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Experts blog

Posts from subject experts who support business growth in Leicester and Leicestershire.

We have an extensive network of contacts who are experts in their field. Whenever there's an issue that needs more space to discuss it properly, we ask them to write a blog to share with you. That blog could focus on a particular sector - fashion and textiles or hospitality - or an issue that's affecting the majority of businesses such as Europe. If you're a business person with something to share for the benefit of other businesses, we'd be delighted to hear from you.

Meet Juan Pardo, Business Adviser

Juan uses his wide experience and creativity to support a range of businesses.

Different thinking is valuable to a business

Barry Aldridge shares his neurodivergent story.

In Pursuit of a Vision

Stuart Fraser of the Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre

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Supporting disabled people to start their business

Mark Esho MBE is passionate about supporting disabled people to start their own business.

Meet our Advisers: Aruna Bhagwan

Changing attitudes to business advice, how robust is your business and taking a holistic approach are some of the things we cover in our latest Meet the Adviser blog, with Aruna.

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David Williams on Family Businesses

The UK has over 5m family businesses producing 1/3 of GDP. What are the challenges?

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Painless digital development

Sue Jerham of National Forest E-Bike Holidays explains how.

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HR Consultant Sarah Loates

Post-Covid, attitudes to work have changed. For the SME manager with HR responsibility there is a lot to think about.

Paul Bennett, Business Adviser

Paul goes through some of the techniques and tools he uses to help business owners with grant applications and working ON the business not just in it.

Chris Owen Manufacturing

Chris Owen discusses the issues facing Leicestershire’s Advanced Manufacturing sector – some of these have been created by Brexit and Covid but others are more long-standing and linked to the way these companies are founded and grown over the years. Chris shares some practical advice on how these issues can be addressed to help the businesses ensure their survival and growth.

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Towards a Greener Leicestershire Part 3

Ellie Dunmore is Director of Operations at Penny Price Aromatherapy, a company with sustainability at its heart.

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Towards a Greener Leicestershire Part 2

Cast Iron Welding Services (CIWS), based in Coalville, has been operating for 75 years and, in the words of Sales Director, Andy Statham, “using what one might describe as a foundry process, we look less of a hi-tech manufacturer and more like a “dark satanic mill” from the Coleridge poem!”, but what they do is officially verified, in accordance with ISO14040, as achieving a reduction in carbon emissions by as much as 89%.

Towards a Greener Leicester Part 1

Tunde Sobola is a life-long green entrepreneur. He started a sustainable cleaning business while still a student and now also runs a zero waste shop in Loughborough.

Meet our Business Advisers – Joanna Moore

Here Jo looks back at how Covid has impacted her clients and changed the type of support provided by the Growth Hub