Merchant Services Acquirer

Join the UK’s newest & most exciting new App based Rewards programme designed for every consumer to support their local retailers. No upfront costs and very low fees for every retailer. Currently signing up our first batch of new Merchants with no fees at all as a launch offer. Also currently looking for full time salaried BDM’s and commission only part time agents.

This position never actually materialised due to the Covid pandemic

Taken on to set up and run from home a Claim Management business for Investors who had been badly advised or scammed.Made redundant after Investors decided they had insufficient finance for the necessary Marketing budget

Sale of Biometric Time Management and Access Systems, including Fingerprint Readers, Palm Readers, Iris and Facial Recognition.In the case of Time Management our Readers link directly if required to a Client's own Payroll Software. Our Own Software produces the Monthly/Weekly Payroll report for those who do not require Payroll Software integration. Our Software included in the price, is able to deal with all Rotas and Shift Patterns, Absenteeism, Sickness etc.Savings in the Wage Bill in the majority of installations, equates to between 5/10% due to the cut in false time keeping! In most cases this ensures the equipment pays for itself in a matter of weeks!Typical cost £2300 or £12 per week over 5 years. All in including Equipment, installation software and one years support. All Installations come with 12 months Maintenance & Support and a unique 90 day 90% Money Back Guarantee!

In addition to running my Sports Business (below) I was working 3 days a week as an Independent Property Consultant for Redbrick Survey & Valuation Ltd., part of the Paragon Group.I was responsible as a Project Manager for 200 Letting Units in the Blackpool & Preston area & the refurbishment of many of these units. I surveyed, reported and obtained quotations and managed the works. I liaised with Council Enforcement Officers and the Fire Brigade. When the contract ended I set up SX Property Management to Manage on a part time basis, a handful of Residential & my own Commercial property in the Fylde Coast and Preston areas for friends . See my web site www.sxpropertymanagement.co.uk

Advice and Sale of Renewable Energy Services. Primarily Free Biomass Boilers and Solar Power to Industrial & Commercial users plus outright Purchase of Solar Panels to Residential customers.

Ran a Sports Xtra franchise covering most parts of Lancashire, selling Sports Services to Junior Schools & Nurseries. Sourced, Interviewed and trained up around 10 Sports Coaches and found work very quickly with several local schools.Initially successful setting up over 40 After & Pre school Clubs together with many Holiday camps and Fund raising days, with the use of a 30ft Climbing wall

In 1993 I set up SCB Recruitment Ltd. I specialised in Head-hunting sales, Marketing & Senior Management in the Office Equipment Industry. Worked mainly for select group of Blue Chip Japanese manufacturers & although a small Company, we were in fact Market Leaders within this Market sector.Clients for 16 years included: Sharp Electronics, Pitney Bowes, Neopost, Ricoh UK, Panasonic, Konica Minolta UK, Canon UK, Oce UK, Toshiba.In Sep 2000, negotiated to buy extensive office accommodation in St Anne's, I completed gutted & refurbished these Premises to an exceptionally high standard, to enable me to have the right Corporate Image to Franchise Business. We joined the British Franchise Association & had 2 other Offices, which operated in the HR & Catering.I built up a T/O of £450K + around £100K p.a for each of the Franchise Offices & drew over £100K p.a. in Salary &BenefitsI employed 8 staff directly. After 9/11 business dropped dramatically & 2 years later in 2003 I downsized the Business & moved to work from home with overheads that matched the level of income.Able to negotiate at any level from the Warehouseman to Chairman of the Board or the entire Board of Directors.Placed the CEO at Sharp Electronics Ltd & placed over 250 salesmen and Managers at both Konica Minolta and Canon UK.Placed the Sales Directors at Pitney Bowes and Pitney Bowes Finance and the European Managing Director of Lanier Ltd before it was integrated with NRG Group.Business started to decline again in late 2007 with the main PLC's I had been working with, who had started to amalgamate. As a result started to direct more business to the DealershipsStill managed to draw over £100k p.a. with a reduced T/O of around £160K p.a.By the end of 2008, due to the collapse of the Banks, all my clients put Recruitment on freeze until March or possibly June 2009.REASON FOR LEAVING - Ceased trading in January 2009 due to huge unrecoverable debts and a dramatic drop in Vacancies to fill;

I was asked to set up new Business for the Pertemps Group in the Midlands in late 1991. This involved my Franchising an Estate Agency For sale Board Subsidiary. I was successful in negotiating 14 new Franchise Offices for the Company, for whom I acted as Managing Director.Built up a T/O of over £1 million in the first year (All rental)Responsible for both setting up each of the new Offices, writing the Franchise Agreements, Negotiating National contracts with the likes of Agents like Royal Estates, Connell's, Halifax etc., training, Exhibitions etcUnfortunately the Chairman of the holding Company refused to pay over £120,000 of the £175K I had earned and as a result, I left in late 1992 and took the company to court. I won the case 2 years later!REASON FOR LEAVING- Chairman withheld £120k of my earnings, due to financial problems in the Group

After selling out in 1983, and moving from the Midlands to Blackpool, I set up a Commercial Estate Agency, selling Businesses throughout the Lancashire area. As a result, I built up strong connections with many banks, Solicitors and Accountants, many of whom are still close friends today.I set our Fees at the top end of the Market, i.e. more expensive than any of the competition, but gave a Service that had previously been unheard of. As a result, I was able to turn 50% of the Business I was offered away!! In 1981 I started to Franchise the Business and eventually had 9 other offices over the UK. I unfortunately turned a very substantial offer down to sell to a French Insurance Company in 1989 and subsequently in 1990 the Market collapsed! As a result of this the Business ceased trading in February 1991.Started up a Financial Services dept. Tied with Legal & General in 1988Started a Professional Survey Dept in 1988Valued and sold Business with property of all types from Hotels to corner shop Businesses, Restaurants and Commercial Businesses.REASON FOR LEAVING - Company went into receivership

After being successful in a Management buyout, I moved the Company HQ to the Midlands and took over the existing staff of my; I owned 33% with 2 "sleeping partners" and our Financial backer 3 I's who took 24%We sold Electric Automatic Hand Dryers and other Washroom products, (Soap, Soap Dispensers, Toilet rolls and paper products including a unique soap leaf product we imported from America plus Air fresheners.50% of the dryers sold were rented using our own financeArranged sub contracting of the service element to rental Customers.Assisted in design of Dryers, meeting manufactures including Smiths Industries and Warmex once every monthBuilt up a National sales force of 8 including a National Sales ManagerBuilt up a T/O of over £3/4 millionStarted the Export Business from a standing start and visited areas like; and Australia and New Zealand setting up distributorships in each country.Set up the National Hand dryer Association and became its first ChairmanGave radio and TV interviews as Chairman of the Nation al AssociationCompletely computerised the Accounts function, installing a huge main frame computer costing £25K at the time.Became Market leader until the Industry was taken over by big PLC's like Initial ServicesREASON FOR LEAVING - Sold out for £3/4 million

Started initially as a Salesman selling electric Automatic Hand dryers.Worked my way up to regional Manager within 2 years, responsible for 2 Salesmen in the Midlands areaPromoted to General Manager in 1977 and commuted to London Head Office every day from the MidlandsInitially appointed to wind the Business up and then transfer across to become general Manager of another Division of the Business, however, successfully turned the business around and negotiated with 2 "sleeping partners and a Merchant Bank to buy the Business and move it to the MidlandsREASON FOR LEAVING - Bought the Business out and set it up as an Independent business 33% owned by myself