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Mark Adlem - Churchfield Business Brokers

Mark Adlem Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Churchfield sell businesses ranging in value from £250,000 to over £10m
  • We maximise the price achieved through proactive marketing
  • We take a different approach based on strategic value rather than
    traditional business valuation
  • All the Principals of Churchfield have owned businesses and operated at director level in a wide range of companies
  • We project manage the entire sales process

Mark Adlem is one of the founding directors of Churchfield Business Brokers, who specialise in the sale, merger & acquisition of UK based businesses. We operate from three offices in the South East of England, and our client base ranges from the South Coast into Wales and up to and including Scotland. At Churchfield we take a different approach which is based upon strategic value rather than traditional financial valuation.

Churchfield Business Brokers are specialists in the sale of UK based businesses ranging in value from £250,000 to over £10m. We focus on maximizing the price achieved for your business through proactive marketing to locate the right buyer.

At Churchfield we are passionate about delivering maximum value for our clients. This is achieved by the application of skills and methods developed over many years which enable the valuation and future potential of a business to be justified and demonstrated to potential buyers.

Traditional business valuation has been driven by purely financial calculations which do not take into account the strategic reasons for buying the business which can often command a premium price. Churchfield are skilled in the identification of these factors that ultimately determine the price achieved for the business.

The Principals of Churchfield have owned businesses and operated at Director level in a diverse range of business sectors and business sizes up to £1.5 billion turnover. They have project managed the sale, acquisition or merger of numerous businesses ranging in value from below £200,000 to over £100 million.

Churchfield Business Brokers
York House, 112 Colchester Road,
White Colne
Colchester
CO6 2PP
Telephone: 01787 223966
Fax: 01787 224443
E-Mail: mark.adlem@churchfield.co.uk
Website: www.churchfield.co.uk

Neil Beech - Building Link Ltd

Neil Beech Promotional products for every occasion and every budget!

Based in Colchester, Building Link are a leading supplier of printed promotional products.

Whatever you are looking for, be it a general giveaway for an exhibition, golf balls for a golf day or something special for your best customers - we can help!

We have thousands of business gift ideas to choose from and they come in all shapes, sizes and colours - from printed mugs, mousemats and coasters to memory sticks, umbrellas and promotional clothing.

We are one of the market leaders in the supply of promotional scale rulers and have recently launched a webiste where customers can purchase individual scale rulers and other drawing products www.scalerulers.com

Building Link Ltd
Unit 11, Langham Barns Business Centre
Langham Lane, Langham
Colchester
CO4 5ZS
Telephone: 01206 272020
Fax: 01206 272090
E-Mail: sales@buildinglink.co.uk
Website: www.buildinglink.co.uk

Jolyon Berry - Birketts LLP

Jolyon Berry Employment Specialist

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment contracts & handbooks
  • Employment tribunals
  • Directors' service agreements
  • Consultancy agreements
  • Discipline & Grievances
  • All forms of discrimination
  • Sick pay and family friendly issues
  • Employee benefits
  • Redundancies and business reorganisations
  • TUPE and the Acquired Rights Directive
  • Injunctions, restrictive covenants and restraint of trade issues

Jolyon Berry is a partner at Birketts LLP, a long-established firm of solicitors based in East Anglia with offices in Ipswich, Norwich and Cambridge. The firm has a reputation for being able to deliver the first class results expected of a much larger, city firm but with the personal contact and value for money expected of a provincial practice.

Jolyon leads a team of employment lawyers who are specialists at assisting corporate and private clients with all matters arising out of the workplace. The team works closely with all other departments within the firm which offers a full legal service, including debt recovery, commercial litigation, commercial property, banking and corporate services.

Since 1999 Birketts has been accredited as an Investor in People. We also have in place file management procedures which are accredited by the Law Society's practice management kite mark, Lexcel. These systems, which include monthly sample file reviews, help us meet our client care objectives.

Birketts LLP
24-26 Museum Street
Ipswich
IP1 1HZ
Telephone: 01473 406356
Fax: 01473 406383
E-Mail: jolyon-berry@birketts.co.uk
Website: www.birketts.co.uk

Charlie Brown - Charlie Brown Associates

Charlie Brown Charlie Brown is a business development and marketing specialist with extensive experience in change management, marketing, CRM, branding, and customer services, organisation design and development; process management and improvement.

He has developed successful businesses and marketing operations in the further education, legal, financial services, mail order and collectible sectors. He has extensive management experience; excellent analytical skills; and a reputation for strong leadership.

He has managed brands and their development from B2B and professional services to mail order and financial services. He has also introduced and developed database marketing for various companies, large and not so large, increasing sales and returns on investment. He has produced effective database and direct marketing campaigns for many organisations. Effective, that is, in terms of meeting and/or exceeding targets for sales or customer retention and satisfaction.

His achievements include:
•   Supporting SMEs to develop and improve their businesses. Using his extensive experience in change management, marketing, branding, database, CRM, and customer services to review and improve performance.
•   Increasing sales by around 20% for a professional services company;
•   Improving the average annual subscription values for a training provider in excess of 6% per annum, despite subscriber numbers falling by circa 5% per annum;
•   Increasing sales and ROI for a mail order wine business;
•   Turning a small French retail operation from a loss maker into a profit maker within one year;
•   Building a clothing mail order operation, doubling turnover and making the operation profitable in year one.

He has extensive experience in restructuring and implementing changes to sales and marketing operations. He has successfully managed field sales and telemarketing forces.

Charlie has also conducted full scale product reviews and introduced improvements to sales and marketing personnel and processes. He has led, managed and developed teams and individuals, from field sales teams to call centre staff to marketing personnel, training and developing individuals and teams of up to 40+ members.

Charlie Brown Associates
20 Lichfield Close
Chelmsford
CM1 2XW
Telephone: 01245 351042
E-Mail: charlie.c.brown@btinternet.com
Website: www.charliebrownassociates.co.uk

Quentin Colborn - QC People Management Ltd

Quentin Colborn
  • Generalist HR support
  • Outsourced HR advice
  • Development of policies and procedures
  • Handing discipline and grievances
  • Reorganisations
    Managing redundancies

    Quentin's background in HR has spanned both large organisations such as the RAC, Scottish & Newcastle breweries as well as supporting SMEs at various stages of development. His roles have ranged from acting as a consultant to start up businesses, to Head Of Employment relations through to HR Director in a venture capital backed business that grew from 3 to 600 employees in 2 years. Projects he has been involved have included handling disciplinary and grievance hearings, site closures and relocations, implementing employee surveys, introducing new recruitment methods, managing the HR implications of business acquisitions ands disposals. In addition he currently provides support to a number of smaller businesses that need to create an HR infrastructure in terms of contracts, handbooks, policies and procedures. Quentin also sits as a member of the Employment Tribunal.

    Quentin is used to working with organisations of all shapes and sizes. His style is to understand what is required and then work with business owners and leaders to help them to identify the particular solutions appropriate for their business, rather than imposing predefined answers and solutions. With a wide range of experiences within HR nothing phases Quentin, whatever the problem he has probably seen it before! Feel free to give him a call for an informal discussion about any issues you are currently facing.

    QC People Management Ltd
    Easterford Mill
    Swan Street
    Kelvedon
    CO5 9NG
    Telephone: 01376 571360
    E-Mail:     quentin@qcpeople.co.uk
    Website: www.qcpeoplemanagement.co.uk

    • Paul Copsey - Connect Consultancy Ltd

    Paul Copsey Cost Management Consultant

    •   Independent Cost Management Specialists
    •   Utilities (Gas, Electricity and Water)
    •   Communications (Fixed line, Mobile and Data)
    •   Self financing service
    •   Cost reduction AND ongoing management

    Connect Consultancy Ltd, a franchised office of Auditel (UK), has been operational since March 2000 and has offices in Felixstowe, Ipswich, Martlesham and Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.

    With 8 years experience and with a client portfolio of over 80 organisations across the UK, Connect Consultancy offers clients the opportunity to save time and unlock hidden profits by providing independent advice on utility purchasing and management techniques by reporting, implementing and managing non-core costs including Electricity, Gas, Water and all aspects of Telecommunications and Data including mobile and fixed-line.

    Our knowledge of the utility markets ensures that not only are informed decisions made when recommending a supplier but also by using the buying power and experience of the Auditel group, the best rates are negotiated and at service levels from suppliers above the norm.

    Our Independence and No savings – No fee promise reassures new clients, and most work with us for many years once the true benefits of our ability to reduce their management workload, not just their costs, is realised.

    Our principal aim is lasting value rather than just lower cost.

    Testimonials available and enquiries welcome.


    Connect Consultancy Ltd
    Douglas House
    12a Felnor Walk
    Felixstowe
    IP11 7DN
    Telephone: 01473 251500
    Fax: 01473 251500
    E-Mail:     paul.copsey@auditel.net
    Website: www.auditel.eu.com/connect

    Chris Crace - Business Life Ltd

    Chris Crace Business Life Ltd
    Giving Business Owners a Life


    • Goal Setting
    • Sales Training
    • Team Building
    • Systemising Business

    Business consultant Chris Crace has enjoyed a varied business career principally in sales and marketing. Generally working for small family run organisations, he has been involved in developing sales teams and distributor networks world-wide, and consequently has great experience in growing businesses and turning them around. Right from the start Chris developed a passion for coaching and he has a long track record of successfully building teams and systemising processes resulting in improved efficiency.

    To underpin his 21 years' practical experience, Chris took an MBA at Cranfield School of Management in 1991 and in 2002 Chris became a business coach. This allowed him the chance to help other people with dissatisfaction in their lives, by coaching them out of their comfort zone, to make permanent and positive change. "The services we offer", he explains, "have provided me with the perfect opportunity to help the owners of small and medium sizes businesses to achieve their business goals and enjoy a more balanced life."

    He passionately believes that being in business should be fun, not as many find, a millstone around your neck - and Business Life Ltd is focused on doing just that.

    Business Life Ltd
    Molens Cottage
    Bures Road
    White Colne, Colchester
    CO6 2QF
    Telephone: 01787 229908
    Fax: 01787 229974
    E-Mail:     chriscrace@yourbusinesslife.co.uk
    Website: www.yourbusinesslife.co.uk

    Jill Crooks - Room 105

    Jill Crooks Room105 design partnership specialises in bespoke garden and landscape design for private and corporate clients, working across East Anglia, Hertfordshire and North London.

    As one of the founder directors, Jill gained her design qualification at Writtle college in 2004 and has since gone on to gain with credit the RHS Advanced Certificate in Horticulture. Jill is a registered member of the Society of Garden Designers and the British Association of Landscape Industries.

    Having won the prestigious RHS gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2005 Room105 has worked in partnership with developers bringing innovative, contemporary design to show home gardens, pent house roof terraces and community spaces. Adding value and a sense of place to enhance not just the outdoor space but also the marketing of the property or site as a whole.

    Room105 can help with a complete end to end service from initial ideas through to the finished build or if you’re looking for advice but don’t know where to start

    ·   Consultation and advice
    ·   Topographical surveys for small to medium gardens
    ·   Conceptual design / outline plans
    ·   3D visuals to help put you in the picture
    ·   Soft landscape schemes for planning applications
    ·   Tender management
    ·   Site inspection and contract administration
    ·   Maintenance schedules
    ·   Indoor planting schemes

    Room 105
    Orchardside
    Little Totham Road
    Goldhanger
    CM9 8AP
    Telephone: 07734 069609 / 01621 788718
    E-Mail:     jill@room105.co.uk
    Website: www.room105.co.uk

    Peter Disney - Wood and Disney

    Peter Disney Chartered Accountant

    • Annual accounts & auditing
    • Company secretarial services
    • Payroll support
    • Monthly management accounts
    • Monthly analysis and benchmarking
    • Strategic planning
    • Profit improvement strategies
    • Wealth planning
    • Business valuation and sales assistance
    • Tax planning

    Wood & Disney Limited began life as Morris Wood and Company in 1977, providing accounting services and advice to small and micro businesses in North Essex and Suffolk. Peter Disney joined the firm in 1987 and has been Managing Director since 2001. Peter is a Chartered Accountant with some 20 years experience that has included work with PKF International, the Audit Commission and secondment to the Suffolk Fraud Office.

    Peter started his own practice in 1985. His focus on small and micro businesses has led him to being a founder member of The Association of Profit Advisors and the Added Value Network. More recently Peter has designed and developed a web-based small business risk and analysis tool that has won technology awards in 2000 and 2001.
    Wood & Disney also won the Essex Countywide Business Award for Technology in 2005.
    Wood and Disney
    1 Lodge Court, Lodge Lane
    Langham
    Colchester
    CO4 5NE
    Telephone: 01206 233170
    Fax: 01206 233171
    E-Mail:     PeterD@wood-disney.co.uk
    Website: www.wood-disney.co.uk

    Graham Doubtfire - Scrutton Bland

    Graham Doubtfire With the desire to provide clients with more than basic accounting and tax compliance services Scrutton Bland have developed ourselves into a one of the largest independent providers of financial services in Suffolk and North Essex, with offices in Ipswich and Colchester.

    Scrutton Bland are delighted to be able to offer an extensive range of services. As well as Accounting, Tax, Audit, Corporate Finance Services and Business Advice, we are Independent Financial Advisers and Insurance Brokers.

    Our services are tailored to each client’s particular requirements and delivered with quality and expertise. All clients are assigned a specialist team to work on their behalf.

    Our Insurance Services and Independent Financial Advice is provided through Scrutton Bland Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

    By providing a seamless approach we believe that we truly achieve our stated maxim to provide clear advice and effective solutions.

    Graham Doubtfire Looks after the tax affairs of private clients and business owners. This includes ongoing tax compliance work and personal tax returns and more complex planning work including:
    Income Tax
    Capital Gains Tax
    Inheritance Tax
    Trust tax

    Scrutton Bland
    820 The Crescent
    Colchester Business Park
    Colchester
    co4 9yq
    Telephone: 01206 838400
    Fax: 01206 838401
    E-Mail:     graham.doubtfire@scruttonbland.co.uk
    Website: http://www.scruttonbland.co.uk

    Margaret Fleming - Fleming Marvellous

    Margaret Fleming Fleming Marvellous is a corporate style and image consultancy who will guide you to achieving the goals you set, whether you are an individual looking to improve your promotion prospects, or an organisation who wants to galvanise its staff into a polished team. Fleming Marvellous can deliver both individual and group workshops based around personal branding, business image, team and confidence building. These courses are designed to deliver real results including, achieving personal and business goals, improved confidence and self-esteem, motivated staff who work as a team, a greater awareness of visual communication and the messages we give to others and how to dress for success.


    Fleming Marvellous
    Till Y Mint
    Plains Farm Close
    Colchester
    CO7 7QU
    Telephone: 01206 751493
    E-Mail:     margaret@flemingmarvellous.com
    Website: www.flemingmarvellous.com

    Marie Grueber - Pyxis Media

    Marie Grueber •   Corporate Branding
    •   Print Design
    •   Web Design
    •   3D Design
    •   Signage
    •   Company Reports
    •   Corporate Promotions

    As specialists in the field of corporate communication, our job is to make your brand stand out.

    Pyxis Media Ltd will work along side you to deliver the most appropriate solutions for your business needs - whether you require bespoke printed media such as a brochure, or digital media such as a website.

    Everything we produce will be done to the highest standard, with thorough research ensuring we create functional and targeted media that gets results. Every business needs to present itself well if it is to make an impact in todays busy and competitive market place, and Pyxis Media Ltd can give you that extra step up to get you noticed.

    So whether you are a new business needing to develop your brand identity, or an existing company requiring a fresh approach, we guarantee to exceed you expectations.



    Pyxis Media
    Unit R, Camilla Court
    Nacton
    Ipswich
    IP10 0EU
    Telephone: 01473 659739
    E-Mail:     marie@pyxismedia.co.uk
    Website: www.pyxismedia.co.uk

    Tony Hales - Stadia Trustees Limited

    Tony Hales – Stadia Trustees Limited
    Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs)

    •   Establishers
    •   Trustees
    •   Administrators

    Stadia Trustees Ltd specialise in providing a range of pension management services for individuals and companies which can be accessed directly or through a professional adviser.

    One of these services is a Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). A SIPP is a registered pension scheme which differs from a traditional pension scheme as it allows you greater control as to how to invest your funds and when and how they can be taken as retirement income.

    You can transfer any existing investments you have within your portfolio into your SIPP. This could enable you to kick start your pension provision and increase the investment by claiming tax relief as well! As well as the Stadia SIPP, we also offer the Hero SIPP that has exclusive access to Goldman Sachs funds.

    Our dedicated team contribute a wealth of experience and expertise, and are devoted to providing services which outshine our competition.

    We pride ourselves in providing a quality personal and efficient service. We always aim to develop a one to one relationship with all our members.

    5 Langham Barns Business Centre
    Langham Lane   
    Colchester
    CO4 5ZS

    Telephone: 01206 273496
    Email: tony@stadiatrustees.com
    Website: www.stadiatrustees.com
    Stadia Trustees Limited
    5 Langham Barns Business Centre
    Langham Lane
    Colchester
    CO4 5ZS
    Telephone: 01206 273496
    E-Mail:     tony@stadiatrustees.com
    Website: www.stadiatrustees.com

    Bob Holmes - SPS

    Bob Holmes Non-Executive Director & Board Mentor

    • Strategic planning and board mentoring
    • Developing plans to implement your goals
    • Benchmarking your progress through regular reviews
    • Providing a sounding board for your business issues
    • Part-time finance director service
    • Accessing specialist help from our associates network

    SPS is a partner organisation, consisting of senior business professionals who specialise in helping small and medium sized businesses to set and achieve their strategic objectives. All partners are highly experienced, down to earth, hands on practitioners, with a diverse range of skills and expertise. The organisation has around 50 partners and operates nationally. Bob Holmes heads up its representation in Essex and South Suffolk.

    Bob is a chartered accountant and spent the first ten years of his career with Price Waterhouse, before joining the ferry industry, where he rose to become Finance Director of Stena Line (UK) Ltd between 1991 and 1997. He moved to the rail industry, and gained experience as Finance Director of a public company with Prism Rail PLC. He was subsequently Finance Director and Company Secretary of Seawheel Ltd, a European transport and logistics business. He joined SPS in 2003.

    During his 12 years experience as Finance Director, Bob has been at the heart of the strategic development of these businesses. As a board member, he participated with board colleagues in manging issues faced by multi-million pound companies. He is now successfully applying these skills in helping owner-managed businesses across a range of industries. He also holds non-executive Board positions with the Dover Harbour Board and Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

    SPS
    Magnolia Cottage
    Lower Road, Peldon
    Colchester
    CO5 7QR
    Telephone: 01206 735536
    Fax: 01206 735536
    E-Mail:     bob.holmes@talktoSPS.com
    Website: www.talktoSPS.com

    Gary Horsley - AC Marketing

    Marketing Strategy/Communications

    • Marketing Strategy
    • Communications Audits
    • Campaign analysis, planning, management
    • Copywriting and Editing
    • Businesses and Public Bodies
    • Multi-territory support

    AC Marketing is a marketing and communications consultancy offering strategic guidance and full-service implementation. Its principal, Gary Horsley, has worked in communications for thirty years, starting as a journalist before moving in-house with a publishing company producing materials for Ford, British Gas and other major commercial organisations. Exposure to working on international marketing campaigns led to a period of support to the European Commission in profile raising and communications exercises for a variety of DGs.

    AC Marketing takes the view that effective communications can only follow rigorous strategic consideration of goals and possibilities. Current clients range from the local (Earls Colne and Essex) to the national and international, with continued involvement with the European Commission. Current clients include local leisure, legal and financial firms, support to a London management consultancy practice with national and international clients, and management of the Commission's External Relations consultation with EU and Middle East media.

    AC Marketing
    9 Upper Holt Street
    Earls Colne
    Colchester
    CO6 2PG
    Telephone: 01787 223574
    Fax: 01787 221816
    E-Mail:     gary@acmarketing.com
    Website: www.acmarketing.com

    Brett Jones - The Wine Maestro

    Brett Jones The Wine Maestro

    • Corporate events and gifts
    • Wine tastings
    • Wine talks
    • Wine education
    • Wine and food matching
    • Wine travel and tourism

    Brett trained in Switzerland, has worked in a number of fine European hotels and has over 35 years experience of wine, running a successful wine bar and bistro for 27 years. Eight years ago he started a wine club and has members throughout the UK. The feedback of these members adds to Brett’s understanding of people’s enjoyment of wine.

    He has a relaxed, informative approach to wine tasting. Drawing upon his experience of visiting vineyards and wineries all over Europe and the New World he can talk in detail about wine and the personalities of those involved in producing them.

    A member of the Association of Wine Educators and the Circle of Wine Writers, Brett organises wine tastings, corporate events, training courses and wine dinners. Experience shows that these events are well received because they are relaxed and informal.

    He is pleased to accompany small groups on wine tours as well as wine cruises. Brett enjoys wine and has a delight in sharing his enthusiasm for such an absorbing subject.

    The Wine Maestro
    19 Ashleigh Court
    Station Lane
    Ingatestone
    CM4 0BD
    Telephone: 0771 5403612
    Fax: 070 9285 7529
    E-Mail:     brett@thewinemaestro.co.uk
    Website: www.thewinemaestro.co.uk

    Liz Kotarska - Life Changes Now Ltd

    Liz Kotarska Liz offers non-invasive therapies and practical help designed to put her clients in control, and covers a wide range of issues including:

    Slimming without dieting
    Stress and stress related issues
    Anxiety problems including panic attacks
    Fears and Phobias
    Confidence and self esteem problems
    Relaxation and Sleep
    Depression
    Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    Changing behaviour patterns
    Eliminating mental blocks

    After 20 years in Commercial Chartered Surveying, Liz decided upon a complete career change and retrained as a hypnotherapist in 2004, bringing the high professional standards gained in her previous career to her new field of work.

    Based in East Bergholt on the Suffolk-Essex border Liz offers confidential help for a wide range of psychological, emotional and physical problems.

    "I'm living my life again instead of just surviving it.." (Client who suffered from panic attacks)

    Because of its use in entertainment, the benefits of hypnosis as a tool for personal change are often poorly understood so Liz pays particular attention to ensuring that clients are fully informed and prepared before starting any therapeutic work.

    "The calm presence that Liz exudes whenever you meet her is the first clue to how effective she is as a hypnotherapist." (Client and Amazing Mind course participant)

    Contrary to popular belief hypnosis is very much a voluntary process which is under the control of the client rather than the therapist. Thus a client will never say or do anything against their will.

    Liz is keen to bring her work to the business and wider community. Many individuals endure problems which hinder them in their day to day life, unaware that these issues are capable of being totally eliminated.

    For those with mild symptoms, the desire to learn the art of deep relaxation, or curiosity about the workings of the subconscious mind Liz runs a regular course - Wake up!...to Your Amazing Mind.

    "I have found this course deeply beneficial to my sense of wellbeing...it has been absolutely fascinating." (Course participant)

    In addition to her work as a hypnotherapist Liz is a qualified Thought Field Therapist. Thought Field Therapy uses the body's meridian system to bring about beneficial change. Liz has found Thought Field Therapy particularly useful in helping unexplained symptoms of fatigue and as a first aid treatment for many other issues.


    Life Changes Now Ltd
    Asbyrgi
    White Horse Road
    East Bergholt
    CO7 6TU
    Telephone: 01206 299724
    E-Mail:     Liz@LifeChangesNow.co.uk
    Website: www.LifeChangesNow.co.uk

    Paul Mitchell - Mitchell Associates

    Paul Mitchell •   Marketing consultancy
    •   Sales consultancy
    •   European sales research
    •   Help with selling into European markets
    •   Assistance for European companies
    •   Exhibition support services
    •   UK/European credit management advice
    •   UK agency for InstantBranding

    Paul started Mitchell Associates in partnership with his wife, Angela, in 1990. Previously Paul had spent 18 years in both manufacturing and service industries. Paul was an Export Credit Manager within the Courtaulds Group, responsible for an export ledger with a turnover of £25million. At Dun and Bradstreet, he worked as an Area Manager and subsequently as a Business Development Manager within D&B Europe.

    Mitchell Associates offer support and assistance to companies both in the UK and Europe, to market, sell and get paid for, their products and services. As a small consultancy, we look to offer personalised services, tailored to each client’s individual needs. Our aim is to provide the services and resources you need, when you need them, and at a cost that you can afford.

    Mitchell Associates also run the UK agency for InstantBranding, an innovative product which recreates your logo or brand as a 3-dimensional self-adhesive nameplate. These unique self-adhesive, raised profile badges can be produced in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be printed in any colour to match your corporate style. They can feature your company name and logo and even a telephone number or website address. InstantBranding logos can be applied to products, promotional items, point-of-sale units, customer communications etc. and because you don't have to apply them until you need them they are extremely cost effective and flexible. For further information contact us or go to www.instantbranding.co.uk



    Mitchell Associates
    Church Hill
    Lawford
    Manningtree
    CO11 2JX
    Telephone: 01206 396541
    Fax: 01206 393133
    E-Mail:     paul.mitchell@btinternet.com
    Website: www.mitchellassoc.co.uk

    Sean Mitchell - Ocean Telecom

    Sean Mitchell
    Ocean Telecom is based near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. With over 19 years industry experience, Ocean is dedicated to providing clients with our highly skilled and qualified engineering knowledge base, together with focused after-sales service and support.

    Ocean offers nationwide coverage on a variety of business telephone systems and applications. Whether your business is a Multi-National, or a new start-up Ocean provides the products and support you expect.

    In the increasingly demanding world of technically advanced communication systems, Ocean provides simple clear and concise solutions for today’s businesses.

    Ocean Telecom provides the following services:

  •    New and Used telephone systems
  •    Voicemail
  •    Additions, Upgrades and Programming changes to existing systems
  •    System Maintenance
  •    Business Broadband
  •    DECT Cordless Systems
  •    Music/Information On Hold
  •    Wide range of peripheral devices such as Headsets & Payphones
  •    Installation and Project Management
  •    Structured Cabling
  •    Fibre Optic Cabling
  •    Low Cost Business Calls
  •    Low Cost Business Line Provision & Rental
  •    Mobile Data & Telephony
  •    CRM Software Packages for Call Centre Environments
  •    Voice over IP
  •    Computer Telephony Integration
  •    Voice Recording
  •    IVR
  •    Consultancy
  •    Leasing

    Ocean Telecom
    5 Woodside Business Park
    Ingham
    Bury St Edmunds
    IP31 1NR
    Telephone: 01284 729869
    Fax: 01284 729868
    E-Mail:     seanm@oceantelecom.com
    Website: www.oceantelecom.com

    • Kevin Nolan - Towry Limited

    Kevin Nolan Wealth Adviser

    Whatever your personal or professional financial needs, you want to be assured of not only the quality of advice you are receiving but also the integrity of the company you are working with.

    Clients are at the heart of our business and we give expert advice to help them meet their financial needs and goals. We recognise that each client has individual requirements and we tailor solutions accordingly. We work alongside our clients to help them achieve their financial goals.
    We provide independent advice. This means that we have access to all product providers and are not restricted in the range of solutions we can present to you. We are also financially independent of all product providers. We charge our clients fees rather than accept commission payments, either direct or indirectly, from product providers for recommending their products which means that our advice is truly impartial and in the best interest of our clients.

    Our advisers are required to become professionally qualified to Chartered Financial Planner status, the highest professional qualification in the industry. This is considerably in excess of the minimum level required by the FSA. Our Advice Policy team has specialist expertise to support our advisers. Our Investment Management team’s sole responsibility is to manage our clients’ investments.

    Towry Limited
    6 New Street Square,
    New Fetter Lane,
    London
    EC4A 3BF
    Telephone: 07818 512373
    E-Mail:     kevin.nolan@Towry.com
    Website: www.towry.com

    Chris Partner - Hunnaball Family Funeral Group

    Funeral Directors & Memorial Masons

    We are a family business dedicated to upholding the traditional values of respect and dignity, and to providing the very best of care for bereaved families.

    Our professional services include:


    Burials ~ Cremations ~ Woodland Burials ~ Multi-faith Funerals ~ Silver Mercedes Fleet ~ Horse-Drawn Hearse ~ Pre-Payment Plans ~ Non-religious funerals ~ Funeral Vouchers ~ Home Visits ~ Private Chapels of Rest ~ Floral Tributes ~ Funeral Stationery ~ Catering ~ Biodegradable Coffins ~ Memorials ~ Bereavement Care
    Hunnaball Family Funeral Group
    York House
    41 Mersea Road
    Colchester
    CO2 7QT
    Telephone: 01206 760049
    Fax: 01206 574155
    E-Mail:     chrispartner@hunnaball.co.uk
    Website: www.hunnaball.co.uk

    Ian Perry - Remedy For Business Ltd

    Ian Perry In order to provide the hands on expertise business owners need, we can pull on the knowledge bank of a large network of practical and experienced experts. Remedy is proud to be accredited advisors for Initiatives in Business Development Group Ltd (ibd). ibd is an international organisation of experienced business professionals that enables owners and managers of small and medium sized companies to achieve their business and personal goals.

    We can call on the varied experience of more than 500 seasoned and successful business advisors and strategic partners, both locally and nationwide. Their hands-on experience has created a solid track record of delivering the support strategies that companies need to succeed.

    All advisors are accredited and trained specifically for managing the issues facing the owners and managers of these businesses today. They deliver practical, no-nonsense solutions, and expect to be judged on the basis of real, measurable outcomes. Strict assessment criteria have to be met by all advisors and strategic partners, and they must have years of experience as a director in a medium sized or larger company, and/or have been managing directors and owners of small and medium sized businesses.

    Remedy works throughout East Anglia, with a range of clients from across industry, including manufacturing, engineering, retail and construction.


    Remedy For Business Ltd
    9 Tollgate Road
    Capel St Mary
    Ipswich
    IP9 2HB
    Telephone: 01473 310833
    E-Mail:     ian@remedyforbusiness.com
    Website: www.remedyforbusiness.com

    Hayley Roy - Contract Interiors UK Ltd T/A ChairsGB.com

    Hayley Roy We sell Furniture to the Leisure and Licenced Industries including Churches, Schools and any other business that wants to buy from us. We have recently opened a wholesale division and are going into more retail style products. We are a medium sized company that has grown considerably over the last few years. Contract Interiors UK Ltd was founded by my father John Roy in 1990. I am looking to grow the business and am very ambitious. Hayley Roy
    Contract Interiors UK Ltd T/A ChairsGB.com
    Cockaynes Orchard, Cockaynes Lane
    Alresford
    Colchester
    CO7 8BZ
    Telephone: 01206820301
    Fax: 01206820221
    E-Mail:     hroy@contractinteriors.co.uk
    Website: www.ChairsGB.com

    Steven Sleigh - Mail Boxes Etc Colchester Limited

    Steven Sleigh Business Services Centre

    ·   Accommodation Addresses
    ·   Mail Forwarding
    ·   Packing Materials
    ·   Packing Service
    ·   Shipping
    ·   Courier - UK and Worldwide
    ·   Digital Printing
    ·   Instant Printing
    ·   Copying in Black and White or Colour
    ·   Wide Format printing and copying
    ·   Design and setting
    ·   Logo Design
    ·   Leaflet Printing
    ·   Stationery Printing

    Mail Boxes Etc Colchester Limited
    Communications House
    9 St Johns Street
    Colchester
    CO2 7NN
    Telephone: 01206 368881
    Fax: 01206 368882
    E-Mail:     info@mbecolchester.co.uk
    Website: www.mbe.co.uk/colchester

    Cyril Thomas - Contrarian Properties Ltd

    Cyril Thomas Contrarian Properties provides unique solutions for Property Investors and Landlords. They specialise in sourcing below market value property investments and pride themselves in offering a service of exceptionally high quality. As well as specialising in BMV property investment, Contrarian Properties are also well known for their superb property management services.

    The Contrarian Properties team has developed a unique understanding of their terrain and they have managed to build strong relations that enable them to provide highly bespoke and advantageous services for their clients.

    Contrarian Properties Ltd
    The Colchester Centre
    Hawkins Road
    Colchester
    CO2 8JX
    Telephone: 0845 437 8731
    Fax: 07006 091 018
    E-Mail:     cyril@contrarianproperties.co.uk
    Website: www.contrarianproperties.co.uk

    David Turner - Sarala

    David Turner Alasdair Hodgkins & David Turner – SARALA Ltd

    What do we do:
    • Supply of computer hardware, software & peripherals.
    • Dell Partners
    • PC support and repairs.
    • IT consultancy (networking, mail, disaster recovery, best practise,software development and project management).
    • Best of breed business solutions for Online backups, Outsourced Microsoft Exchange, Outsourced Microsoft Sharepoint, Antivirus
    Protection, Remote Access, Virtual Networks (linking multiple sites).
    • White label Technical Account Management and IT Management (we will attend meetings on behalf off or with customers acting as their IT resource).

    Sarala specialise in providing high quality IT related services and products to a customer base that ranges from private individuals to corporate entities.

    We try to avoid IT acronyms and strive to provide impartial advice in plain English.

    We firmly believe that the key to a successful business is word of mouth recommendations by happy customers.

    With a wealth of experience we can help with almost all your computing needs from supplying a new PC, recovering lost data, installing a network or helping your business implement a bespoke software package.

    Call us today for a great deal on a new Dell.

    Sarala
    17 Market Hill
    Coggeshall
    CO6 1TS
    Telephone: 01376 316101
    E-Mail:     david@sarala.com
    Website: www.sarala.com

    Bob Tyrrell - DEVELOPMENT DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

    Bob Tyrrell DDC is an architectural practice that understands the property developer requirements, cost effective design and if possible that extra unit.

    Who we are

    We are professionals with many years of experience of all aspects of architecture

    Our Aims

    We are committed to exploiting contemporary architecture where it is appropriate. With a strong emphasis on meeting the client’s requirements, we aim to provide an architectural solution, which is both understandable and imaginative. Our aim is to produce buildings that represent good value for money and address current environmental issues.

    Experience

    Development Design Consultants have over 25+ years working with Private clients and property developers. We have expertise in: Obtaining successful planning approvals for Residential Developments, Apartment blocks, New houses Self Build and extensions to existing properties. Listed Building Consents, Site planning and estate housing layouts. Commercial buildings: Offices, Retail and mixed-use developments, Development appraisals and site evaluations for landowners, developers and builders
    DEVELOPMENT DESIGN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    The Studio
    8a Colchester Road
    West Bergholt
    CO6 3JG
    Telephone: 01206 240016
    E-Mail:     bobtyrrell@gmail.com
    Website: www.developmentdesign.co.uk

    Amberley Worton - PerCap Recruitment

    Amberley Worton Technical Recruiters for your IT and Finance jobs.

    How about working with recruiters who understand your vacancies like you do, so you receive the most relevant candidates in no time at all?

    We’re technically literate recruiters who have come together to form PerCap, so you can talk to us about your vacancies in your language.

    Because we work for ourselves we can be totally flexible - meaning you get excellent service when it suits you best. If you have an urgent vacancy at 5pm, we’ll work to get you a short list of the best candidates over to your inbox in time for when you turn on your computer the next morning.

    You can talk to us about permanent, contract or interim jobs ranging from entry level to Director level. You can even ask us to find you a whole team for a new department or a specific project.

    Based in Colchester, we mostly recruit in the South East and London, but our reach expands across the UK, so you can call on us for vacancies in your other offices too.

    PerCap Recruitment
    Colchester
    Telephone: 01206 544966
    E-Mail:     amberley.worton@per-cap.com
    Website: www.per-cap.com