The Strive & Thrive series is pleased to welcome Chris Maslin , CEO at GoEo , as the guest speaker for Episode 6: Exiting a Business - Employee Ownership Trusts. ​Chris trained as an accountant/tax adviser, then started his own practice in 2009. He built this business up over the next decade. In 2021 he sold a controlling stake to an Employee Ownership Trust, empowering the staff to take collective control of the company going forwards. Chris now helps companies with 5-50 emp

Stay ahead of the game in terms of financial strategy and operational efficiency.

The Strive & Thrive series is pleased to welcome John Sandall , CEO at Coefficient , as the guest speaker for Episode 5: AI - Staying Ahead in a Changing World. ​ ​John is the founder of Coefficient, a data consultancy specialising in machine learning, data science, software engineering. In 2017 he created SixFifty to predict the UK General Election using open data and advanced modelling techniques. John is a Fellow of Newspeak House and co-organiser of PyData Bristol. ​Join

Businesses have a variety of finance solutions available to them. This guide from The FD Consultant provides an overview of business finance

The Strive & Thrive series is pleased to welcome Matthew Mullan, Head of Futures and Foresight at BJSS , as the guest speaker for Episode 4: Navigating into an Unknown Future. ​ ​Matthew is a Futures Thinking Leader with over 25 years of experience across areas as diverse as military, corporate, research and consulting. Matthew specialises in futures intelligence, design-led innovation, and complex problem-wrangling. ​Join us next Thursday (23rd January) at 12 noon, where reg

The Strive & Thrive series is pleased to welcome Stefan Thomas , Founder of The Networking Retreat, as the guest speaker for Episode 3: The Power of Networking. ​ ​As a founder, author, trainer, and speaker, Stefan wears many hats. He speaks at conferences for blur chip organisations such as Google , BT , The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants , and many others. He has also authored three Amazon  bestselling books, including ‘Business Networking for Dummies’.​​ ​Jo

Romesh of The FD Consultant and Mike Oliver of Easol hosted the next Strive & Thrive live event with Andy McNulty of Touch Stay . We discussed how to successfully exit a business. After a highly successful career in luxury fashion, holding C-level positions at brands like  Gucci ,  Alexander McQueen , and  Victoria Beckham , Andy co-founded Touchstay, a digital guest book solution for holiday accommodation. Ten years later, Andy and his team had grown Touch Stay into a 7-fi

Strive & Thrive is a series of discussions aimed to inspire and provide insights to Entrepreneurs, Business owners and the Leadership teams of growing SME businesses. Mike Oliver of Easol hosted and facilitated a discussion with Romesh on “Finance – A Key to Success”. Mike and Romesh have known each other for a number of years and share a passion for supporting growing businesses. Romesh commented: I must admit, it was quite a new experience to lead the discussion on a live