Mark Harris

Managing Director

A hands on, results orientated Business Director with the proven ability to deliver high levels of operational, commercial, and financial performance in the business development and distribution of products and services worth over £500m. Roles have includes Operations Director, Manufacturing Director and Business Development Consultant.

Key Skills

• Extensive Franchising / Licensing / Supply experience to successfully grow businesses with minimal investment required in equipment, people and premises. Worked with many of the major high street retailers and franchises.
  
• Business development and growth by acquisition. This includes the successful acquisition and merger of several businesses which were worth millions of pounds on the bottom line.
  
• Turnaround experience including business re-engineering, employee downsizing, supplier negotiations, and cost control and reduction.

David Martin

Franchise and Finance Consultant

A finance expert with over thirty years of banking, franchising and commercial experience. Roles have included banker, corporate accountant, finance director and banking consultant. Financed and managed deals of all sizes from thousands of pounds to tens of millions of pounds including franchises, MBOs, mergers, acquisitions, investment property, sales and disposals.

Key Skills

• Franchising and Business Development
  
• Raising finance for any kind of deal. Extensive contacts with banks, financial institutions, private investors, venture capitalists, and business angels.
  
• Finance Restructuring
  
• Business and Cash Flow Planning
  
• Reducing the costs of finance
  
• Interest Rate Checks
  
• Exit Strategy Planning

Lee Barlow

Online Sales and SEO Improvement Specialist

An e-commerce, webdesign and SEO specialist who has worked with hundreds of clients to help maximise their online sales processes and integrate it into their whole strategy, sales and marketing.

Key Skills

• Maximising online sales
  
• E-commerce and Web Design
  
• SEO
  
• Pay Per Click
  
• Website Analytics
  
• Software and Databases
  
• Shopping Carts
  
• Auto Responders
  
• Outsourcing