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Royden is the creative force behind the business working closely with clients on brand positioning, strategic partnerships, marketing, and curve jumping. Focused on the vision of being the financial home for our community of U.K. entrepreneurs, Royden works as a Strategist delivering ongoing value through creative ideas.

Born on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, Royden went on to live in Antigua and the British Virgin Islands before completing his education in the UK.

After gaining a degree in Aerospace Materials Engineering from Imperial College London, Royden began his financial career in a private equity firm based in the City of London. Commencing his wealth management career in 2009, Royden remains motivated by the desire to help others and enjoys seeing people succeed. This is especially noticeable when this success involves achieving happiness by pursuing and fulfilling their personal ambitions.

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Johann Goree CMgr FCMI MIAB - A Chartered Manager and the Managing Director of JGBC who specialise in supporting small businesses as they start their business and undertake their journey utilising cloud software to give them live data to steer their businesses with.

Johann is a QuickBooks Advanced Certified Pro Adviser who with his team has deciphered the news and read gov.uk in order to translate it all into plain English and applying it to each client’s situation.

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Nic and Andrea have both been full time self-employed since 2002. Nic quit his job as a Police officer and Andrea left her role at Amazon when they had their daughter. They then built up a small part time eBay business selling second hand goods and threw themselves into that in a big way. The business rapidly expanded until their small rented house was filling up with stock which was not ideal with a small baby. So at that point, they opened a high street shop, a place to base the internet business and a retail frontage to buy direct from the public and sell over the counter in a traditional way too.

The shop was an instant success, and they rapidly expanded their range and after a few years moved to a much larger shop. After 8 years of high street retail, they had achieved their primary goal, to buy their own house, and had even managed to pay off the mortgage in full. However, the high street was changing rapidly, and they were exhausted, so took the decision to leave the high street and go back to online retail exclusively....

Since that point they have experimented with several avenues, they specialised in clothing, and Lego, but have always come back to being generalists and having fingers in many pies. These days they no longer have any storage or office space outside the home and operate a much smaller enterprise than they have in the past but enjoy the lower overheads, freedom and lower stress levels this gives them. Now Nic and Andrea are selling a wide range of used and new goods primarily on eBay and Amazon, but also use other platforms such as Depop, Etsy and Facebook.

About 6 years ago, they started a YouTube channel, to share what and how they do it. This has grown to a scale beyond what they ever imagined. Almost at 47,000 subscribers and past 8 million views, YouTube is now a part of their business and a huge part of their lives.

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Eva is part of GMcG’s DIGITAL TEAM, where she helps businesses maximise their efficiencies through the automation of systems and processes and also how to make the most of the data that is at their fingertips.  Eva has transitioned businesses, across a range of sectors, to the QuickBooks cloud platform, migrating from existing software as seamlessly as possible.  She also delivers training within the GMcG digital team covering bookkeeping, vat and payroll. Training can be “1 to 1” or workshops where the benefits of cloud and digital record keeping can be demonstrated. Eva has over 12 years of payroll and VAT compliance and oversees part of GMcG’s bookkeeping, payroll and VAT bureau. Eva is a full member of AAT.

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Aaron is a Chartered Accountant and Head of Accounts at a state of the art accounting practice which uses cloud technology to make sure that clients have the information they need at their fingertips. Aaron is a UK Intuit QuickBooks Certified Trainer who travels all around the UK, delivering Core and Advance QuickBooks training to accountants. He is also a Director of AppleCore Group, a small family empire, which ensures that he practises what he preaches to all his lovely clients!

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Tom Aikens is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and inspirational British chefs. With a father working in the wine industry and a childhood mostly spent gardening and cooking with his mother, Tom put food and the use of the finest ingredients at the centre of his life from a very early age.

The most recent addition to Tom’s portfolio is Muse, a cosy 25-seater renovated mews house in Belgravia. Muse provides a unique and intimate dining journey, offering each and every guest a kitchen table experience from either the kitchen counter or table side. The culmination of many years spent searching for the perfect location, Tom has finally found his new home. Muse is set to be the pinnacle of Tom’s career thus far, where the food, interiors and service comes together to provide a magical and memorable atmosphere for all who dine there.

This restaurant is very close to Tom’s heart, drawing on pivotal relationships, experiences and influences which have led him to this point in his life. Tom draws on inspiration from poignant memories of his early childhood and professional path throughout the years, when creating the seasonal, stripped-back tasting menu. Signature dishes spotlight one key ingredient or element per dish, allowing it to tell a story through minimal, yet expertly selected produce.

Tom and has made several appearances on television, reaching the final banquet of 2013’s Great British Menu on BBC2 in aid of Comic Relief, and is a regular guest on Great British Menu as a Judge and Great British Bake Off’s The Extra Slice.

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Eriona is Chartered Certified Accountant, has Masters’ degrees in both Accounting & Finance and International Banking & Finance Law and has recently completed a PGDip in Financial Strategy from the University of Oxford. Eriona is a member of the ACCA UK Practitioners Network Panel, ACCA SME Global Forum, has been involved with the International Federation of Accountants Chief Executives Forum. Eriona has also been nominated for three awards for the Women in Accounting and Finance Awards 2020. Having worked in practice since she was 13, then taking over Major's Accounts, Eriona has implemented a digitisation strategy within the business which has made a huge impact on the practice and clients’ businesses; turning an established traditional practice into a digital one utilising technology to bring the accountant-client relationship much closer. Major’s Accounts is now focusing on providing advisory services to its clients, including business finance. Major’s Accounts has been nominated for Independent Firm of the Year, Greater London by the British Accountancy Awards.

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Shoaib Aslam started off his award-winning accountancy business with £10 in his pocket and turned it into £1M turnover in only a few years. Shoaib is a successful serial entrepreneur, multiple business owner, author, former lecturer, speaker at national events, and an expert on small business growth and productivity. He is both the CEO and Founder of multiple successful concerns which each uses cutting-edge technology to increase productivity and obliterate wasted time.

In his own words, he is more of a ""tech guy"" than an accountant, and it is this very mindset which has skyrocketed Pearl Accountants to its prestigious status as such a highly respected accounting firm in London, and turned his other businesses into successes in their own right.

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Aaron is a Chartered Accountant and Head of Accounts at a state of the art accounting practice which uses cloud technology to make sure that clients have the information they need at their fingertips. Aaron is a UK Intuit QuickBooks Certified Trainer who travels all around the UK, delivering Core and Advance QuickBooks training to accountants. He is also a Director of AppleCore Group, a small family empire, which ensures that he practises what he preaches to all his lovely clients!

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Carl Reader is a serial entrepreneur, chairman of business advisory firm d&t, and author of Boss It, The Startup Coach and The Franchising Handbook. He features regularly in the national press and on stage, and regularly provides content through his social media channels under the handle @CarlReader. He has helped thousands of business owners either start or grow their business by helping them understand that business isn't difficult, in language an eight year old can understand.

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