Grant Baker Email & Phone Number

Innovate UK EDGE is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth. It complements Innovate UK project funding with intensive, specialist-led support for such ambitious businesses.Each high-potential, innovative business in our portfolio benefits from the objective perspective of a dedicated innovation and growth specialist local to them. Our specialist considers a business in the round and, working closely with its leadership, identifies the most productive ways to accelerate its growth

South East England

West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Providing Business Support to:Assisting Ex offenders / NEET’s, Prison Inmates / Hard To Reach Unemployed / Delivering Self / Employment Workshops / Support Throughout The UK For Delivery Partners• Mentoring New Business Start Up & Existing Business Including High Growth & SME• Delivering workshops to - Ex Offenders / 16 – 23 Years of age – self employment & employment • NEETS• Prison Inmates including HMP Belmarsh• 1-2-1 face to face an remote support• Implementing strategic planning, finance including cash flow and its implications, • Maximising performance, income and expenditure,• Implementing office systems and policy and business SWOTs and effective business structure and management. Formulating reporting structures and KPI’s, management of business contracts, e.g customer base, office including machinery and costing. • Advising on the man management of staff and processes. • Assisting in creating database of potential working partnerships with potential business partners. • To generate performance reports and health check on businesses including current status of business, action plan for moving the business forward, including cost effective promotion / awareness of business, products / services to introduce to attract new business / maximise current customer base.

Sussex & Surrey

• Field based Business Advisor for Sussex, Hampshire & Surrey. • Assisting a diverse range of businesses with a turnover of between £100,000 - £100,000,000 per annum.• Mentoring new business startups and existing high growth businesses in all aspects of business support. • Carrying out diagnostic reviews and health checking businesses to develop action plans such as; new office systems and policies in line with SWOTs, formulating reporting structures, generating performance reports to monitor KPI progress, including finance and cash flows to maximise performance, income and expenditure and customer base. • Delivery of training to business – Finance, marketing, business focus through mentoring and targeted once identifying their priorities Introduce relevant support organisations to clients.Highly IT literate, including GDPR compliance, extensive use of CRM systems, outlook, word, excel etc

Sussex, Kent, Surrey

• Advisor for Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent & Surrey• 100% of my client loan applications submitted being approved• £170,000 loan applications submitted & approved in last 12 months• Assessing business loan applications up to £25,000 through Virgin Start Up Loan Scheme• Delivering the Government Growth voucher scheme to assist SME’s with training • Managing a customer portfolio with long term financial support & guidance• One to one support through face to face meetings.• Preparation of business case for panel • Assessing / providing the support required & signposting for additional support – including banks• Competent with CRM / I.T systems• NVQ 4 in Business Support (SFEDI)• Meeting clients at time suitable to them including early mornings and evenings• Assisting clients wishing to enter into self-employment with Training• Assisting Customers with all aspects of support with financial planning • Financial Planning, • Assessing credit reports • Creation of Business Proposals, • Presentations, Financial • Cash flow Forecasting / Projecting • Ongoing Supervision and Target Setting. • Mentoring • Networking – attending and speaking at various events• Identifying and building network of relationships with suitable partners for support with current projects being delivered

Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Surry

• Field based Business Advisor for East & West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey• Assessing business startup & expansion loan applications up to £20,000• Preparation of business case for lending panels / arranging & attending lending panels • Assisting Clients with all aspects of Business Start Up / Expansion• Business Planning, Marketing, Projected Targets • Cash flow Forecasting / Projecting • Ongoing Supervision and Target Setting. • Competent with CRM systems• Mentoring

Sussex

• Field based Business Advisor of 4 years for East & West Sussex including Brighton area • Fee generation £300,000• Highest performing Advisor within the organisation • Working with approx 65 live clients at any given time• Assisted over 80 clients into Self Employment• Ability to communicate with clients & applicants at a level that they feel comfortable with.