Selnet are excited to introduce our Flying Start Delivery Team
The Flying Start service provides valuable support and resources to help businesses navigate the challenges of their formative years.
The service is aimed at ambitious future business leaders, with a focus on building business acumen and to acquire and apply the core skills required to establish the business and drive sustainable business growth. If you’re looking to turn a brilliant business idea into reality or take your new business to the next level, Boost’s Flying Start service can help you achieve your personal and business goals.
In partnership with Boost, Selnet are leading the Flying Start service and bring together a team of experienced advisers. Find out more about them below!
Adviser Team
Kerry Stevens | Business Advisor | Beanstalk Business Centre CIC
Kerry keeps in contact with the Flying Start team although she has a reduced role in delivering topical masterclasses. This includes overcoming imposter syndrome, building confidence, business communication skills, and effective networking.”
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- Kerry’s ‘Managing Mid-Night Thoughts for Entrepreneurs’ article was published on the Boost website in April 2024, and her Meet the Boost Team: Kerry Stevens response was published in May 2024.
Chris Trickett | Business Advisor | Community CVS
Chris’s role involves assisting organisations to improve and enhance their sustainability through professional business advice, best practice management, leadership consultation and training.
His specialisms include business processes, logistics, media, marketing, tech, leadership and management.
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- Starting on 1st October 2024, from 9:30 to 12:00 in Blackburn, Chris will be hosting monthly Flying Start Business Networking meetings focused on everything related to starting and running a business. From industry tips to share or growing business ideas, these sessions will provide an excellent opportunity to make new connections in the business world. Full details will be published very soon!
- Each session will feature a business adviser and guest speakers to keep you informed about the latest developments, both locally and beyond. They will also be available to answer any questions you may have or to direct you towards the right resources.
- The ‘Meet the Boost Team Q&A’ from Chris was posted by Boost in July 2024. As a chartered business adviser with over 12 years’ experience as managing director of an award-winning creative branding and advertising agency, Chris talks about his role in supporting Lancashire businesses.
- Chris wrote the Flying Start article ‘Bid smart, win big: Five top tips for bid writing and commission readiness’ which was published on Boost’s website in February 2024.
- There are examples of the business advice and guidance from Chris through the ‘I Use Boost’ posts shared by Selnet, with new posts being shared weekly. Chris has been actively supporting new businesses through our Flying Start service – this is a great example, and so is this!
Lynn Trickett | Business Advisor | Community CVS
Lynn’s role involves extensive experience of delivering professional business advice and training, specialising in business set-up, growth, social enterprise, business law, and all areas across the logistics of set up and growth.
Her specialisms are all rooted in leading each client to a reality of business sustainability.
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- Ahead of future business support events, the ‘Meet the Boost Team Q&A’ from Lynn was posted by Boost in June 2024. Lynn is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a qualified business advisor with a distinguished 24-year record in facilitating business support.
- Beginning on 22nd August there will be fortnightly Business Advice Surgeries for budding entrepreneurs can speak with Lynn Trickett to explore ideas, seek guidance, or learn more about the opportunities available through Boost.
- There are examples of the business advice and guidance from Lynn through the ‘I Use Boost’ posts shared by Selnet, with new posts being shared across social media.
Daniel Fenton | Business Advisor | Practical Performance Coaching
Daniel’s role involves 1:1 coaching and masterclasses, with specialisms in branding, digital marketing, client engagement, pricing, sales, social media, business development, pitching and book-keeping.
His specialisms are rooted in changing lives of entrepreneurs by coaching and upskilling start-ups, and creating lasting & sustainable value & change.
- Daniel’s advice on ‘Why SMEs should be selling solutions not products’ was published in June 2024, covering how adopting a solutions-based approach to sales not only enables continuous improvement but also shifts your objectives to ones which are more customer centric (and remove the “urgh” most people feel when they think of the word “sell”).
- Most recently, Daniel led masterclasses covering Business Start-Up Essentials, Financial Management for SMEs and SMART Marketing for new businesses.
- The ‘Meet the Boost Team Q&A’ from Daniel was posted by Boost in April 2024, and case studies of Daniel’s clients are shared across our social media – this is a great example!
Tony Carr | Business Advisor | Social Enterprise Solutions
Tony’s role includes 1:1 coaching to enable business start-up and growth, including for social enterprises. His specialism is enabling creative thinking to inspire and enable entrepreneurs.
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- The ‘Meet the Boost Team Q&A’ from Tony was posted by Boost in July 2024. As a professionally accredited social enterprise business adviser and mentor, Tony talks about his role in supporting Lancashire businesses.
- Tony’s advice “’Are You Being Served’…. Correctly?”is about how customer service is a key ingredient in business, and how it is important to get the basics right!
- Tony organised the recent Starting a New Business workshop in Fylde in partnership with Fylde Council. More workshops are being lined up alongside ongoing one-to-one business advice.
Lateef Badat | Business Advisor | Shout Network
Lateef’s role includes 1:1 business advice, mentoring, coaching, peer 2 peer support and masterclasses, specialising in digital, creative, media and professional services.
His ethos is focussed on enabling business growth through entrepreneurs’ empowerment, motivation and inspiration.
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- As a ‘mindset magician’ Lateef helps business owners and teams to work smarter and perform better through empowerment, motivation and inspiration – and his ‘Meet the Boost Team Q&A’ was published in June 2024.
- Most recently in June, Lateef led a training event for Flying Start on Financial Management for Business in South Ribble.
- In August, Ian Coupe, co-founder and director of Shout Connect provided insight into the importance and impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for startups and pre-start businesses.
Jane Binnion | Business Advisor | The Growing Club
As a business advisor, Jane’s role is focussed on delivering Flying Start business support to female entrepreneurs across Lancashire.
“I love it when women realise how many entrepreneurial skills they already possess and that starting a business is not such a huge leap after all.”
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- Jane’s ‘Inspirational Women Q&A’ was published in February 2024, sharing her own ‘inspirational Lancashire woman in business’ story. She is also co-author of the Growing Women, Growing Lancashire report – the inspiration behind the development of Boost’s Women in Enterprise Hub.
- On 26th March, Jane and her colleague Rebecca Holme began The Growing Club’s 6-month start-up course for women in Lancashire who are ready to start a small business. The purpose of this course is to take women through a systematic programme of starting a solid, sustainable business; equip participants with the skills to run a sustainable small business, ensure systems are in place to make things run as smoothly as possible from day one and provide peer support to break the isolation, build confidence and provide accountability.
- Read more on the Boost website. We will be sharing client feedback and highlights of this course soon.
Alistair Clarke MBE | Business Advisor | Tick the Publicity Box
Alistair supports people thinking of starting a company as someone to talk to, ask a million questions of and to inspire their confidence to get out there and make it work.
As an accredited, specialist social enterprise business advisor, Alistair has a wide range of experience from advising private businesses to grow, take on more staff and diversify their products and services, and supporting hundreds of social businesses that want to do good in the community.
“The first 20 years of my career were in broadcast radio so I enjoy advising creative companies and bring lots of skills to clients about marketing, communications and effective use of social media. I’m here to take the worry and stress off clients who want to start a business but don’t know where to start.”
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- Alistair’s most recent event was delivering a Flying Start Marketing Masterclass to fine tune a new company’s marketing and make it sing AIDA! That was Awareness, Interest, Desire and Action to give printed materials, social media and presentations the best chance of turning enquiries into sales. It was a two-hour session with industry tips, hints and ideas to kickstart your firm’s public image.
- In March 2024, Alistair’s Inspiration and Spotlight article on ‘Harnessing the innovation in social entrepreneurship in Lancashire’ was published on the Boost website.
- Alistair’s ongoing business advice and support is helping entrepreneurs across a wide range of businesses, and we are sharing these on social media. There are lots of great examples of Alistair’s work in action – from Digital Marketing Masterclass in Fylde to one-to-one business advice in Chorley.
Alina Belousova | Project Administrator | Selnet Ltd
Alina joined our team earlier this year. She has a BA in Events Management and brings over 3 years’ experience working in the cooperative business sector as a project administrator.
Alina is an avid reader and proofreader and shows great interest in productivity, streaming and organisation. She uses her interest in behavioural science to make communication with others as smooth as possible. Outside of work, Alina runs her local organic veg box scheme in Preston, as well as plant-based cooking demos and masterclasses.
Nina Cowell | Account Manager | Selnet Ltd
Nina is an excellent ‘networker’ and loves talking to people and finding solutions to help them move forward. Now as an Account Manager on the BOOST Flying Start Programme, she is helping entrepreneurs and businesses get the support to meet their needs.
She recognises the importance for businesses in Lancashire to get the help and support they need and is currently working towards Level 5 CMI Diploma in Professional Consulting.
Her skills include introducing project clients to new links and opportunities that can have a positive impact on their business, their enterprises and their own inspiration.
Yvette Holden | Account Manager | Selnet Ltd
Yvette has been the front face for Selnet members for three years and excels at helping business leaders to market and promote their business. Now as an Account Manager on the BOOST Flying Start Programme, she is helping Entrepreneurs and Businesses get the support to set up and grow their businesses.
Yvette enjoys speaking to people and hearing about their business ideas, ambitions and plans and is now working towards Level 5 CMI Diploma in Professional Consulting.
“It’s really satisfying to support entrepreneurs progress to turn their ambitions into realities”.
Dawn Welham | Marketing and Promotion Manager | Selnet Ltd
Dawn is the marketing and promotion manager for Flying Start. With a background as a business advisor, she also has experience in coordinating cross-sector collaborations, bid writing, reporting, marketing and publicity.
“The scale and diversity of the support available through Flying Start is the most fantastic opportunity to empower entrepreneurs, businesses and enterprises.”
Liz Tapner MBE | Programme Accountability | Selnet Ltd
Liz is a chartered business adviser and business mentor with extensive experience of business support programmes and the driving force behind Selnet. She is responsible for developing Selnet into a major infrastructure organisation and securing over £25m investment into Lancashire enterprises.
Her passion is supporting people to achieve their best and in the main her experience has been gained creating new enterprises and enabling growth. Liz loves to see viable and sustainable businesses operating for social good.
Want to know more?
If you’re starting, growing or scaling a business and want to find out how our funded services can help you, please contact our experienced team today. We’d love to support your growth ambitions.
Visit Selnet’s Flying Start page for more information, call 01772 200690 or email nina@selnet-uk.com or yvette@selnet-uk.com
As part of the Boost partnership, there is a range of services being delivered through partners including the Growth Company, Growth Lancashire and Selnet. Find out more here.
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