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Mike Gould Central South & South West England
Specialising
in supporting businesses and people to cancel all unsecured loans, including
credit cards and store cards. 95% of all unsecured loan agreements taken out
before April 2007 are unenforceable, which means that all unsecured debt can
be legally removed. Credit card company MBNA have reserved £4billion as
contingency funding to deal with this issue. Also debt management service
which does not involve an IVA. Funding for SMEs through niche venture
capitalists. Mortgage broker and packager with close relationships with
specialist lenders. Able to offer funding for a complete range of business
and personnel activities, in an ever changing market. Commonsense approach
to all funding and debt issues. FSA regulated and Ministry of Justice
regulated. Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice. Member of the
Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Mel Loades North East London & North East Home Counties
Mel
is the main contact and co-ordinator for the TGBA. 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.
Alan
is a Senior Finance Manager with substantial expertise to Finance Director
level, gained in the oil industry (Royal Dutch Shell Group) and in Consultancy
and Interim Management. In recent years he has managed a diverse range of
Change assignments including a Business Process Redesign of the core banking
processes at the EBRD to reduce administrative costs, the development and
implementation of a strategy for globalising the decentralised IS Finance
Function in DHL to facilitate a progressive reduction in the total cost of IT
worldwide, the merging and rationalisation of two small engineering companies
and the turnaround of a Close Care Company.
Ralph Myers North West London & Northern Home Counties
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.
Barry Hill Thames Valley
Apart
from being a qualified accountant Barry has spent most of his working life as
a Finance Director with good overseas experience. Barry has a very rounded
picture of most of the difficulties business life can throw at a SME. In more
recent years Barry has been giving business advice to SMEs and has assisted
more than one in overcoming financial obstacles and, in doing this, mentored
and trained the management in financial measurement and awareness.
Graham Williams West Midlands
Graham
Williams is a seasoned chief executive with international experience of
saving, creating, growing, operating and selling a variety of
organisations. He has a creative talent for finding new business and
returning companies to profit. He thrives on project management and while
he can, and does, advise he loves to roll up his sleeves and lead from the
front in pressure situations. Graham is also a member of the prestigious
“Society of Turnaround Professionals”.
Philip Stanyer East Midlands
A
chartered accountant, Phil has worked in manufacturing, capital goods
finance, retail, service and wholesale distribution sectors and has been a
lead figure in turning around ailing and disorganised companies. In each
case he has continued to work with these businesses leading them to industry
leading results both financially and from a customer satisfaction
perspective
Martin Scriven North Of England
Martin
is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
and a highly experienced Director of several companies in the North of
England. A clear thinker, he is a specialist in Corporate Finance, Business
Start-ups, Acquisitions, Exit Strategies and Insolvency. With practical
experience of the things that can so easily go wrong in the running of a
company, Martin is able to identify closely with the problems that
entrepreneurs have to deal with every day, delivering solutions to seemingly
impossible situations.
Richard Terhorst South East Home Counties
With
20 years experience, Richard has
been involved in company turn rounds, start-ups, structuring, corporate
planning strategy and in negotiations/mediations in buy/sell, shareholders
agreements etc. Negotiations with banks and the preparation of applications
often have led to increased funding. Richard has held and still holds various
directorships, either as a non-exec director or as an external finance
director. Through his then accounting practice, year-end accounts as well as
the more important management accounts were prepared and analysed where
required.
Tim Jenner Central South & South West England
Tim has been helping fast growth companies grow in challenging circumstances. He has ten years SME company owner experience, and has grown and sold the companies he has owned. He has ten years senior level in corporate environment, which has enabled him to use corporate growth processes and disciplines in small companies. He specialises in hands on sales and marketing activities, and has financial skills to ensure growth is profitable, and downward growth is transformed to profitable growth. He has helped business owners buy back a majority share in a business, which they lost due to variety of very valid reasons, and has successfully sold businesses for business owners.
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All advisors are Accredited Executive Associates of the Institute for Independent Business
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