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East Cheshire operation boosts Business Doctors in North West

02 October 2013

Business Doctors, the UK’s fastest growing support service for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), has established an operation in East Cheshire, building on its well-established presence in the North West of England.

The business, which provides support and strategic advice to owners and directors of SMEs, will be run by local man John Redfern, who joins after spending 10 years running his own consultancy service for business owners. In this role John worked with companies across many business sectors, including manufacturing, high street retail, online retail, IT, engineering and training.

Business Doctors, which now has 31 operations across the country, provides businesses with advice to drive business growth, from strategies for sales and boosting profits to advice for effective people management, accessing finance and acquiring other businesses.

John also spent many years at the sharp end of business himself, building up a packaging company from scratch over two decades to create a £6m operation that he ultimately sold to his management team. The business is still thriving today under its current owners.

He said of his new challenge:  “I am delighted to have joined Business Doctors. It takes an adaptive approach to helping SMEs, tailoring its strategies to each business, and that really appeals. In particular I will be working closely with the other Business Doctors, drawing on our respective skills to help our clients and to promote business growth here in East Cheshire and further afield.

“I am passionate about helping local businesses to survive and grow and with my wealth of experience I am really looking forward to meeting business leaders in the area who are looking for practical support to grow profitably.”

Rod Davies, founder of Business Doctors, added: “We are delighted to have yet again grown our presence in the North West, with John joining us to head up the operation in East Cheshire. Having been there and done it at the highest level in business, John is typical of all our Business Doctors around the country. They are not just consultants, but are proven business people who can advise and support based on real, on-the-ground experience.”

The East Cheshire operation is the sixth Business Doctors to open in the North West, where it sits alongside offices covering Merseyside, West Cheshire, Stockport, Central Manchester and North Manchester/Lancashire.

Business Doctors has been described as the antidote to Dragons’ Den. With its extended coverage nationally, its experts have plugged the gap left by the closure of Business Link by helping business leaders take control of their future and achieve their vision.


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