About
A white-collar franchise, Business Doctors is perfect for those who thrive in the corporate world.
Our international franchisees have assisted thousands of SMBs in reaching their full potential since 2004. Simply said, a Business Doctor is someone who uses their expertise to help an existing firm expand.
Business Doctors’ services are unlike anything else in their field. This is not your typical consultation, nor is it simply coaching or training. We are the only domestic franchised network with the resources to provide SMEs with a proven and true approach of hands-on, comprehensive support.
Backstory
In 2004, Merseyside residents Rod Davies and Matt Levington founded Business Doctors with the goal of providing management consulting services at prices small and medium-sized business owners could afford. Sales planning, new market growth, recruitment, fundraising, succession planning, and team building are just some of the areas where the two discovered a high demand from small firms.
They spent four years perfecting their SME development assistance package before launching their first UK franchise in 2008. The 12 nations where our Business Doctors are currently active are: India, South Africa, the Irish Republic, Belgium, Cyprus, and Malta.
The Business Doctors Franchisee
This franchise may be ideal for you if you’re the kind to ask your doctor and window cleaner about their methods of doing business. Listeners, problem solvers, and doers, Business Doctors are fascinated by the inner workings of businesses.
Business Doctors takes a different tack than the typical management consulting firm in that we actually get our hands dirty and work side by side with our clients. Those who are looking to form long-term partnerships with businesses of various sizes and types, from startups to family-run operations, may find this franchise opportunity appealing.
It’s up to you to decide how many hours a week to put in. You get to decide for yourself if you want to prioritise work over personal life or push your business to new heights.
What you get
Although our franchisees have extensive business backgrounds, for many of them this will be their first time in business ownership. When you invest in a Business Doctors franchise, you know you’re getting in on a proven business model and will be given all the help you need to succeed.
When you buy a Business Doctors franchise, you will receive:
- An exclusive territory, covering around 10,000 SMEs
- Seven full days of face-to-face training, covering delivery, sales and marketing
- Unlimited mentoring throughout your launch phase (six months)
- Six full days of co-pilot business support from an experienced Business Doctor
- The ongoing support and collaboration of the rest of the Business Doctors network
- Continuing online product training modules
- High quality business stationery and promotional materials
- Ongoing social media marketing support, including LinkedIn Sales Navigator training
- Your own branded website and online marketing tools
- An exhibition kit, including branded display board, projector and speaker
- First year’s professional indemnity and business insurance included
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Case Study – Kevin Cook – Cheshire
After being a Director for a Retail company for many years, Kevin Cook wanted a change of career but just like many people looking for a new direction in life, he wanted the freedom of working for himself. After being a Director for a Retail company for many y...
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Emily Coy – Case Study
Read the latest case story about Emily Coy of Business Doctors Chesterfield. Name: Emily Coy Territory: Chesterfield When did you become a Business Doctor? I launched my franchise in August 2019, so I had approximately six months of normality before Covid hit....
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Business Doctors – Kevin Cook’s Franchise Journey
When Business Doctors franchisee Kevin Cook isn’t busy helping SME owners develop the full potential of their companies, he is to be found pushing himself at his local Crossfit gym. It is this kind of drive that has seen the former retail director make a...
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Business Doctors ‘leading the way’ in leadership after recent award success
Business Doctors are finishing 2021 in style after bringing home the BFA HSBC award for Leadership & Culture at this year’s ceremony. The prize was contended by a host of worthy entries, but it was Business Doctors who successfully secured the accolade a...
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Case Study – Peter Searle
Peter Searle has been the Business Doctors franchisee for the Maidstone and Medway areas of Kent since October 2015. Peter Searle has been the Business Doctors franchisee for the Maidstone and Medway areas of Kent since October 2015. He joined the national bus...
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Thanks to Business Doctors, Caroline Can Have Her Cake and Eat It
Running a successful cake business was something Caroline Pearman had dreamed of since learning to bake with her grandmother as a little girl. Running a successful cake business was something Caroline Pearman had dreamed of since learning to bake with her gran...
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Case Study – Andy Mee
Andy used his personal savings to invest in the Business Doctors Oxfordshire and North Buckinghamshire territory in May 2014. Having made this significant commitment he began the training programme. “The initial two stage training at Head Office and then the...
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Case study – Peter Fleming
Previously an employee of a global company, Peter Fleming spent a year carefully planning his transition from corporate life to becoming his own boss at Business Doctors Cumbria. Previously an employee of a global company, Peter Fleming spent a year carefully ...
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Case study – Terry Houghton
Operations Director for a manufacturing company, Terry Houghton, found himself facing redundancy when the company went into administration. At 50 years old, and having spend 30 years in large organisations, the option of investing into a franchise was not some...
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Business Doctors Case Study: Wicus Van Bijon
Business Doctors Case Study: Wicus Van Bijon Since joining our team back in 2018, Wicus Van Bijon has taken to becoming a Business Doctor like a duck to water. Wicus’ “go the extra mile” attitude and natural flare for business mentoring has made him a hi...
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Business Doctors welcomes new franchisee in Cumbria
Local businessman, Peter Fleming, is the latest to join the Business Doctors expanding network. Based in Carlisle, Peter will be providing support and strategic advice to owners and directors, helping them to improve their productivity and achieve their potent...
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Case study – Kevin Cook
Being made redundant after 25 years as a directory of a retail company, Kevin Cook saw this as the perfect opportunity to make the dream of becoming his own boss a reality. Having already made this decision Kevin knew joining an established franchise brand was...
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Business Doctors set to launch second operation in Scotland
10th December 2021Laurence Heron is the latest professional to join the Business Doctor’s Network and will be supporting SMEs in the Edinburgh region. (Laurence Heron pictured with Graham Robson on the left) Laurence has a wealth of experience from an impressive 25-year caree...
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Business Doctors set to launch in West Norfolk
11th June 2021Business Doctors is delighted to welcome Russell Atkinson to their growing team. Russell will be supporting SMEs in the Peterborough and West Norfolk region, an area familiar to him having lived there for over 24 years. Russell joins us with a broad range of e...
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Business Doctors set to open in Bulgaria
14th May 2021Business Doctors is celebrating the sale of its first Eastern European master franchise. Bulgaria is the tenth overseas territory for the UK franchisor, which offers SME consultancy and business growth support. The Bulgarian master franchise has been sold to V...
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Business Doctors establishes new business partnership
11th March 2021When two businesses have the potential to go hand in hand, it makes perfect sense for them to establish a partnership that has practical value and benefits all involved. That’s why business coaching specialists Business Doctors have teamed up with business s...
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Gary Brown – New Business Doctors Franchisee
15th February 2021A new Business Doctor has launched in Hemel Hempstead and Watford. Gary Brown qualified as a chartered account in his native South Africa in the early 90s, moving with his family to the UK in 2005. In his last employed role, Gary spent 15 years as chief financ...
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Welcoming Steve Smith to Business Doctors
24th November 2020We’re delighted to introduce the newest member to our team, Steve Smith. Steve is our new Business Doctor for St Helens, Wigan, Widnes and Leigh – an area he knows extremely well having been born and raised in St Helens. Steve will be a valuable asset ...
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A Community Hero nomination for one of our Business Doctors
12th November 2020It’s time to congratulate our very own Mike Allen, who’s devotion to helping small businesses during the last few months of uncertainty has been recognised with a BFA Community Hero nomination! The BFA Community Hero Awards have been set up to recognise, r...
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Steve Howard – Franchise Version
18th December 2017Business Doctors, the SME support franchise, has launched a new rural territory to cover the Lakes and Dales Describing its offer as ‘somewhere in between consultancy and coaching’, the franchisor provides hands on support to owners of small and me...
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Expansion for Business Doctors
23rd October 2017Business Doctors is rapidly growing as a franchise that caters to SMEs. Read about the brand’s expansion, both in the UK and internationally. Business Doctors has recruited its first franchisee for Lincolnshire and Rutland. With 30 years experience in op...
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Paddy Limb – Launch Press Release
13th October 2017Business Doctors, the franchise support network for small and medium-sized firms, has a new franchisee for South Yorkshire. Describing its unique offer as ‘somewhere in between consultancy and coaching’, the network provides hands on support to own...
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Angela Connally
25th August 2017SME support franchise Business Doctors has strengthened its head office team with a new Business Services Manager. Angela Connally will take on a broad role, with responsibilities including managing the office, updating and improving systems, looking after fra...
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Business Doctors’ First Leicestershire Franchisee!
28th July 2017With almost 30 years director level experience in some of the country’s largest family businesses, Russell Grant will launch the new Midlands territory. He says: “Too many SME owners find themselves spending the majority of their time working in th...
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Paul Shaw: Our Fourth Franchisee in London!
28th July 2017Business Doctors has recruited its fourth franchisee for Greater London. Former lastminute.com and Time Out director Paul Shaw has bought the exclusive territory of Hounslow and Richmond. Business Doctors partner in a highly practical way with SMEs, working al...
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Business Doctors Selects Master Franchisee for Benelux
19th May 2017Business Doctors has made its first move into mainland Europe with the appointment of a master franchisor for Belgium and Luxembourg. Former finance director Aslam Bakkali has taken over the rights for the European neighbours and also has first refusal on Fran...
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First Business Doctors franchisee for Kingston upon Thames
19th May 2017Business Doctors has recruited its first franchisee for Kingston upon Thames. Seasoned business and marketing professional John Sweeney will launch the new south west London territory. John began his career as a business analyst for Volvo and his analytical mi...
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Chris Sowerby Launches Business Doctors Crawley and Redhill
20th March 2017There’s a new type of doctor in town, but he won’t be taking your blood pressure anytime soon. Chris Sowerby, trading as Business Doctors Crawley and Redhill, is testing the health of the region’s SMEs and writing prescriptions to help them grow. Chris s...
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Business Doctors Bromley – Lawrence Wilson
6th March 2017Business Doctors, the UK’s fastest growing support service for small and medium-sized businesses, has opened a brand new operation for Bromley. Providing support to owners of SMEs in every sector, the new office will be headed up by Lawrence Wilson. With...
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Business Doctors’ new South Yorkshire franchisee, Paddy Limb
28th February 2017A former truck industry major player is the new Business Doctors franchisee for South Yorkshire. Paddy Limb started in business aged 19, ‘with a van and no plan.’ Within a few years, he was running his own light haulage business with five vehicles....
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Business Doctors has launched its first Irish franchise in Dublin
20th January 2017The consultancy business came to Ireland earlier this year when serial entrepreneur John Nelligan bought the master franchise for the North and the Republic. With plans to launch 20 territories in total, John has just sold his first and largest territory ̵...
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Business Doctors benefit from relationship with fellow franchisor
9th January 2017A festive franchisor says his special relationship with a fellow franchisor is at least partly responsible for his success. The Christmas Decorators head of operations Nick Bolton first sought the help of small business consultants Business Doctors in 2006. An...
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Business Doctors Regional Directors
21st November 2016American Victor Kiam liked the shaver so much he bought the company. Closer to home, a group of Business Doctors franchisees have taken inspiration from the Remington entrepreneur and done the same. The Business Doctors ‘gang of six’ were no longer...
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Business Doctors Continues its Rapid International Expansion
14th July 2016A fast growing small business consultancy franchise is set to take on Ireland. With the sale of the master franchise for both the Republic and Northern Ireland, Business Doctors continues its rapid international expansion. The new master franchisor, John Nelli...
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Experienced businessman becomes “hands-on” Business Doctors franchisee
29th June 2016There’s a new kind of doctor in town, but he won’t be taking your blood pressure any time soon. Ian Follington, trading as Business Doctors Shropshire, is testing the health of the region’s SMEs and writing prescriptions to help them to grow....
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BFA and HSBC B2B Franchisee of the Year Award Finalist – Andy Mee, Business Doctors
20th June 2016A Tring business consultant has been shortlisted for a top national award. Small business expert Andy Mee of Business Doctors is one of just 20 finalists in the British Franchise Association Franchisee of the Year awards. Andy bought his Business Doctors franc...
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Motor industry heavyweight becomes Business Doctors franchisee
21st March 2016Stuart Kerr, from Chipperfield, near Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, spent over four decades in the motor industry, working internationally up to chief executive level with top automotive brands Nissan, Volvo and Ford. In 2014, the motorbike enthusiast announc...
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Freeman brings his know-how back to help Norfolk and neighbouring Suffolk SMEs
16th February 2016An accomplished businessman and Freeman of the City has moved back to the UK from South Africa to support small businesses in his home county of Norfolk. In addition to years of leading consultancy work for SMEs, Nicholas Eastaugh has worked in business and te...
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Prominent business leader brings Business Doctors to Wales
4th February 2016Helping business owners achieve their ambitions, for themselves and their businesses, is at the heart of the hands-on assistance available from Business Doctors. Graham Morgan, former director of South Wales Chamber of Commerce, is the latest person to join Bu...
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From successful small business owner to SME adviser
25th January 2016A Black Country entrepreneur, who rebuilt a struggling business on the back of strong ethics, has joined the ranks of an elite national network of business advisers who support SMEs. Harvey Gora spent more than a decade transforming his family’s clothing man...
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Corporate director becomes certified SME business coach
14th January 2016An accomplished regional director of a multinational brand has stepped back from the corporate world to support and coach small and medium-sized businesses in Kent. Steve Wheeler had worked for various companies within BT Group for 24 years, the last five of t...
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Globetrotting businessman comes home with fresh mentoring perspective
15th December 2015After more than a decade’s experience as an SME mentor in New Zealand, IT entrepreneur Nick Hadley is putting his expertise to work for small businesses in Bedford, St Neots and Huntingdon, UK as a Business Doctor. Working alongside Cambridge Business Do...
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Company director to share business growth expertise with SMEs and bring UK Business Doctors to India
10th December 2015A former company director from Kiran Global Chems Ltd has joined an international business consultancy network with the aim of helping Gujarati /Indian SMEs become more successful at home and abroad. Saurab Khandelwal has become not only a certified Business D...
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Business Doctors Committed to Supporting Franchisees
27th July 2015In order to step up the central and field support available to franchisees, Business Doctors has recently appointed four new staff members. Pictured left to right: Lauren Banner, Nathan Jefferson, Bex Bamber, Karen Pennington With more than 40 offices working ...
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Discover what it means to be a Business Doctor Franchise Owner during a one to one meeting with the founders
21st July 2015Business Doctors was established in 2004 by talented business veterans Matthew Levington and Rod Davies, who between them have led, developed and helped transform hundreds of companies across a spectrum of industries. Throughout their careers, Matthew and Rod ...
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‘High flyer’ trades space agency for business coaching
11th May 2015A former mission director for the European Space Agency (ESA) has become a certified Business Doctor for SMEs in the Hampshire region. Paul Dawkins, an engineer and change management practitioner who studied for an MBA at Munich Business School, had built a su...
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New Business Doctor Open For Business in Cheshire
23rd March 2015This month Cheshire businessman Tim Cornes will be joining Business Doctors, the UK’s fastest growing support service for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). From 19 March Tim, who lives in Macclesfield, will be providing support and strategic advice t...
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New franchise package set to ‘further maximise earning potential’
2nd March 2015National SME network Business Doctors has confirmed the details of its new franchise package for 2015. Following feedback from its current members and after a thriving tenth year of trading, the award-winning franchise has enhanced vacant territories to increa...
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Double Whammy for Business Doctors in 2014 Best Franchise Awards sponsored by RBS
2nd December 2014During their highly successful ‘Best Franchise Conference’ attended by some of the biggest names in UK franchising, consultants Smith & Henderson announced the winners of their 2014 Best Franchise Awards sponsored by RBS. Business Doctors were amongst...
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Business Doctors shortlisted for 2014 Best Franchise Award
25th November 2014Smith & Henderson has named Business Doctors one of the finalists for the 2014 Best Franchise Award, sponsored by RBS and supported by Franchise World. These awards are unique because they are based on feedback from the businesses own franchisees. Anonymo...
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10th Anniversary celebrated in style at annual conference
17th November 2014It has taken 10 years to become an overnight success and, in celebration, Business Doctors rolled out the red carpet for the best year the company has ever had at Coombe Abbey in the Midlands. The annual Business Doctors conference, which involved 40 franchise...
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Highest BFA Accreditation for Business Doctors
15th October 2014Business Doctors has been accepted as a full member of the British Franchise Association. The award recognises Business Doctors as an established franchised business with a proven trading and franchising record. It is the first national business-coaching franc...
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Kerrigan joins HQ team at Business Doctors
15th August 2014The North West based Business Doctors head office team is expanding as they welcome new recruit, Jo Kerrigan, to the position of Franchisee Account Manager. With a background in Marketing and brand management, Jo is looking forward to her role liaising with th...
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Business Doctors set for international growth
5th August 2014Business Doctors, the UK-based business support franchise for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), is planning major expansion in South Africa following the appointment of a Master Franchise in Johannesburg. Steve Sutton, formerly a business strategist in...
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Business Doctors help Guide Bridge MOT win Business of the Year
15th July 2014A family run car service centre proudly won the prestigious Business of the Year award at the ‘Pride of Tameside Business Awards’ recently. Guide Bridge MOT and Service Centre in Ashton took the top award in a glittering ceremony, accompanied by their ...
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MSL wins prestigious Growth Accelerator Award
8th July 2014Microbiological Solutions Ltd (MSL) won a prestigious overseas award at the national Growth Accelerator ceremony in London recently. The overseas ‘Globetrotter Award’ was awarded to MSL, a microbiological testing and compliance house specialising in co...
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Business Doctors sponsor Lymm Rugby Club
28th May 2014Lymm Rugby Club is proud to announce that the nationally organised Business Doctors, based in St Helens, have become the club’s shirt sponsor for the 2014/15 season. “Lymm Rugby Club is at the centre of so many good things in Lymm and the rugby, at wha...
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Business Doctors prescribes first franchisee renewal
9th April 2014Business Doctors Franchising Ltd, the national company that provides business support for small to medium enterprises, is celebrating after announcing its first franchisee renewal. The company, which is headquartered in St Helens, has resigned its Thames Valle...
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Business Doctors Marketing Steps Up a Notch!
6th March 2014Business Doctors is delighted to have been nominated as one of the finalists in The Franchise Marketing Awards for the category ‘Best Overall Marketing Campaign’. The Franchise Marketing Awards (FMA) is well known for rewarding marketing excellence in the ...
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Liverpool Vision and Business Doctors team up to offer free business support
21st January 2014Liverpool Vision, the Mayor’s economic development company, has announced a partnership with Business Doctors that will deliver free business coaching and support for ambitious city businesses in 2014. The offer will be launched at a free event on 27 January...
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New Digital Partner Announced at Business Doctors Annual Conference
21st January 2014Merseyside-based Business Doctors, the country’s fastest-growing support service for small and medium-sized businesses held their annual conference last week at the prestigious Coombe Abbey Hotel in the Midlands. During the conference Business Doctors announ...
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New operation boosts Business Doctors in Cheshire
6th November 2013Pamela Drew is the latest franchisee to join the growing Business Doctors network. Pamela will be working closely with Kevin Cook (Regional Franchisee Cheshire) offering support to SME’s in Cheshire, Wrexham and Flintshire. Business Doctors, which has 34 est...
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