Nigel Farren Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

I help startups, small businesses and charities obtain grants, loans and investment. Circa 80% of grant and 99% of VC applications, fail. A loan is unlikely unless you can evidence the ability to repay. Don't waste time, money and effort applying before you are ready. Get a free, fundability assessment and rating plus a follow-on comprehensive report with.

I assessed the ability of startups / SMEs to secure grants for research and development of innovative technology in the agriculture, energy, financial, healthcare sectors and more.

I provided consultancy services to SMEs and Charities related to their business plan and strategy. Advised on reducing costs and risk. Restructuring debt and operations. Establishing/developing online services. Funding applications. HR-related issues. Cash-flow forecasts. Creating new delivery models. Advice on approaching lenders and around the delivery.

Welwyn Garden City

Created a new income generation strategy, a business plan to secure social investment and proposals related to new income - generative services such as Companionship and Power of Attorney services.

Hertford

On behalf of the Council, I managed a 3 year project to improve the health and well-being of circa 2,500 sedentary adults aged 65+ through physical activity. Targets exceeded by 40%.

London, United Kingdom

• Established Energise London as a social enterprise, it's mission being to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings, reduce fuel poverty and make renewable energy affordable for all. It ceased trading when.
• Providing information and advice to circa 5,000 vulnerable London residents
• trained over 500 representatives of civil society organisations, schools and health professionals to identify and refer vulnerable residents in fuel poverty and / or at risk of ill-health due to living in a cold home.
• Carried out 700+ ECO / Green Deal pre – assessments
• Identified 1,500 households that needed help making their homes warmer.
• Made 150 referrals to the Priority Service Registers of energy suppliers

London, United Kingdom

Established Homes Matter as one of the first online, estate agencies offering a fixed fee of £799. It was an uphill struggle because local, estate agents tried to close us down and Rightmove would not allow us to advertise our services. Our office was also firebombed and I was eventually forced to close the business.

Greater New York City Area

• TradeCard provided an online, B2B Marketplace for global trade transactions (participants included world-leading exporters/importers, financial institutions, logistics service providers, customs brokers and agents..
• I started their business in Europe as the sole employee.
• Generated £6 million of contracts with leading world banks.

Greater New York City Area

Established an online, business information portal for banks, their customers and suppliers. Partnered with Ernst & Young and Reuters in New York and secured USD15 million of funding. However, then along came the dot.com crash which led to funders withdrawing their offers and closure of the business.

London, United Kingdom

As initially the sole employee, I established a startup in the UK for Polk & Co, USA, recruited staff and built it into market leader in Europe. in 1997, Polk was acquired by TFP and I was appointed M.D. to merge their european business with that of Polk, implement change, cut spending and increase the customer base. I successfully led the transformation.

London, United Kingdom

Headhunted by one of the world’s top 10 banks at the time to implement change, cut spending and improve performance at their UK subsidiary. This involved securing management, stakeholder and employee buy-in, creating a new, corporate culture and delivering a new business strategy / plan.

B.Sc, Geology

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