Experience

Business Buddies Ltd - Supporting your business

• Director

  • Oct 2010 - Present

  Basingstoke, Hampshire As a joint partner in Business Buddies I help small businesses manage their administration and marketing, thereby helping them to achieve their growth goals. Services include, but not restricted to: Bookkeeping, creating quotations/invoices, chasing payments, improving cash flow, general office support, Google Adwords, creating websites, SEO and producing marketing materials. All of our work is tailored to the needs of our clients.



Business Buddies Contracting

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom Business Buddies Contracting takes on the process of paying sub-contractors working within the construction industry. We provide the contractors with the trust and reassurance that they are working compliantly, and our compliance process is backed by one of the UKs leading providers of tax advice. Our processes follow the most current legislation, protecting you against potential HMRC investigations in relation to the employment status of your sub-contractors. This also reduces… Show more Business Buddies Contracting takes on the process of paying sub-contractors working within the construction industry. We provide the contractors with the trust and reassurance that they are working compliantly, and our compliance process is backed by one of the UKs leading providers of tax advice. Our processes follow the most current legislation, protecting you against potential HMRC investigations in relation to the employment status of your sub-contractors. This also reduces the risk of employment rights claims. Show less



URS Corporation

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Client Data & Insight Manager

  • 2008 - Nov 2012

  My role at URS was to use Client Relationship Management to improve external client communications and internal processes that allowed teams to work together more effectively.



CRM Technologies

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Mar 2008

  As Account Manager I worked with clients on a day to day basis to understand their needs and act on them to continuously improve the relationship. Working with Account Directors and the data teams, I managed and improved a seemless process of working with clients that helped achieve their goals effectively.



UTi Worldwide Inc.

• Marketing Manager & Sales Support

  • Apr 2005 - Aug 2006

  Reading, United Kingdom I supported the sales team directly helping them produce material and reports for clients. I managed and built upon the marketing database to improve communications to clients.



Sun Microsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Assistant

  • Sep 2000 - Apr 2005

  At Sun Microsystems I started as an Administrator supporting marketing teams helping them to work more efficiently. I went on to study with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and took on responsibilities for the team that included event marketing, competitive research, updating the intranet and managing marketing budgets.