An overview of my background, experience and career that led me to my current role, and what I look for/can assist with new customers in helping SME businesses grow in a B2B market.

2. • Born in New Ferry, Wirral
(Liverpool parents)
• Lived in Wigan between 2-9
years old (thankfully lost the
accent!)
• Moved to Chester
approaching 10 years of
age….a Life Sentence!

3. My very first job at
18 was a Trainee
Manager for
Woolworth!
Got fed up of
missing football on
Saturdays & fighting
shoplifters trying to
steal VERY poor
quality Binatone Hi-
Fi’s

4. Good Training & Education.

5. Learnt all about bad debtors!......

6.  Dale Joinery (Great Times, Great People)
 £6M-£20M sales organically in 7 years

7. Bigger isn’t always better!

9.  Got Fed up of this lifestyle!

10. Built a £2M t/o business from scratch in St Helens & then
became Group Commercial Manager in Year 4.
Responsible for a £multi Million purchasing budget (PPE,
RPE etc.)

11. Ironically my leaving made the owner
belatedly come to his senses.

14.  Help SME BUSINESSES (mostly in B2B
markets) with their:
 Business Development & Sales Growth
 Gain New Customers
 Improve their presentation & increase
their profile
 Increase £Sales & £Profitability.
 Supply Chain & Better Buying.

15.  Working with Start-Up & Young Businesses
experiencing growth pains.
 SME Business owners who need help &
assistance as they can’t invent a 25Th hour a
day!
 Individuals that want help ‘Off the Books’- no
set up costs or capital expenditure.

16.  Helping SME businesses set up a sales &
marketing plan in layman terms, set a
strategy and plan of action, and
implementing it for them, with them or
reviewing it regularly.
 Being Self-Funding within typically 3
Months!
 Achieving growth in customer numbers,
sales & profit for customers.

17.  Tense, Nervous SME Business Owners (I
can be their ‘Anadin’!).
 Business Owners great at doing what they
do to/with ‘Warmed Up’ people but nervous
about approaching strangers!
 Anybody seeking help to grow an SME
Business in a B2B market who doesn’t want
to employ ‘Naïve inexperienced staff’ nor
‘Out of reach or expensive others’

18.  Particular strength, contacts, knowledge &
understanding of businesses in:
 Construction, Maintenance, Environmental &
Janitorial related trades.
 People who’ve worked predominantly in B2C
Markets and now want to get into B2B
Markets as their main growth.
 People that recognise the need for
Assistance & Help.