Marketing consultancy, specialising in supporting business growth through very focused marketing strategy and planning. Specialisms in market segmentation, key account management and market intelligence. Now focused on aiding overseas companies to develop UK market entry strategies and work with the best partners, distributors and customers for their specific needs.Expert in B2B marketing. Specialist in the construction and property industry.Recent projects (2023) include commercial support for French telecoms company and a major report on net zero in the UK building environment for Business Finland.

1. Undertaking feasibility studies into the UK market for overseas companies to enable them to decide on market entry strategy, notably from Norway, Iceland, Finland and Germany.Sectors include food and drink, natural health products, IoT, construction and telecoms.2. Supporting them by identifying and qualifying potential partners, distributors and customers3. Providing business development support in the UK to help secure clients and sales for themRecent projects include commercial support for a French telecoms equipment supplier and a market entry strategy for a software company targeting the UK education market.

Konduit is helping overseas companies to develop their UK business, whether they are entering the market or want to grow their market position. We search and select partners (distributors, wholesalers, retailers etc.), act as representatives and are also managing clients’ UK operations. Our flexibility means that companies can access the market swiftly and cost-effectively.Assignments include an Austrian shower company seeking UK distributors, an Austrian company supplying off-site modular construction and a German chemical company considering UK acquisitions. More info at www.konduit.co.uk.

I thoroughly enjoyed my role in supporting the business development activities of Setics in the Uk for over 3 years. This entailed developing customer relationships, identifying and converting sales prospects and providing market intelligence to enable Setics to develop a significant and expanding business here. With Project Gigabit finally underway, the future in the UK is very promising for Setics' core offering of automated fibre network design and planning software and support to operators and others.

Provided Business Advisory support to a wide range of SMEs in the Birmingham area. This included marketing and strategic advice. Also undertook a number of Investors in People audits in the West Midlands and supported clients up to assessment period.

3 years as Industry Adviser, due diligence on variety of potential investments.2 years as Management Consultant, advising 3i clients.