Ask The Expert

Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Ketan Makwana to get advice on building confidence and communication skills as we move out of lockdown.

Business strategist and all-round disruptor Ketan has been working on business growth and strategic management for over 20 years. Ketan founded Enterprise Lab in 2011 as a response to the emerging skills gap in enterprise and industry; the agency has gone on to now operate programming in 26 countries and won numerous awards for its cutting edge approach and results.

Ketan has expertise within the IT, Electronics and Healthcare Industry where he has developed and delivered strategies that have positively impacted the industry. After losing his job in 2009 to the economic crash, he went on to build his first business, an outsourcing agency which he went onto sell to a major recruitment firm within 18 months.

Ketan is passionate about people and processes; he thoroughly enjoys building strategies for growth and taking people through a journey of self-development. His work has been delivered through advising, consulting, mentoring and training - having served all levels of the enterprise eco-system.

Ketan continues his mission to impact and disrupt economies for prosperity through building expert networks, investing in fast-growth businesses and inspiring leaders to strive for growth through innovation and disruption.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A with Victoria Sheppard to find out what businesses, in the hospitality sector in particular, could be doing as we transition out of lockdown.

Victoria is the co-owner and co-founder of Speciality Coffee Shop and brunch Spot “Queens of Mayfair” located on Queen St, Mayfair, along with her sister Grace. The establishment has quickly become acclaimed for having the finest coffee in London and also a Fairtrade focus.

She has a background at a senior level in PR & Marketing strategy in luxury hospitality. Victoria has previously worked in hospitality communications for Michelin starred restaurants and Fortnum & Mason.

In January 2019 Victoria made the “30 under 30” list for Hospitality Marketing sponsored by Schweppes and JustEat, and was previously awarded “30 under 30” in Media by The Mail on Sunday and MediaWeek.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE​ hashtag on Twitter.

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Johann Goree who'll be sharing tips on how to kickstart your business.

Johann Goree CMgr FCMI - A Chartered Manager and the Managing Director of OnPoint Accounting Group who help accountants and bookkeepers maximise the value in their business now, and when they decide to exit their business.

Johann is a QuickBooks Advanced Certified Pro Advisor and works with the firms in the OnPoint Accounting Group to digitalise and automate their workflows allowing more time to be spent working with business owners helping them achieve their goals.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Sean Goldsmith to get strategic planning and franchise advice.

Sean is a Special Advisor to the Franchise Industry, a multi-brand Franchisor as well as a multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee with extensive international experience.

As the Special Advisor, Sean works with Franchise brands to redevelop their sales and operational structures so that they can be more profitable and better equipped to help their franchisees flourish. He is the co-founder of both the UK and South African Franchise Mastermind groups with over 350 franchise networks represented and has recently founded the Franchise Peer Board, a high-level professional development programme for Franchisors.

Sean is an ex-board member of the British Franchise Association and a very vocal advocate of Ethical Franchising across the board.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE​ hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks 

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Jamie Fraser to learn why law moves at a slower pace and find out how to make it work quicker for your business.

Jamie's legal career began at Freshfields, focusing on technology and IT matters. He subsequently worked in-house at IBM and then Smiths Group Plc, where he was Director of Legal Operations & Innovation. In this role, he focused on the transformation of the Legal function, by restructuring, changing processes and implementing new technologies.

Jamie believes in the power of legal design to drive engagement and compliance and to measure and manage risk. He is a regular speaker within the legal technology and innovation communities. His current clients include a London fintech, a US healthcare provider and a number of City law firms.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks 

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Aaron Patrick to pick up some accounting hacks and business advice.

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!

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks 

The world’s largest workforce works for themselves. We work for them by providing smarter business tools. QuickBooks is always backing you. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/ 

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Clive Rich to find out the six most common legal bear-traps for SMEs and how to avoid them.

Clive Rich is a law-tech entrepreneur, professional negotiator and digital media  executive. He is the Founder and CEO of LawBite, a law-tech business taking SMEs from ‘Idea’ to ‘Ideal’ as they start, grow and succeed (www.lawbite.co.uk).

Through its proprietary Cloud-based  Platform, LawBite democratises the law for SMEs by providing access to  affordable, understandable and speedy legal advice. The Platform has serviced over 30,000 SME enquiries and is increasingly driven by machine learning and data science. A qualified barrister, he has been a lawyer for over 30 years and is  also a CEDR accredited Mediator and a CiArb Arbitrator. He has also written ‘Law  for Small Business for Dummies’, part of the successful ‘Dummies’ Series.

As a negotiator, he has crafted agreements for and with a broad spectrum of  multi-nationals, major organisations and brands around the world, including  Apple, Microsoft, Vodafone, Tesco, Napster, SanDisk, the Royal Opera House, Fox  Television, Pepsi and the BBC. He is the author of “The Yes Book: the Art of  Better Negotiation”, published by Random House and has also designed and  successfully launched a negotiation App called “Close My Deal”, enabling people  to understand the basis of successful negotiation and apply the skills to everyday  scenarios.

As a digital media executive, Clive has successfully run profit centres for  companies such as Sony and Bertelsmann, including digital businesses and the  business side of Simon Cowell’s Syco TV joint venture with both companies – negotiating global deals for X Factor, Got Talent and American Idol.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks 

The world’s largest workforce works for themselves. We work for them by providing smarter business tools. QuickBooks is always backing you. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/ 

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Judith Dugdale to learn how to maximise the value of your business.

Judith works with owner-managed businesses across the North West and her clients range in size and complexities from new startups to established and growing businesses across a multitude of sectors.

She heads the Digital Solutions team at MHA Moore and Smalley which is a dedicated team of people who help business owners improve their inhouse financial reporting function and bookkeeping efficiency, as well as providing proactive support to help those businesses grow profitably. The Digital Solutions team provides set-up, training and support on cloud accounting software and business improvement apps as well as ongoing advisory services. The practice is an Elite Intuit QuickBooks partner.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the weeks ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks 

The world’s largest workforce works for themselves. We work for them by providing smarter business tools. QuickBooks is always backing you. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/ 

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Simon Squibb who will sharing his top tips on how to hack luck in business.

Simon is an entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, podcast host, founder and Chief Purpose Officer at The Purposeful Project.

He has started 19 companies, invested in over 60+ startups and has mentored hundreds of founders. Having sold his award-winning branding and digital agency, Fluid, to PwC, Simon now focuses on inspiring, motivating and guiding both budding and experienced entrepreneurs by sharing his personal experiences, insights, ideas and tips. His mission is to help 10,000,000 people start and grow a business of their own.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks #AskTheExpert 

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Catch our live Ask The Expert Q&A session with Anne-Marie Martin to learn about building a franchise while making an impact in your local community.

Anne-Marie is the founder and franchisor of diddi dance, funky preschool dance classes for boys and girls across the UK. Having trained as a professional dancer and dance teacher she saw a gap in the market 17 years ago for preschool classes in a non-formal environment where children as young as 16 months could explore a love of moving to music.

Having grown the network to over 40 franchisees covering over 50 territories from Glasgow to Plymouth, Anne-Marrie loves sharing her franchising journey of growing a network and also her passion for ensuring a child’s first experience of a dance class is a positive, fun and engaging one.

The power of dancing to music has both physical and mental health benefits ensuring children have a great healthy and happy start and gives a love of movement that will last a lifetime. She has found great success for her brand on TikTok allowing her to reach hundreds of thousands of potential customers.

Our fully interactive Q&A sessions are hosted by a different business expert every day. Pick up valuable tips and advice and discover practical positive steps you can take in the months ahead. You ask all the questions — add yours in the comments section of YouTube or Facebook or use the #QBATE hashtag on Twitter.

#QuickBooks 

The world’s largest workforce works for themselves. We work for them by providing smarter business tools. QuickBooks is always backing you. https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/ 

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