We had some exceptional advice from Adrian Holmes during our Springboard session with him, very insightful and inspiring from someone with great success and passion for business.

I recently had my first springboard session with John Sutcliffe, MD of Henry Boot and I wasn’t really sure what to expect. It was quite daunting to be sitting in front of someone so well respected and experienced but he made me feel at ease. We talked through all aspects of business and he gave me a great insight into how successfully a small business can grow if you focus on the right areas first.  His feedback gave me reassurance that we are on the right track with our thoughts and plans and that is invaluable.

Our Springboard with Jonathan Sands was excellent. We chose him because he was closest to what we do. His insight was excellent.  He quickly delved into our business and pinpointed that we should be focusing on the emotion we manage to convey in our videos.  His tagline was ‘Films that make you cry (and laugh!)’.  It was really helpful to look at the business this way, and actually focus more on story telling and emotion, rather than facts. He gave us some excellent anecdotes from the many years of running his business and gave us examples of how he’d achieved what we’re looking to do over the years. He gave us a very generous hour and a half and a tour of his office  - which is very cool! Thanks for organizing it

I would just like to comment on my Springboard Session with Jonathan Turner of Bowcliffe Estate. Our meeting lasted just over and hour and I found that the insight, feedback and general advice that Jonathan offered was exceptional. He completely “got me” and knew what I was trying to create and develop. His empathy and clarity of mind gave me some fantastic food for thought. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to JT for his time and advice.

We thoroughly enjoyed welcoming Gav of Ten10 to ABS HQ. It was a great opportunity to pick his brains on his experiences in business and see if we can relate them to ours. We talked about branding and most importantly, staff communication and engagement. He was informative as well as being honest in his opinions on our business. We would recommend the springboard session to any business that is looking for advice and support in any area of their business.

We had a good session with Richard Doyle and he left us with a lot to think about on the best way forward for us. Richard is a really good guy and we will be having more discussion with him about the best way forward.

I had a great springboard session with John McArthur. It was really useful to learn from his extensive knowledge and experience regarding investments, employer incentive schemes and M&A. Thanks to the session I'm now re-evaluating our pricing model in line with the session discussions to gear up the business for our rapid expansion plans.

Getting someone else's perspective on yourself and your business is always interesting. When it's a CY EIR it's especially valuable. And when it's someone like Simon with his unconventional way of looking at things it's simply gold dust.