Martin Samuel
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Martin has worked as a qualified Accountant in commerce for over 30 years. For the majority of that time he has worked for a number of businesses as an interim Finance Director, or leading organisations through periods of change and process improvements. This has involved working in large PLCs as well as SMEs, across a wide range of sectors.
Martin is a Fellow of the Certified Accountants and has an MBA from Henley Management College. He is also an Associate Lecturer at Chichester University. Possessing a strong set of analytical and technical skills, Martin enjoys working with business owners looking to develop an exit strategy. His core strength is in helping business owners evaluate their strategic options and plan successfully.
Ian McBain
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Ian has over 20 years accounting experience, both in commerce and more recently in private practice. In addition, his background includes working as a General Manager for a company, giving him an all-round perspective of what it takes to run a small business.
Ian’s strengths are in ensuring financial processes and systems are sufficiently robust to provide the timely and accurate information required for a business to deliver the right results.
Jonathan Lea
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As one of the world’s most followed and connected lawyers online, Jonathan has developed both a powerful network and market leading knowledge. In addition to being a practising solicitor, Jonathan writes at the Jonathan Lea Network, a blog focused on legal and business related content that receives over 10,000 unique visits a month, and produces the Pivotal Tribes events, which attract audiences of over 100 entrepreneurs each time. Jonathan’s legal specialties cover general M&A, joint ventures, equity investments and general commercial contracts, including anything relating to IP, IT and outsourcing.
Mike Jennings
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After a career in corporate marketing, Mike set up Business Development Advisors in 2005, providing marketing services to small and medium sizes businesses in Surrey and the South East.
Mike works with business owners who want to grow their business but are being held back by lack of time or resource.
He differs from many marketing consultants by taking a hands on approach. Not only does he devise the marketing strategy but also executes the implementation.
His objective is to grow a business by bringing in new customers, maximising the value of existing customers and increasing customer loyalty by using hard hitting digital and traditional marketing techniques.
Tracy Humphrey
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Tracy Humphry is the Managing Director of THR Consulting which aims to remove the stress out of HR for businesses; working flexibly with clients by establishing a great working relationship.
For businesses without a dedicated HR support, THR delivers support and guidance just when you need it. Since 2008 they have delivered in all aspects of employing people – whether that is providing a complete outsourced HR Department for business, or just helping in trickier situations.
Tracy remains up to date with changes in practices and employment law and can lead you through (or handle on your behalf) any disciplinary, capability, redundancy or TUPE transfer situation. Working over the longer-term to understand your business, THR ensures clients have all the up to date documents and policies in place, minimising risks and to suit your ethos and organisation.