How Business Doctors have helped companies across the UK.
Scott Wrigley of Wriggle Print -Taking his business to the next level with Michael Hardy
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Richard Spurr of DMR Digital - Looking at the Bigger Picture with Business Doctor Michael Hardy
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Leisa Pickles of Find Me The Leads - working on my business with Michael Hardy
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Jacqui Adams of Tick HR Solutions on working with Business Doctor Michael Hardy
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Chris Curzon of Zest Partnership on working with Business Doctor Michael Hardy
Newark, Nottinghamshire
Scolaquip MD Jane Reynard shares her experience of working with Business Doctors
North West
Making a Difference
We don’t coach; we get on the pitch with you! That’s why we can make a real difference. It’s our hands on, collaborative approach that results in you achieving a leap in profits. We begin by listening intently to your challenges and aspirations. After all you’re the best person to spotlight those. Then together we identify the obstacles hindering your growth and pinpoint ways of overcoming them. Basically we exploit your competitive edge to ensure you stand out from the crowd.
Meet your local Business Doctors
Location, location, location! Your geographical positioning has a direct effect on your sales and profits. It’s a huge help to have a local Business Doctor who understands your market position, is aware of the competition and of your customer base. Our doctors work in partnership with you, sharing a wealth of business experience as well as providing individual expertise. And because we have a network of trusted doctors, we can access specialist knowledge if needs be.
David Jeans
East Dorset
With extensive business experience both internationally and within the UK, David Jeans is part of the Business Doctors support network, dedicated to helping small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) achieve their...
David's Story
David O'Brien
Lincolnshire and Rutland
David O’Brien joined Business Doctors with a strong background in operations, learning and development and people management. He was attracted to Business Doctors because they work with SMEs in a...
David's Story
Peter Searle
Maidstone and Medway
Before becoming a Business Doctor in 2015, Peter built a successful career in construction. This culminated in a ten year role as a director at Kier where he had profit...
Peter's Story
John Pomeroy
Cornwall
John is the Business Doctor for Cornwall, a place he knows and loves and where he has made his home. John joined Business Doctors precisely because they are a support network...
John's Story
Simon Grant
Teeside
Simon is a chartered accountant with an MBA from Manchester Business School. Despite spending over 20 years in finance director roles with G4S and fair trade pioneer Traidcraft, Simon would...
Simon's Story
John Nelligan
Ireland
John Nelligan is the Business Doctors master franchise holder for Northern Ireland. A former industrial engineer, John, 41, is no stranger to the world of franchising. In 2011 he bought a...
John's Story
Bob Riddler
Birmingham
Bob formed Business Doctors Birmingham in January, 2019 with partner Neil Malcolm, having held varied senior positions in finance and business respectively. As a Chartered Accountant, Neil brings financial know-how and...
Bob's Story
Chris Simpson
East and North Kent
In an eclectic career, Chris managed a number of businesses including, ‘The Search Works,’ Europe’s largest search marketing agency, with turnover of £110 million and Earnings Before Interest and Tax...
Chris' Story
Paul Shaw
Hounslow and Richmond
From Wembley Stadium to the Millennium Dome, Time Out to lastminute.com, Business Doctor Paul Shaw has a CV that turns heads. And what underpins his 30 years’; experience with some of...
Paul's Story
Peter Fleming
Cumbria & North Lancashire
One quote which has always resounded with Peter is: ‘If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.’ Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Peter's Story
Jason French
Hereford and Worcestershire
Have you ever wondered what to do next? So many people find themselves asking, “I know that something needs to change in my business – but what? How?”. Jason works with...
Jason's Story
Sandra Murphy
Sussex Coast
Sandra, who lives on the Sussex coast, loves working as a Business Doctor. She spends her days helping small and medium sized businesses to grow and thrive, find funding and...
Sandra's Story
Alan Hodgkiss
Newcastle
Alan has over 30 years of retail and brand building experience, primarily within the sports and fashion arenas. He started his business life early as a part-time sales assistant whilst...
Alan's Story
Andy Mee
Oxford & North Buckinghamshire
With nearly thirty years of experience in running and managing businesses across a wide variety of sectors, including automotive, retail and hospitality, Andy has worked in corporate and private equity...
Andy's Story
Martin Vessey
Bucks and East Oxon
With over thirty years living and working in the Chilterns and for the past eight offering business advice, coaching and mentoring in the Thames Valley and London areas, Martin supports...
Martin's Story
David Oakley
Bracknell, Surrey Heath, Farnborough & Ascot
David Oakley, a chartered accountant, who has been a Financial Director in the past, joined Business Doctors because he wanted to support ambitious, independent business owners in creating a thriving...
David's Story
Ian Roberts
Oxford
Serial entrepreneur Ian Roberts joined the Business Doctors’ network with over 20 years’; experience of buying, growing and selling small businesses.
Ian's Story
Terry Houghton
Merseyside
With our expert advice and friendly, practical support, you will be able to achieve anything you want. Our strategies have lead to many success stories and we can do the...
Terry's Story
Lawrence Wilson
Bromley
With a solid background in business development, sales and account management, Lawrence has fine-tuned his skills to help small and medium sized business owners realise their ambitions.
Lawrence's Story
Sean Smith
West Kent
Before joining Business Doctors, Sean spent 15 years running companies of all sizes in freight, supply chain and logistics. But it wasn’t always so.
Sean's Story
Oreste Maspes
Ealing
Oreste is an experienced, multilingual international director with a passion for SMEs. He finds it deeply satisfying to provide hands-on support to the owners of small and medium sized businesses...
Oreste's Story
Nigel Allman
Chester and Cheshire West
Nigel has 25 years experience in the Financial Services industry working across Banking , Insurance , Wealth and Investment Management. He has been operating at Executive and Board Level for...
Nigel's Story
Wicus Van Biljon
Fife
I’m well aware of the challenges that face small to medium-sized businesses today, and what it’s like to be caught in the owner’s trap – when you spend far too...
Wicus' Story
Graham Robson
Durham and Sunderland
With 25 years’ experience of running businesses, Graham knows all too well the regularly occurring challenges of improving the bottom line, increasing the profit margin, growing sales, asking the right...
Graham's Story
Michael Hardy
Nottingham East
Michael’s aim is to help local SME’s define their aspirations in order to fulfil their true potential. He wants to make a difference by adding value to the local business...
Michael's Story
Jeff Long
Leeds East
Jeff has over 35 years of business experience, performing a wide variety of roles in a number of sectors including sales, production, marketing and finance and, in particular, consumer goods.
Jeff's Story
Richard Tidswell
Avon & Somerset
Richard believes that running a business can be a lonely affair. “It can feel like there is no-one to talk to and bounce ideas off. Sometimes it can feel that...
Richard's Story
Tim Hammett
London North West and Central
With our expert advice and friendly, practical support, you will be able to achieve anything you want. Our strategies have led to many success stories and we can do the...
Tim's Story
Adam Schallamach
Cotswolds & North Wiltshire
Collaborative business advisor and mentor. Part of the Business Doctors network of like-minded business professionals who have helped support and transform over 10,000 businesses across a wide range of industries. Providing...
Adam's Story
Neil Malcolm
Birmingham
Neil formed Business Doctors Birmingham in January, 2019 with fellow Business Doctor Bob Riddler, having held varied senior positions in finance and business respectively. As a Chartered Accountant, Neil brings...
Neil's Story
Graham Morgan
Cardiff
Graham is a trouble shooter and advisor to both business owners and SME decision making teams. His driving force is helping individuals and teams achieve their true potential. In pursuing...
Graham's Story
Michael Dunne
Southampton East
Michael freely admits to being fascinated by business models. “I do enjoy trying to understand the mechanics of a business, how it functions and what it is trying to do,”...
Michael's Story
Kevin Cook
Cheshire
Utilising his twenty five years experience in a variety of senior roles, Kevin’s specialist expertise is supporting family owned SME businesses. His career, pre- Business Doctors, saw him help build...
Kevin's Story
Paul Neck
South West
Specialising in helping SME business owners who have reached a point where they wish to move to the next level of sustainable growth or exit, providing coaching, high quality advice, information, resources and/or...
Paul's Story
Rob Andrew Manley
London
Rob Andrew’s career has spanned both “intra-preneuship” in large corporates to more recently working with a range of start-up and growth companies as well as coaching entrepreneurs. Holding a PhD in...
Rob's Story
Richard Oram
Derby
Richard has spent more than thirty years involved with companies of all shapes and sizes, from small family businesses to global multinationals. His objectives are always the same: to understand...
Richard's Story
Matthew Preece
Newport
Matt Preece, an experienced senior manager and coach with a CIPD in training practice has established a branch of Business Doctors, the UK’s fastest growing support service for small and...
Matthew's Story
Julian Lessons
Barnet
At the tender age of 17, Julian started his first business, landscape gardening, in the suburbs of North London. Although successful, an accident led to a change of career so,...
Julian's StoryHow we can help you and your business
Every business has its issues; those thorny problems that keep you awake at night. Well our job is to help you cure the causes rather than treat the symptoms. We use selected diagnostic tools which analyse the effectiveness of your strategic and operational processes. Then we help you achieve your vision by goal setting, creating practicable plans and supporting you in following through within a realistic time frame.
Support your team through change
Work-based on the job training
How do I Grow my Business?
Understanding & developing my team
So what's my business worth?
How do I get more sales?
Planning my future business
Innovation and Development
Marketing
People
Making it happen
How do I make feedback easy?
Let’s talk numbers
We love to help business and our numbers speak for themselves!
£5m
tax credits raised for our clients
10,000
companies we have helped to grow
100k
employees we have engaged with
Events
Business Doctors hold regular events on topics of benefit to business owners. Our popular workshops and seminars, held at accessible venues, are a great place to gain new knowledge and network at the same time.
