The phrase "advising business" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of providing guidance or recommendations to a business or organization.
Example: "Our team specializes in advising business on best practices for sustainability and efficiency."
Alternatives: "consulting firms" or "business consultancy".
If candor counted for as much as courtesy, the author note under Brent Scowcroft's now famous op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last week, the one arguing against war with Iraq, might have said something like this: "Mr. Scowcroft, the former national security adviser, now makes his living advising business clients, some of whom would be gravely inconvenienced by a war in the Middle East.
Four new monthly magazines advising business owners on how to use social media tools will go on sale on Monday.
He complains that in-house lawyers can at times be overly aggressive, that instead of simply advising business units, they are too often making decisions.
Anita helped us as we grew SustainAbility from 1987, advising business on sustainable development, but there was nothing special in that - she helped legions of people.
I met Ian Eddison, who works for Chamberlink advising business in the North West.
For the better part of a decade, management gurus and business strategists have been advising business leaders to do no less.
And law firms are doing a brisk business in advising business-to-business exchanges on how to organize themselves so as to avoid regulatory scrutiny.
John has 15 years' experience advising businesses on IT matters.
Her mother is a consultant in Bethesda advising businesses on performance standards for goods and services.
She teaches classes, and most of her income derives from advising businesses on feng shui and other such matters.
Forum for the Future is a London based NGO specialising in advising businesses on how to improve their sustainability.
