Ian is the Managing Director and founder of the online business development community mybusinessadvice.co.uk. He has been running his own businesses for over 18 years and grew up in both his father and grandfathers manufacturing businesses so understands the pressures involved in running a small business. At mybusinessadvice.co.uk we offer a proactive B2B community for both startup and existing businesses throughout the UK. By offering online and offline networking, detailed business advice, video clips, marketing opportunities, education, the latest business news and so much more you can increase your profitability and grow your business in a supporting environment.

I live in North Wiltshire with my wife, three children and amongst great friends. Community life revolves around the church, the school, the heritage society, the village hall & the Pub! It’s a great place to raise a family being removed from the hustle and bustle of city life, but not too far removed! My expertise is in relationship based business development. I am not a natural salesperson so when I began began my career in Sales & Marketing 20+ years ago I needed to find ways to generate results in order to progress my career. I learnt that time spent in building relationships first paid dividends and led to better long term results than those achieved by salespeople with a focus on transactions and short term volume. I utilised that expertise in my own consulting business to help Business Owners build strategic partnerships to leverage their value, win better business and dominate market niches. Results achieved were spectacular. £200K to £5million in 3 years, startup to £1million in 1 year and £10million in 3 years. I now use this system to help business owners develop themselves, and grow their business through NRG Business Networks.