"Working with Paul has been genuinely helpful to me as a founder. His guidance is practical, grounded, and deeply supportive. Since joining the programme, I’ve gained clarity, confidence, and a stronger sense of direction in my business. Paul doesn’t just mentor – he empowers you to grow, make decisions boldly, and believe in your own capability. The change I’ve experienced has been remarkable."

Lovelyn Odo

'As a leadership coach myself, I genuinely believe we all need someone to challenge our thinking. No matter how experienced you are, it's easy to become too close to your own business.

Working with Ben has given me the space to step back from the day-to-day and think more strategically. Rather than telling me what to do, he's asked the right questions, challenged my assumptions and helped me find clarity in my own thinking.

Since working with Ben, I've gained greater clarity around where I can add the most value, challenged some of my own assumptions, and become more intentional about the decisions I'm making for both myself and my business.

I'd highly recommend the mentoring programme to anyone looking to invest in themselves as well as the future of their business.'

Laura Cadman, Laura Cadman Limited

“I have been working with Alec now for a few weeks, our sessions have been informative, given me a better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses already, and it’s nice to get an opinion and different perspective on things from someone outside the business.”

Craig Nairn, Nairn Construction Ltd

"When I saw the promo for our mentoring scheme I was struck by what an interesting opportunity it was and thought it seemed crazy that we were offering this to other businesses and not benefiting from it ourselves. So I decided to give it a go myself. I certainly haven’t been disappointed. I love Alec’s approach. It’s really helped me to think about how I’m leading the business and taking it forward, as a leader myself and with my management team. With succession planning and what the phases of that mean in practice as part of that. It’s also helped me personally in making clear headspace rather than constantly having my head down.”

Suzanne Caldwell, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce.

"When I signed up to the mentoring programme, I wanted to grow my confidence within a marketing manager role, something that was very new for me, whilst building skills within marketing, strategy and being part of a management team. Since I started with my mentor Paul, I have done this and so much more. My confidence has excelled, and I am now confident to bring to the table what is expected of a marketing manager whilst still learning from my peers. Paul has been a great mentor, and I look forward to continuing the programme with him to achieve more throughout the development of my career.”

Rebecca Jobson, Jennings Brewery Limited

"I needed structured, external support to sharpen my leadership, understand how to best utilise my team, and build confidence in how I lead through growth. Alec’s programme offered exactly that, with relevant and practical mentoring. The sessions were focused, honest and actionable. Alec helped me appreciate the team from a strengths-based perspective, helped me develop effective 1:1s and feedback, and clarify roles so the team knows who owns what. Alec’s mentorship is grounded, time-efficient and tailored to real business pressures. If you are scaling, juggling competing priorities, or want to lead with more clarity and calm, this programme will pay back quickly.”

Niall Mellonie, Laik Ltd

"As a small business owner it has been so helpful having Paul as a sounding board and trusted source of advice. During our monthly calls he holds me to account over the actions I've committed to that will really progress the strategically important aspects of my business.  He also helps me resolve issues that I would have struggled with alone. I now feel much more confident in where I need to focus my attention to grow the business, and my ability as a leader to get us there."

Karen Gee, Cycle Sprog