About me

It breaks my heart to see talented, dedicated people put everything they’ve got into building a business but however hard they work, they can’t make a profit. For 25 years I’ve been using a mixture of business coaching and mentoring to help business owners achieve their goals to have a great life as well as a good business.
My network of successful business owners is what makes my approach unique. I know the people who are experts in their field and bring them together to share their expertise and knowledge where its needed and put this to work for my clients.

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I qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Personnel Management while working for the British Printing Corporation in the 1980’s. I studied Psychology, Economics, Statistics and Industrial Relations.

I saw the introduction of the first Equal Opportunities Legislation and brought this to an industry where both management and trades unions were fiercely opposed to it. I continue to campaign for equal rights and opportunities for everyone regardless of gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

A decade later I started a training consultancy and agency that matched trainers to suppliers and later sold this to an international agency. This led me to start advising other business owners on how to achieve their goals.

The Business Hub

I co-founded and presented a commercial FM radio show for five years, interviewing many leading and emerging entrepreneurs. This led to producing two podcasts: The A-Z of Business Success and The Social Media Show which ran for 58 episodes and featured many of the early adopters in the newly emerging social media world.

New Business: Next Steps

Commissioned and published by Pearson plc, this book is used by thousands of small business owners as a reference book.

Drive, the Partnership Network

A large part of supporting small businesses happens in Drive, the Partnership Network, a revolutionary way of helping business owners to build a great support and learning network.

How can I help?

The majority of small businesses fail before they get to five years old and this is wholly preventable. I’m determined to reverse this trend. I believe that running a business should be a joyful adventure, not a struggle. I believe that people who start their own businesses have put their hopes and dreams into what they do and it’s important that they get the right help to succeed.

If you have a question I might be able to help with, please get in touch. I don’t believe in sales pitches or getting people signed up to things that don’t help, so all chats are just that – a chat with no strings attached!

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