Business Development Support

QcumbA

Clive Garton

Tel: 01565 873279      Mob: 07710 125185

www.QcumbA.uk.com

Clive@QcumbA.co.uk

Our aim has remained the same, to provide professional and flexible business development for clients in this sector who want/need to develop their sales
across both the SMB and Blue Chip sectors. It is apparent from the SMB markets in general, they are frustrated and challenged by the lack of rich
intelligence and knowledge that will enable them to break down doors to enable them to position their products and services in an effective way.
QcumbA addresses both these issues and more:
Our success has remained and always will be, due to our extensive and rich CRM coupled with vertical market knowledge and track record of delivery. We
are not a tele-marketing agency, our partners are professionally trained in "strategic and solutions selling" so you can be assured we maximize your best
prospects potential.

QcumbA provides clear and concise business development that de-mystifies the process and brings common sense to the table when business needs to be
done.
QcumbA is ideally positioned, but not limited to, clients who provide both services and products for;
BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)
Technical Environments and Services
FM (Facilities Management)
Operations cost (Contract services -Reducing overhead)
Software Applications (Improving Efficiency and Streamlining Process)

Nicholas Jones & Associates

Nicholas has been working as an independent consultant and business mentor for over twenty years, helping SME companies formulate and grow their business through product development, strategic marketing and innovation.He has worked with several hundred companies across a variety of sectors and has a first class track record of helping companies grow, build teams and create jobs.

Nicholas specialises in strategic marketing and business strategy development for small and medium sized organisations and University spin outs within the high technology, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and services industries. He is also currently co-founder and Managing Director of two university spin out companies: Shibden Ltd (from Warwick), based in Daresbury and TruColour Ltd (from Liverpool) based in Liverpool responsible for developing and exploiting IPR.

Nicholas is an Accredited Consultant for various government sponsored organisations and universities, and is also an Accredited as ‘Best Practice’ supplier for Sales and Marketing for the ERDF Objective One Growing Business in Merseyside programme. Nicholas is also an active mentor in North Wales under the Welsh Assembly Government - Mentoring Scheme and the NWDA’s mentoring scheme.
Expertise
Nicholas has a first class understanding of all business disciplines from both a strategic and operational of point view and is active in providing the following consultancy services which are, where appropriate, delivered in a workshop, mentoring and coaching style in order to develop skill transfer and ownership:
·        Initial Business Review / Health Check.
·        Business Planning
·        Strategic Marketing
·        Project and financial management and business planning skills
·        Development and establishment of teams, distributors and agents
·        Setting objectives, forecasts and budgets
·        Mentoring, Coaching, Personal Development, Training workshops
·        Quality Systems ISO 9001, Environmental Reviews ISO 14001- Lead Assessor - British Accreditation Bureau
·        ‘Due Diligence’ Marketing to assist in investment decisions.
·        ‘Non Executive Directorship’, ‘mentoring’ and coaching roles to help high technology companies with the development of their focus and strategies.

NicholasJonesAssociates@Googlemail.com

Tel: 01625 535005
Mob: 07850 669629

Tech Venture Solutions
We are a strategy consultancy specialising in early stage technology enterprises. We work closely with clients to achieve the following:

identify and secure new business opportunities
maximise effectiveness and efficiency of sales and marketing activities
create sustainable value
build profitable revenue streams
position the business for growth
secure returns on your investment of time and money

Contact Phil Tapsell
Mobile: 079 7969 3242
Telephone: 0161 408 5325
email: philt@techvs.co.uk
www.techvs.co.uk

PNO Group
We are a firm of business development consultants specialising in helping businesses achieve their goals. The firm operates in a number of sectors, serving the needs of SMEs.

tel. 01204 535 693
email: info@pnc-group.co.uk
web: www.pnc-group.co.uk

INVENTYA

A Science and Technology Commercialisation consultancy offering a range of valuable services to businesses, investors and research organisations involved in the development and commercialisation of new products or technologies. Our prime objective is to help our clients bridge the gap between Research, Development, Commercialisation and Growth: Accelerating opportunities by connecting the global market, science & technology and funding.

We offer different services depending on the stage of development of the product/service of our clients that go from proof of market, to strategic market entry and to export market research. As part of our work we also help our clients to identify and bid for suitable funds for R&D and commercialisation.

Through our extensive range of bespoke services we can help your business to achieve the following goals:

Accelerating the time-to-market for your products and/or services;
Raise funding from public and private sources;
Maximising opportunities with existing customers and help reaching new ones;
Exploring & Creating new market opportunities for your business;
Keeping your business connected at all time with ad-hoc introductions, new funding opportunities and the latest-business thinking.

James Scholes
j.scholes@inventyasolutions.com
Tel: 0845 0559844
www.inventya.com
Inventya Limited
Daresbury Innovation Centre
Keckwick Lane
Daresbury
Cheshire
WA4 4FS

ID & ASSOCIATES

We are a small but effective team, with over 40 years of experience of working with and in business especially in the Digital and New Media industries and innovative business in the North West and overseas. The team specialises in Business Development and sector specific events.

Areas of expertise include:

Ø     Business Development & Improvement Projects
Ø     Project Management and Implementations
Ø     Business collaboration – business matching, collaboration between complementary business and across sectors
Ø     Event Management & Facilitation – dissemination, training and development and collaborative networking)
Ø     Business Engagement – identify, liaise and engage businesses in projects
Ø     Business Research & Reporting

Immy Deshmukh or Les Selby
ID & Associates
Whitehall
Queens Road
Darwen
BB3 2LN

Immy Deshmukh
immy@idandassociates.co.uk
07984396159

Les Selby
les@idandassociates.co.uk
07799 215285

Personal and Professional Development

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