Published: June 2nd, 2020
Businesses based in Shropshire are being offered the chance of free one-to-one sessions with a range of highly-respected business specialists to help them move forward from the coronavirus shutdown.
The Marches Growth Hub Shropshire has teamed up with a team of leading experts to deliver the fully-funded consultations to any businesses which thinks they would benefit from them.
The experts include data security specialist Martin Ruston, Niamh Kelly from HR Dept Shropshire, business finance advisor Matthew Woodhead and sales and teams guru Tracy Woods.
The consultations will all be held on video conferencing platform Zoom and will offer any business within the Shropshire Council authority area the chance to speak directly to one of the experts and get the tailored answers you need to make a real difference in your business.
To access this unique and limited opportunity, please email Anna and Emma at [email protected] and include your:
Business name, address and phone number
Name of the specialist you would like to meet
Martin Ruston, who has more than 20 years experience as a business compliance manager and consultant, is the man to speak to if you have any concerns over the security of your information and systems.
He can support you with detailed advice on issues such as general data & cyber security, GDPR / DPA compliance, the impact of Covid-19 on data legislation, current cyber threats, legal requirements around B2B and B2C marketing and data protection and certifications such as Cyber Essentials & Plus and ISO27001
If you need help with your HR functions in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, Niamh Kelly of the HR Dept Shropshire can answer all your questions. Niamh is an award-winning HR professional with over 25 years HR experience in the corporate, public and voluntary sector.
Niamh can support you with advice on changes to Employment Law from April 2020, restructuring and redundancy issues and resolving problems in the workplace.
Getting your business finances just right will be vital for all businesses in the post Covid-19 world and entrepreneurial accountant and international trainer Matthew Woodhead is just the man to talk to.
Matthew has helped over 1,000 businesses start and grow in his 25 year career including a number of his own. Matthew can support you with detailed advice on funding and finance, business growth, business planning, start-up guidance and support and all aspects of finance.
If you are interested in developing your sales strategy, Tracy Woods will be able to give you exactly the help you need to adjust to the changed world we will all be operating in post Covid-19. Tracy has led sales functions internationally within remote and matrix organisations. Tracy is a CTI Co-Active Coach and Transformational Narrative Coach with a career spanning national, international and start-up businesses.
Tracy can support you with utilising your sales resources to play to personal strengths, developing clear but flexible sales strategies, creating a leadership plan to enable and motivate dispersed sales teams and reassembling an impactful team that has differing individual priorities and values.