensure that arrangements are understood and confirmed when engaging in business activities.

Paratus Commercial Services Limited was established with the primary purpose of providing training, consultancy, and support for small to medium sized businesses.

Our aim being to help these businesses effectively prepare for commercial activities such as sales/bidding opportunities and supply chain management, sharing valuable insights, strategies, and cautionary advice across different sectors.

Additionally, we extend our services to larger organisations who may have people with influencing or decision-making responsibilities where they might find themselves having to make well intended decisions in an operational environment which can result in commercial, legal or reputational consequences for the organisation by inadvertently stepping outside the contract scope or agreement.

We also cater for supplier businesses who might encounter scenarios where operational teams engage in additional tasks for customers in good faith but outside the contracted scope, only to face challenges in receiving payment or unintentionally exposing themselves to contractual or legislative risk.

We would be delighted to explore how our commercial awareness workshops and support services can benefit you. Whether it is enhancing your internal processes, tackling specific projects, or assisting with bidding activities, we are here to help.

Steve Johnson

Founder

I started Paratus Commercial Services because I am passionate about sharing knowledge and experience with others, so they don’t have to face the same difficulties I and others have faced if it can be helped. My aim is to help people enhance their business performance with a common-sense approach to commercial and contracts management.

I have 30+ years operational and strategic experience in managing customer and supplier facing contracts including bidding and sourcing, contract preparation, negotiation of scope and terms, procurement, inventory management and logistics, project management and operations. My value creation skills have been honed within Operator, Tier 1 and extended supply chain environments, including SMEs, as well as Industry body and management consultancy roles. A mechanic to trade, comfortable in technical, operational and commercial environments from shop floor to board level.