James Stancombe Email & Phone Number

Clipston, England, Gb

Kettering, England, United Kingdom

Lancaster, England, United Kingdom

Helping businesses in Cheshire and Warrington to get ahead of the curve in the design, manufacture and use of materials.

Cranfield

www.velocitygrowthhub.comwww.semlep.com2014 - 2017: Devised and implemented project management procedures, working practices and customer relationship management routines from scratch for business support services provided by the newly-formed Velocity Growth Hub to 1,750 small businesses in the South East Midlands through one-to-one business advice, training workshops and £1 million of business development grants in its first 24 months of operation.2017 - 2018: Developed the growth hub's activities (including one-to-one support, investment readiness workshops and partnerships with professional advisers) for customers seeking debt and equity finance, particularly the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.

Cambridgeshire And Northamptonshire

http://eastmidlands.madscience.org/Instructor at after-school clubs and birthday parties for primary-age children and presenter of stage shows for children and corporate clients for the Mad Science organisation. Explosions done to order; disappearing act; slime concocted; dry ice demonstrated; lungs emptied; magic tricks attempted; indoor fireworks; elephant's toothpaste; rockets launched. Crowd control is a speciality.

Cranfield

https://twitter.com/grants4growthPromoted 'Grants4Growth' European Regional Development Fund project to small businesses and local stakeholders in Bedfordshire and assisted 15 businesses to make capital grant applications.

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

www.wellingborough.gov.uk/downloads/file/5504/corporate_business_plan_2011-14Devised strategy for obtaining external funding for regeneration projects, council services and local third sector organisations.

Bedford

www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukti-teams-in-the-english-regions/ukti-east-of-england-helping-companies-export-and-grow-overseasDeveloped processes for managing relationships with business intermediaries, networks and innovation facilities in the East of England with a view to recruiting 1,000 new customers to use UKTI's export support services.

St Albans, United Kingdom; Bedford

Managed a portfolio of 120 established manufacturing, services, retail and social enterprise businesses; analysed their growth needs and provided advice on managing and obtaining finances, winning new business, developing new products, managing change and connected them with specialist, external business support providers, where appropriate.Acted as national spokesman for Business Link on access to finance for small businesses.

Lamport

www.visitnorthamptonshire.co.uk/Managed team of 12 people generating revenue for the tourism agency through conference bookings, sales of leisure breaks, corporate sponsorship and Tourist Information Centre retail sales.

Northampton, United Kingdom

Devised and managed multi-agency business support programme that leveraged £8 million for infrastructure improvements, business development and skills projects including Silverstone Innovation Centre and the National College for Motorsport.Established the national Government Motorsport Unit from scratch on behalf of two government departments and four regional development agencies and managed its activities in co-ordinating an £11.5 million business support programme in conjunction with industrial and academic partners.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Project manager for regional business support programmes for the tourism and motorsport industries, in conjunction with trade asociations, academic and technology institutions.Developed and implemented East Midlands Business Champions Network that recruited 200 local business people as mentors for enterprise promotion projects.Provided local sourcing service for businesses in Northamptonshire and for foreign direct investors and other businesses in the automotive, aerospace and defence industries in the East Midlands.

Barrow-In-Furness

Negotiated and managed contracts for utilities supply and integrated logistics support

Leicester, United Kingdom

Managed team of six buyers of electronic components, machining and sheet metalwork; leader of quality improvement team for managing suppliers and member of team implementing company-wide manufacturing resource planning system.

Bolton, United Kingdom

Co-ordinated multi-site collaborative suppliers programme and change team that implemented Kawasaki Production System just-in-time practices and process improvement projects with staff, customers and 30 components suppliers.

Barrow-In-Furness

Negotiated and managed facilities management contracts, including services and provisions for trials.

Hatfield

Purchased electronic components and capital equipment and managed major sub-contract for aircraft propellers.(Commercial Student Apprentice 1980 to 1983)

Level 5 Certificate (May 2018), Professional Business And Enterprise Support Services, Level 5

For those working in the business support sector that help entrepreneurs who are starting up and developing or scaling-up businesses.

Education record

Level 4 Certificate (September 2009), Business Adviser

Education record