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Funding, support and advice for people starting or growing a business
Behind The Scenes with the Founders
Patrick Burge
Patrick has run and been involved in businesses including, Sport, Technology Startups, Apparel, Merchandise, Far East sourcing, and Biomechanics. Patrick specialises in Startup Loans, strategy and working with our clients and partners. He is a is a member of the Association of Business Mentors and is most likely to be found thinking about Sport or reading obscure business books and then trying to explain them to his wife and Co-Founders.
Patrick is an Approved Member of the Association of Business Mentors.
Andy Barton
Andy is an accredited business adviser and a marketing and technology expert. He firmly believes that a well thought out sales and marketing strategy, combined with the right digital technology, delivers significant top and bottom-line results. Andy has formed and run technology and consultancy businesses and has helped hundreds of companies worldwide to increase revenue and boost profit. His real skill is joining up sales, marketing & operations from a combined viewpoint of the right technology, with the right processes, automating repetitive tasks where possible, all to meet the company goals and overall strategy.
Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Data & Marketing.
Mark Dunwell
Mark is an accredited business adviser and has worked extensively on the Government’s Start Up loan Scheme. As well as providing business advice and support, he has started and run businesses in medical devices for musculoskeletal conditions such as hip arthritis and sciatica. Mark spent over 20 years in Director roles heading-up complex, fast-paced 24-hour manufacturing operations in chemicals, textiles, adhesives and coatings. He has specialist knowledge in process improvement, operational efficiency and risk management. He can identify cost-effective ways to improve your safety, productivity, produce a plan to achieve this and assist you in implementing it. Once improvements are being realised he can help you
implement systems to embed improvements made.
Tony Ryan
Tony has spent his whole working life advising companies and for the last sixteen years has specialised in working with startups and SMEs. He is passionate about helping business owners to achieve the true potential of their businesses and using their businesses to achieve their life’s ambitions. Tony has set up and run his own coaching and consulting companies, selling them on successfully. He was a director of two listed companies and also a director at Deloitte Consulting and KPMG Consulting. Tony has delivered hundreds of business clinics for SMEs in conjunction with banks, local councils and other support organisations.