Fred Stone
Business Adviser
Fred Stone is a well-regarded North West business adviser, Non Exec. Chairman and Director who has an enviable track record of achievement across a range of industry sectors, both for improving business efficiency and most importantly profits.
Accredited by the Business Link’s Small Business Service, Fred specialises in systematic business reviews and recommends key areas for improvement. He then actively and enthusiastically assists with the implementation process to ensure that business performance improvements are maximised.
Matthew Townsend
Creative Communications and Online Media
Matthew has over 12 years’ experience and an exceptional track record in the delivery of full service creative communications to SME, National and International organisations.
Working directly with business owners, directors and marketing professionals, providing Creative Design, Web Development, Marketing and Media solutions, Matthew combines the spirit of the entrepreneur with the business acumen needed to ensure he successful transition of ideas and concepts into workable and practical solutions.
Graham Clarke
Financial Management
Interim Financial Management is Graham’s forte. During his long career, he has accrued an extensive portfolio of financial management experience at senior level, both at home and abroad.
Benefiting from substantial commercial exposure and boardroom experience, he has an enviable track record of achievement, latterly within SME’s, across a wide variety of sectors. In addition to the hands-on Interim roles, he also acts as Non-Exec Director to a number of companies in the North West.
Pete Doyle
IT Consultant
Pete is an experienced commercially minded IT Consultant focussed on supplying Project and Programme Management, Business Process Consultancy and Information Technology solutions to SMEs.
With over 25 years experience in Information Technology, Pete has progressed from Software Design to various customer facing roles right up to board level. His aim is to provide clients with a jargon-free approach to implementing and using Information Technology. He is also a “Technology Means Business” Accredited Advisor.
Charlie McIntyre
Sales Training Consultant
A practical sales trainer with over twenty-two years experience in a diverse range and size of Industries and Professions, Charlie’s enthusiastic approach inspires both new and experienced sales people.
Charlie’s goal is to ensure clients enjoy a bigger return for their efforts with solid improvements in sales and gross profit. Specialist areas include Structured Sales, Key Account Management, Interim Management and Field Sales Training and all requirements are established with a simple training audit.
Bob Haworth
Commercial and Domestic Solicitor
Bob Haworth has over 40 years of legal experience and is Partner in a highly successful firm of solicitors.
The firm has expertise in a variety of fields including commercial property, business acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and franchises and also has a strong track record in commercial litigation, successfully conducting a number of cases against City firm opponents. This includes work in employment law.
Bob Haworth also specialises in inheritance tax planning.
David Maddock
Health and Safety Consultant
Chartered in both Health and Safety and Construction with over 25 years experience in property procurement and facilities management, David supports a wide range of property owning clients and contractors.
Whilst working with directors and senior managers on strategies for legal compliance and continuous improvement, David is “hands on” to ensure the implementation stage is a success. Training in control of operations including risk assessment is another of David’s specialisms.
David Tredwell
Quality Management Consultant
David Tredwell has assisted over 150 companies, mainly SME’s, in the design, implementation, training in and auditing of quality management systems and has over fourteen years’ experience in this field.
David has an excellent track record in meeting clients’ expectations and has been retained by many of his clients to provide ongoing advice and assistance. He also represents the interests of SME’s on quality standards committees at various levels both in the UK and Europe.
David Hole
Business Turnaround Advisor
David has over 19 years experience dealing with the commercial, accountancy and legal ramifications of a business in distress or underperforming, especially businesses in the SME/OME sector.
He runs a successful consultancy firm represented in Manchester, Leeds and London, holds an MBA from the Manchester Business School, holds a Licence as an Insolvency Practitioner and is a Fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals. He has an acute and passionate understanding of businesses threatened, turning failure into success and cessation into continuation.
Nick Montague
Business Adviser
Entrepreneurial and strategic Business Advisers and Chartered Accountants with expertise across a broad range of business sizes and sectors.
Particularly interested in situations which offer the opportunity to improve efficiency, grow a business and create significant increase in shareholder value. Long established, with successful track record in working closely with early stage companies and major start ups.
Paul Griffiths
Recruitment
Paul Griffiths is Managing Director of Cork Griffiths Ltd, specialists in helping SMEs to source key management talent.
Cork Griffiths works closely with business owners to recruit Managers, Directors and Non Executives across all functional areas. This service includes finding Interim Managers / Directors and the company also runs a database of senior level professionals looking for a management buy-in opportunity.