Somerset Business Awards

Helen Lacey has over 25 years recruitment experience, having successfully sold her company Red Berry Recruitment  Ltd in 2021, she stayed on as a consultant supporting her clients for permanent staff. Helen covers a number of sectors from Administration , Sales and Marketing , Finance, Manufacturing , Management, Engineering and Commercial.
Helen’s wealth of experience and large network of contacts means Helen is the right person to help business find the right staff
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We're an award winning ethical thinking integrated creative agency. We use design and digital creativity to transform our clients' businesses.

We create change and collaborate; our designers and developers take your ideas and work together, with you, to transform your business.

Brand design, graphic design, web development and eCommerce, SEO and digital marketing… whether we are developing your marketing, or starting from scratch – fresh thinking and energy from our team will help you raise your business profile.

Fisher & Company ™ designs and manufactures Belisha Beacons, Electrical Feeder Pillars, Solar Belisha Beacons, Enclosures, Column Brackets and a host of accessories and other related equipment to the Street Lighting and Highways industry from our factory in Somerset, England since established in 1982.

We work closely with local authorities, contractors, wholesalers and electrical engineers to deliver products that meet rigid specifications for longevity while maintaining an economical price. Our flexible approach to manufacturing enables us to produce bespoke products for almost any application and environment from Aberdeen to the Bahamas.

Somerset Skills & Learning (SS&L) makes positive changes to people’s lives, through learning. We work across Somerset, providing adult education, apprenticeships and traineeships. As well as offering skills and qualifications, we also invest heavily in community projects to help disadvantaged groups to improve their lives through learning. 

Our work based learning team specialise in training for business & administration, customer service, team leading & management, childcare and teaching assistants.

We offer flexible learning with on-line support and deliver training, workshops and courses across our 4 Somerset based centres in Taunton, Bridgwater, Yeovil & Frome.
 

As the General Manager of the Quedam Shopping Centre, I manage our marketing, operations, administration, cleaning and security team. You can contact me for any enquiries regarding the Quedam including local leasing. 

I have 30 years’ experience in the retail trade, mostly as a buyer and over 14 years working in the charity sector. As a Corporate and Community Development Officer for children's charity bibic in Somerset and will work with anyone across the UK who shares our vision. Seeing the difference our therapists make to the life of a child with learning difficulties is just amazing!
Over 4 years ago I  moved from Scunthorpe to Weston to be nearer our daughter, probably the biggest and scariest thing I've done in a long while.
Never let it be said that I resist change!
I am passionate about rugby, nature photography and will drink wine on a school night.
Specialities: Loud shirts, networking, blagging, never missing an opportunity, negotiator, pedantic, loyal to an employer and thorough. I love cooking all types of food and will even follow a recipe if it is written well.
That's enough about me...what about you?

Cluster Director of Sales covering the ibis Bridgwater and the Holiday Inn Express Bridgwater.  

Hospitality is my dream career!  I relish the variety and challenges, and believe me, the Bridgwater hotel market is no picnic! 

Having worked in Taunton and Bridgwater for the past 9 years, I've seen Bridgwater evolve from very few hotels to having some great branded and independent hotels; all jostling for the same business.  The challenge of being the best and winning business over our competitors, it what motivates me and gives me a great sense of achievement when I'm successful.

I am responsible for contracting all business, talk to me if I can help with preferred accommodation rates, meeting and event space, group bookings or if you just need somewhere for your friend and family to stay when they visit.  I am her to help and always with a smile!


 

As well as running the historic family home (Cossington Park) as a self-catering business since 1997, Graham Wason is also: Chairman of the Cut Hospitality & Tourism VAT Campaign; Co-Founder of All Being Well (personal and business development and coaching, since 1999); Founder-Director of the Professional Association of Self-Caterers; Board Member of the Holiday Home Association.

Graham was previously: Deloitte Tourism Consulting Partner (responsible for strategy development, hospitality and leisure project appraisal worldwide); Vice-President of Strategy & Development for the World Travel & Tourism Council; Consultant to the United Nations World Tourism Organization; Special Advisor to the House of Lords (review of EU Tourism); Chairman of The Tourism Society.
 

Cognique is a leading Somerset Website and Digital Marketing agency. Since 2003, we’ve been combining technical and creative skills to help businesses throughout the southwest. As you would expect, we do the best we possibly can for our clients and we’re proud of the trust they put in us, of the work we do and the difference we make to their businesses.

When you choose Cognique you get access to website development, graphic design, content marketing, digital marketing, PR and much more. But it’s what you do with those services that counts. Naturally, you’ll want the best results and ROI from your marketing strategy and good marketing needs planning, implementing, monitoring, measuring and reporting.

Good marketing needs Cognique.

I'm a creative and marketing guru, and a motorcycle racing fan. I’m proud to have become known for my high levels of imaginative creativity, marketing flair and an unwavering commitment to every client. My personal strength has always been my total focus on creative excellence and client service. Yes, I am a stickler for detail, squeezing the last ounce out of every concept and often polishing a design into the very early hours!

President of Yeovil Chamber of Trade & Commerce 

Matt heads up our Sales and Customer Service team and is responsible for ensuring that our clients receive the highest possible levels of customer service from initial enquiry through to end delivery. He works hard to develop strong partnerships and working relationships with companies across the region and raise the profile of SSG within the business community.
 

I specialise in helping business leaders unlock, develop, and realise their full potential. I work with clients at a transition point in their business or career, such as preparing for growth or exit or stepping into a new role.

I focus on motivating leaders to act and realise their goals. Whether unlocking hidden potential, developing new skills or strategies, or discovering an ambitious vision, I enjoy helping people achieve remarkable things.

Being a business leader should be enjoyable and rewarding. Through coaching, my clients can rediscover purpose and simplify things to help gain clarity of purpose. I help clients name and explore their goals, raising their awareness and responsibility while promoting a desire to act. This narrows the performance gap between the clients now and their full potential.
 

Stuart is Director of Stuart Todd Associates, a town planning consultancy based in Wellington.  Stuart has been a chartered town planner and member of the Royal Town Planning Institute for 25 years and having spent the first 15 years of his working life in the public sector, Stuart set up his consultancy in 2011.  Stuart enjoys his time outside of work with his wife and two daughters (who keep him in check!) and making the most of Somerset's and the wider south west's great outdoors.  A keen fair-weather cyclist and known to "enjoy" the perils of circuit training, he believes passionately in the benefits of being active, at any stage in life, for the improvement of both physical and mental health.  For his sins, Stuart is a long-suffering Southampton FC fan, has been known to dabble in a spot of photography and constantly struggles to get seamlessly from one chord to the next on the guitar (it can only get better!)!

Managing Director of Jatech Limited incorporated in 1996.
We offer innovative and imaginative software engineering services across a broad range of industries with an emphasis on solving difficult technical problems in a secure and cost effective manner to save businesses time and hence money.
We offer the following:

• Product Development
• Bespoke Software
• Database design (SQL Server)
• Integration of Systems
• APIs
• Digital Document production and version control

Chief Scientist and Founder at Kaiasm. I lead a team specialising in large scale information engineering, ontology creation, data analysis and visualisation for retail and public sector applications.

Pre data-science days, worked in web development, web standards development, mark-up and universal access since 1995, alongside brief stints at BBC Science & Nature (on the Ballad of Big Al!), AOL news, and the Environment Agency. Proud to have served for many years as a W3C Invited Expert as part of the organisation's Web Accessibility Initiative. Wrote 50 ways to make Google Love your Website with Kaiasm co-founder Steve Johnston, published by Random House.

Passionate about my community and the development of learners.  Open to communication and discussion to develop our learners and offer greater opportunities for them to bridge the skills gap. 

I am a keen walker and photographer in my spare time and consider the aforementioned a benefit to my other love as a gastronome.

Bristol-based, I am IMechE-chartered, hold a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering and have 15+ years of experience as an engineer, project manager and business manager in highly regulated industries such as Aerospace and Oil & Gas.
I have repeated success guiding cross-functional engineering teams and $multi-billion programme portfolios. I have worked in an engineering consultancy capacity for over 10 years, and managed high value projects in a manufacturing environment.

As the Business Manager for SEIMAF UK, a team of experts in engineering, mechanical design and technical studies, I look forward to raising SEIMAF's profile, and growing our business by building a long term relationship with our customers across the Energy, Construction and Transport industries.

Please get in touch for more information about our unique offering. We are here to help!

As a Director at Auxilium HR Solutions Ltd, I provide generalist HR, recruitment, and training solutions for small and medium size businesses, leveraging my 20 years of HR experience and my Chartered Membership of CIPD. I am passionate about delivering creative HR solutions with commercial reality, and empowering my clients and team with the best HR practices and knowledge.

I have also taught and managed the Level 3 Certificate in Human Resource Practice at Yeovil College, where I mentored and inspired the next generation of HR professionals. I am a certified Mental Health First Aider, and I value the well-being and development of myself and others. My career highlights include managing a team of highly skilled colleagues, leading bespoke Management Development Programmes, managing complex HR projects, such as site closures, culture change, and TUPE, with successful outcomes and minimal litigation.

Chloe manages the marketing team working on the coordination, development and implementation of our strategic marketing plans. Over the years she has specialised in online advertising, redeveloping and managing our presence on Google.

Robert Ward's esteemed 15-year career in bid writing is distinguished by his exceptional success rate and his strategic contributions to the health and social care sectors. Transitioning into consultancy, he has broadened his impact, applying his extensive experience across a variety of sectors including IT, FM, and construction. With a keen focus on social value, Robert has become an industry advocate for bids that not only win but also contribute positively to society. At BidVantage, his meticulous approach and dedication to client success drive the team to craft winning proposals that deliver on both commercial and social fronts.
 

Hello I am David Brock but known by all as "Brock" - I am originally from Orlando.

After a 25 year military career in the US Navy I ended up in the UK with my wonderful British Bride.

I was asked by local business owners in Cornwall to build a business networking platform and now that is my passion which has now grown and to date Your Partnerships has 50 - 70 events per month covering nine counties and with online networking partners we have access to businesses worldwide. The platform currently connected to over 200k connections.

You are invited to experience Your Partnerships which thrives on helping first. Look up current progress here - https://yourpartnerships.co.uk

7FigureBackOffice.com is a husband-and-wife team that supplies outsourced Marketing and Operations help to growing companies. 

We offer director-level support on a part-time basis, from one day a month, up to two days a week, giving you director's level input and expertise without the full-time executive-level salary commitment. 

Although we are a husband-and-wife team, we don't always work on the same projects. Current projects include a radio station, a global personal development company and a coaching company.