Talk Business Magazine September 2014 | Page 14

CONTRIBUTORS Our regulars The EXPERTS Find out more about our contributors to Talk Business this month Julian Smith is founder of The Funding Expert, offering workshops, consultations and public speaking on finance. He has been advising companies for more than 18 years on how to position themselves for investors, raising business finance, mergers and acquisitions. Julian has worked with man y of the leading companies in the UK, including those in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices. Read his column on crowd funding on page 37. Richard Cummings is managing director of HR Insight; he joined the firm as a human resources consultant in 2011 and has worked his way up. Richard leads a team of HR consultants, payroll specialists and employment law practitioners. Richard and his team provide HR support to clients. This support covers everything from contracts and policies to change management initiatives, including reorganisation and redundancy. Increasingly, the team is working on people strategies, which include changing the way the businesses view recruitment, reward, employee relations and development. Tony Morris is a sales trainer and co-founder of The Sales Doctor. He has more than 14 years’ experience in sales, both B2B and B2C, and has trained more than 1,500 sales professionals in a variety of industries. Alongside his business partner, Tony set up The Sales Doctor in May 2006. He started by cold calling to generate appointments, and within the first year, The Sales Doctor had 56 clients; this has continued to grow year on year. Tony’s ethos: you can sell any product or service with the right attitude and a well planned call structure. Turn to page 127 to read his Sales Doctor advice. Richard discusses the importance of start times on page 89. 14 September 2014 OPENER_TB36_contributors_14.ga.indd 14 29/08/2014 15:23