Kevin Walls
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Ross John Penman
I have been working with Kevin for a numbers of months now and I couldn’t recommend him highly enough as a business mentor/coach. His ability to take a step back and look at my business with an outside perspective has been massive in helping me gain some clarity and allowed me to focus on what needs to get done and the actions I need to take. I also highly value his attention to detail when it comes to knowing my numbers and understanding my customer segments inside out, as both of these areas are things that I have struggled with in the past. However, with Kevin’s help and guidance, I’ve been able to get a firmer understanding of how to use this data to move my businesses forwards and deliver more value overall to my clients. Kevin always follows up after our sessions with feedback and notes to keep me accountable and on track with what I have to implement or work on before we next meet. He’s very easy to get along with and is also super punctual - a quality which I really value in business. I’d highly recommend Kevin now more than ever as he’s been great at keeping me and my businesses on the straight and narrow, in particular during the COVID 19 situation, and I will definitely be looking to continue working with him in to the future.
Rachel Cox
I met Kevin in 2016 in his role as an Enabler with Entrepreneurial Spark and I was so impressed by his knowledge, experience and professionalism coupled with his drive and energy to develop those people he was working with. I have since had the recent opportunity to work with Kevin in the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme run by the Enterprise Team. Kevin created and delivered two workshops for the programme named
Ross John Penman
I have been working with Kevin for a numbers of months now and I couldn’t recommend him highly enough as a business mentor/coach. His ability to take a step back and look at my business with an outside perspective has been massive in helping me gain some clarity and allowed me to focus on what needs to get done and the actions I need to take. I also highly value his attention to detail when it comes to knowing my numbers and understanding my customer segments inside out, as both of these areas are things that I have struggled with in the past. However, with Kevin’s help and guidance, I’ve been able to get a firmer understanding of how to use this data to move my businesses forwards and deliver more value overall to my clients. Kevin always follows up after our sessions with feedback and notes to keep me accountable and on track with what I have to implement or work on before we next meet. He’s very easy to get along with and is also super punctual - a quality which I really value in business. I’d highly recommend Kevin now more than ever as he’s been great at keeping me and my businesses on the straight and narrow, in particular during the COVID 19 situation, and I will definitely be looking to continue working with him in to the future.
Rachel Cox
I met Kevin in 2016 in his role as an Enabler with Entrepreneurial Spark and I was so impressed by his knowledge, experience and professionalism coupled with his drive and energy to develop those people he was working with. I have since had the recent opportunity to work with Kevin in the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme run by the Enterprise Team. Kevin created and delivered two workshops for the programme named
Ross John Penman
I have been working with Kevin for a numbers of months now and I couldn’t recommend him highly enough as a business mentor/coach. His ability to take a step back and look at my business with an outside perspective has been massive in helping me gain some clarity and allowed me to focus on what needs to get done and the actions I need to take. I also highly value his attention to detail when it comes to knowing my numbers and understanding my customer segments inside out, as both of these areas are things that I have struggled with in the past. However, with Kevin’s help and guidance, I’ve been able to get a firmer understanding of how to use this data to move my businesses forwards and deliver more value overall to my clients. Kevin always follows up after our sessions with feedback and notes to keep me accountable and on track with what I have to implement or work on before we next meet. He’s very easy to get along with and is also super punctual - a quality which I really value in business. I’d highly recommend Kevin now more than ever as he’s been great at keeping me and my businesses on the straight and narrow, in particular during the COVID 19 situation, and I will definitely be looking to continue working with him in to the future.
Rachel Cox
I met Kevin in 2016 in his role as an Enabler with Entrepreneurial Spark and I was so impressed by his knowledge, experience and professionalism coupled with his drive and energy to develop those people he was working with. I have since had the recent opportunity to work with Kevin in the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme run by the Enterprise Team. Kevin created and delivered two workshops for the programme named
Ross John Penman
I have been working with Kevin for a numbers of months now and I couldn’t recommend him highly enough as a business mentor/coach. His ability to take a step back and look at my business with an outside perspective has been massive in helping me gain some clarity and allowed me to focus on what needs to get done and the actions I need to take. I also highly value his attention to detail when it comes to knowing my numbers and understanding my customer segments inside out, as both of these areas are things that I have struggled with in the past. However, with Kevin’s help and guidance, I’ve been able to get a firmer understanding of how to use this data to move my businesses forwards and deliver more value overall to my clients. Kevin always follows up after our sessions with feedback and notes to keep me accountable and on track with what I have to implement or work on before we next meet. He’s very easy to get along with and is also super punctual - a quality which I really value in business. I’d highly recommend Kevin now more than ever as he’s been great at keeping me and my businesses on the straight and narrow, in particular during the COVID 19 situation, and I will definitely be looking to continue working with him in to the future.
Rachel Cox
I met Kevin in 2016 in his role as an Enabler with Entrepreneurial Spark and I was so impressed by his knowledge, experience and professionalism coupled with his drive and energy to develop those people he was working with. I have since had the recent opportunity to work with Kevin in the Disciplined Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme run by the Enterprise Team. Kevin created and delivered two workshops for the programme named
Experience
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Scottish EDGE
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Relationship Manager
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Jul 2018 - Present
Scottish EDGE is the UK’s biggest small business funding competition, aiming to identify and support Scotland’s up and coming, innovative, high growth potential entrepreneurial talent. Businesses and Social Enterprises from across all sectors apply and then are assessed through a 1st stage online application and video assessment followed by a semi-final live pitching stage through to the final where they pitch on stage in front of a panel of judges and a live audience for prizes of up to £100,000 split 60:40 loan and grant. To date, we have invested more than £14 million in 369 businesses who have collectively created 1858 jobs, generated over £151 million in additional turnover and secured £124 million in additional investment.
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Lanarkshire Chamber of Commerce and Trade
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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Founder Member
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Sep 2018 - Present
Proud to be a founder member of the new Chamber of Commerce for Lanarkshire. The tagline says it all "Growth through Collaboration" something which I believe in very much. There is a whole raft of experience out their in the business world, if we all just shared a little, we can make Scotland THE place to do business! Proud to be a founder member of the new Chamber of Commerce for Lanarkshire. The tagline says it all "Growth through Collaboration" something which I believe in very much. There is a whole raft of experience out their in the business world, if we all just shared a little, we can make Scotland THE place to do business!
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Plan Bee Ltd - Biodiversity Champions
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United Kingdom
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Manager
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Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
Design and implement a business growth plan to enable a scalable infrastructure to maximise demand from major brand names across the UK for our all inclusive bee hive management service. Creating real value to the environment and company CSR. Design and implement a business growth plan to enable a scalable infrastructure to maximise demand from major brand names across the UK for our all inclusive bee hive management service. Creating real value to the environment and company CSR.
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Plasma Business Solutions
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India
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Human Resources Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder of Plasma Business Solutions ltd
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Apr 2017 - Nov 2020
Accelerating business growth by helping business owners see the blockers to growth and taking accountability for growing the team and achieving meaningful results! Developing and delivering Entrepreneurial Workshops to multi-sector organisations. Key skills- Lean Start-up, Business development, Rapid Prototyping, Google Sprint.- Value Proposition, Business Model Canvas, Stakeholder Management, Sketching/ Ideation- Customer Personas, Problem Solving, Customer Discovery- Marketing Strategy, Branding, Leadership, Reporting and Analysis.- Pitching, Creating Executive Summary's, Slide Decks, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
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Chair of the Board
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Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
Supporting a very fast moving start-up with strategy and planning. Using my 20+ years knowledge and experience in problem solving and growth planning, I am supporting the senior team with delivering a growth strategy which maximizes the potential of the offering and the team. Supporting a very fast moving start-up with strategy and planning. Using my 20+ years knowledge and experience in problem solving and growth planning, I am supporting the senior team with delivering a growth strategy which maximizes the potential of the offering and the team.
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Entrepreneurial Spark
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United Kingdom
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Enabler
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Jun 2015 - Apr 2017
Supported over 100 entrepreneurs with their business Ideas. My role was to deep dive into the idea / business, identify opportunities, develop the mindset of the entrepreneur and hold them accountable for taking action to improve. I also supported Scottish Edge with pitching workshops, Princes Trust with business model workshops and The Lens Partnership with pitching for success. I am and always will be passionate about helping people be the best they can be. Supported over 100 entrepreneurs with their business Ideas. My role was to deep dive into the idea / business, identify opportunities, develop the mindset of the entrepreneur and hold them accountable for taking action to improve. I also supported Scottish Edge with pitching workshops, Princes Trust with business model workshops and The Lens Partnership with pitching for success. I am and always will be passionate about helping people be the best they can be.
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Sainsbury's
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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regional profit protection manager
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Jun 2013 - May 2015
Process coaching in 20 supermarkets. Internal and external crime investigating. Building security. People protection.
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Assistant Zone Operations Manager
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Jun 2010 - Jun 2013
Field based operational support to 43 grocery online operations within supermarkets in the north zone
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Grocery online manager
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Jan 2009 - Jun 2010
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