Driving you in the right direction

Business Mentoring

When you’re running a small business, it can be hard to raise your head out of the water in order to think strategically for yourself and for your company. Our experienced Business Mentors offer expert perspective and straightforward advice to help you drive your ambitions forward.

Strategic
Straight-talking
Supportive

Our business mentors provide:

Practical advice to help your business succeed
Accountability to keep you on track
That extra push to take you from good to great
A helpful ear in times of crisis
Direction if you’ve lost your way
Someone to challenge and test your ideas

Enquire about business mentoring

A close up shot of cups of coffee on a table whilst a business mentoring meeting takes place. — *Business Mentoring*

How to Start a Business

Support for start-ups

Starting a new business is an exciting albeit daunting time. There’s a lot to learn, both practically and strategically, so it’s a great time to engage with a business mentor. We’ve been mentoring start-ups for years and are honoured to watch them grow with our support.

We don’t run expensive programmes, instead we maintain a flexible service to suit your needs and budget.

Our mentors can help you to understand:

How to structure your business
How to get set up with HMRC
How to write a business plan
Your legal responsibilities
When to take on staff
And anything else that you’d like to know!

Don’t become a statistic

It can be concerning to hear that 1 in 5 businesses fail in the first year, but with your ambition and our support, you can be confident that your business won’t be one of them.

Business Mentor Chris Cooper and Caroline Klamm, the co-founders of Seofon, posing for a photo outdoors. — *Seofon Founders – Chris and Caroline*

Mentoring vs Coaching

Is there a difference between mentoring and coaching? Well, yes. Think of it like a coach being a sibling and a mentor being a parent – both are supportive, but one is more qualified to issue trusted advice than the other. As a business services provider we have decades of experience in all aspects of business and can offer practical solutions and guidance for every corner and stage of your business.