Romesh enjoyed a lovely evening being on the panel celebrating the launch of the Real Talk Real Hustle Podcast. The panel was full of experts in their field and entrepreneurs in their own right – we had a great conversation about business leadership and covered some huge topics: · Networking and entrepreneurship · Marketing & Branding · Finance & Growth · HR & Team building The discussion unpacked some real insights and there was true passion i

Romesh enjoyed a great chat with Mindy Gibbins-Klein host of The Thoughtful Leader Podcast recently. Mindy is a well known author, Ted X speaker and founder of the Thoughtful Leaders Club, and Romesh was excited to be invited on as a guest. We had a great conversation about thoughtful leading and covered the following topics: · What is thoughtful leadership · The importance of self awareness · Ideas to be less reactive · The impact of winning a

Romesh was delighted to speak at the Impact Africa Accelerator programme recently. Impact Africa Business (IAB) exists to help, support, and encourage individuals to take that step in entrepreneurship with confidence, turning their experience into viable, sustainable businesses that create income, employment, and long-term economic empowerment. I will be covering 'Growing Your Business: Key Financial & Strategic Considerations'. The cohort are in the 5th week of their program

It’s Awards Season! And in addition to our KBBA awards win last week, we are thrilled to be Silver Award Winners at the Best SME Awards! We're absolutely delighted to be Silver Award winners in both the 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 and 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 categories at these national awards. What a week it has been! This is a massive recognition for all the great work our team at The FD Consultant is doing to support SME businesses. I’m so proud of our amazing grou

We are so proud to be winners of the KBBA 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝! What a lovely evening it was! We were so delighted to have been recognised in both the 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐌𝐄 categories at this year's awards, and what a thrill to win one of the categories! We are truly honoured to be recognised in this way. Everyone who was a finalist was a winner, I genuinely believe that, and it was special to m

Romesh was delighted to be the Guest Speaker at Startup 2 Standup® a few weeks ago. Romesh covered Key insights from the Strive & Thrive podcast for Entrepreneurs The audience gained practical takeaways from real conversations with founders, and Romesh's experiences in setting up a podcast from scratch.

We welcome the opportunity to support and inform SME leaders and entrepreneurs. This is a callback to a talk Romesh did late last year where he covered the key topic of Connecting with Audiences: Knowledge Sharing & Visibility for SME Business Owners. This photograph was taken by Robyn Harper, and we're very grateful to her for sharing this with me. At the talk, I covered my journey from reluctantly starting to build my personal brand 5 years ago when I created The FD Consult

London Daily News celebrates our four award shortlists across two business awards. They also cover: - Our values - Our service - Our role in supporting the SME Business community We are delighted to have reached the finalist stage at the two prestigious business awards, thebestsme awards and the KBBA awards. Good luck to all the finalists, you must be as pleased as we are to have reached this stage, and we are looking forward to meeting you at both

More exciting news to share from The FD Consultant! We're finalists at the KBBA Awards 2026 - and in TWO categories! We're absolutely delighted to have been recognised in both the 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐌𝐄 (3-10 people) categories at this year's awards. These are prestigious awards, and although we operate nationally, we very much value the Kingston Borough economy and network where our HQ is based, so being named as finalists means a

We are proud to be on the judging panel at Best Business Women Awards for a third year. Since 2015 these awards have been recognising great female entrepreneurs who are making a real impact on their industry. And the 2026 awards have launched this month. It really is a privilege being a judge for these amazing awards – the individuals, businesses and achievements we see are genuinely inspiring. If you are a female business leader/founder/entrepreneur, please do consider ente

Romesh very much enjoyed hosting a discussion at the ICAEW “Stand out as a Fractional FD with a powerful personal brand” webinar on 11 th March. The webinar is focused on how to better articulate your values, build your confidence and stand out in the market. I’m was so glad to be joined by personal brand expert Deborah Ogden and fellow Fractional CFO Daniella Wainwright. Their insights were be invaluable and I enjoyed facilitating a rich conversation. The webinar provide

🏆 We're finalists at the Best SME Awards 2026 — and not just in one category, but TWO! We're absolutely delighted to have been recognised in both the Best Enterprise and Best Innovation categories at this year's national awards. These awards have a rigorous judging process, so being named as finalists means a great deal to the whole team at The FD Consultant. It's a real testament to the hard work and dedication of our amazing group! To all the other finalists — congratul