H o m e C o u n t i e s B u s i n e s s A d v i s o r s

Patrick

Chamberlain

Scott

Goodson

Sharon

Pink

Phil

Taylor

Julian

St George

Bill

Jones

Ralph

Myers

Mel

Loades

With over twenty years management experience Patrick Chamberlain has built a detailed working knowledge of every aspect of the employment relationship, from recruitment to termination and everything inbetween. By focussing on a tight adherence to business strategy, Patrick has been able to deliver staffing solutions which are geared to both personal and company objectives. Patrick is also a trained mediator and experienced advocate in the Employment Tribunals.

With 20 years on the other side of the fence growing a small business into a successful group of companies Scott believes that communication skills are an essential part of sales management and development. His main area of expertise is in the development of sales along with the organisation and implementation of management and communication structures necessary to aid the process of growth in SME’s. An experienced trainer in man management, communication and business re-organisation he helps SME’s through the processes of growth, diversification and change management that can follow a successful sales campaign. His experience of running his own companies enables Scott to really understand the difficulties and emotive issues that face directors and company owners when strategic decisions need to be made.

Sharon is a Commercial Marketing/PR professional with over 20 years' experience with organisations of all sizes in the UK, Europe and Australia/New Zealand. An experienced journalist and media analyst, Sharon specialises in creating and implementing cost-effective promotional programmes for SME and start-up companies. She also focuses on quality improvement of all pre-sales material and documents, particularly proposals and tenders, from the smallest quotation through to major bids.

Julian is a Chartered Accountant and specialises in improving companies’ profitability, sourcing of finance and improving companies’ sales via the internet. So confident is he that his services will benefit his clients, he is prepared to underwrite his fees with a guarantee, whereby his fees are only paid out of the savings made. Julian has been a Finance Director of many companies within the SME sector and therefore fully understands the challenges facing such companies. He continues to offer this service to companies on either an interim or permanent basis and is presently acting as Finance Director for companies in the following sectors: Financial Services, Recruitment, Marketing and Business Training.

Phil is a successful Marketer focused on cost-effectively developing existing and new profitable markets.He plans and manages all applicable marketing tactics appropriate to each individual client. Whole-business management and co-ordination for maximum effectiveness. Strategic planning and actual implementation for marketing and businesses overall.

Over twenty years experience in developing, implementing and maintaining effective quality assurance systems to ISO 9001, BS5750 and AQAP-1 in a variety of engineering, manufacturing and service businesses, coupled with eight years experience in Electronics Design. A technically qualified and experienced quality project manager with a practical pragmatic hands-on style who has demonstrated the advantages of effective quality and project management in a variety of environments, with a drive to communicate best practice and see it accepted. A creative problem solver with the experience to identify practical solutions which address the underlying causes in order to prevent recurrence.

Ralph has been presenting sound business advice for more than thirty years to SMEs and large corporates. As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants he has gained an in depth knowledge of the business process and has put that to use as a board member and departmental head. His expertise has been used within environments ranging from family owned businesses to international groups in the retail, finance, industrial, consulting and commodities sectors. Specialising in reporting, systems, finance, treasury and regaining control. He has an impressive record of saving and recovering hard cash.

Mel is the main contact and co-ordinator for Home Counties Business Advisors. He has been working with SME's for over 18 years helping business turn round difficult (in some cases, almost hopeless) situations. Helped other fast growth companies avoid the pitfalls and dangers of such a strategy whilst keeping them on track to assist in achieving their goals and aims. Been able to assist business owners plan a successful exit or develop their business to suite their own aspirations, and assisted in the strategy of business owners being able to buy back a majority share in a business which they lost during a time of distress.