Beryl Pettitt
Trainer
Beryl has worked as a Business Adviser and Trainer for NBV since 2013, and currently delivers Starting in Business, Business Planning, Marketing and Social Media workshops for NBV.
She has worked in marketing for over 25 years, both in a corporate environment and in her own business, Ridgeway Marketing. She mentors and trains businesses in the use of digital marketing techniques such as blogging, social media and Mailchimp email marketing. She also shows them how to combine digital marketing with traditional marketing such as networking, events, and PR.
Beryl has an MA in Marketing, the Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma in Marketing and is a SFEDI accredited business mentor.
Raj Raithatha - Leicestershire
Adviser
Raj is a SFEDI accredited Business Adviser who started his career in Leicester in 1983. Working in the community, Raj has helped many people tackle their business and personal issues. A prominent member of the Self Help Neighbourhood Centre and later the Race Equality Centre, Raj has had a wide-ranging experience in working with disadvantage and hard to reach communities.
He is a consummate Business adviser having served in the post with Leicester City Council, Business Link (Derbyshire) , Wenta (Watford) who believes in providing traditional business support using modern concepts.
He brings with him his 40 years’ experience as an adviser, as well as the many years he has spent as an entrepreneur in the food industry and consultancy.
David Hallam - Lincolnshire
Adviser
An experienced Business Coach and Mentor. David has extensive experience working with a variety of SME’s to assist them with meeting their aims and aspirations. Adopts a friendly, flexible, and bespoke approach to ensure that their aims and objectives are met. As well as successfully assisting businesses to obtain grant funding he coaches and mentors High Growth Businesses and mentors individual Senior Executives.
Is well versed in all aspects of Business finance having spent the majority of his career working for a major high street bank, both as a Senior Corporate Manager and latterly as a Regional Director. A successful leader and manager he also has significant experience as a non-executive director of several larger organisations.
Has many years’ experience in recruitment, selection and career management. Qualified in Saville and Holdsworth psychometric testing as well as assessment centre design.
Charlotte Jordan - Lincolnshire
Adviser
Charlotte is an experienced Business Adviser, having worked for D2N2 Growth Hub, providing impartial advice and practical support to SMEs across Nottinghamshire and the Creative Quarter in Nottingham, helping creative and digital start-ups to grow. In addition, she has spent the last two years assisting business owners to steer a course through the pandemic.
Charlotte has over twenty years of experience in marketing and product development and is Chartered Institute of Marketing accredited. She spent the first part of her career working as a product manager for a multinational giftware manufacturer, delivering new brands and product ranges for high street chains, major supermarkets, and independent retailers. Charlotte has also worked in business-to-business services and the public sector.
Charlotte specialises in start-up and SME support and can advise on a range of business matters, including business planning, sales, and marketing, and accessing grants and funding.
Glen Starbuck - Leicestershire
Adviser
Prior to joining NBV Glen held various senior/managerial positions within Commercial, Supply Chain and New Product Development functions, primarily within the Toiletries, Cosmetic, Skincare and Fine Fragrances sectors.
He has operated at senior level within the manufacturing division of a global FMCG, headed the commercial function of an SME and operated as an independent consultant helping smaller businesses understand the culture and behaviours of larger organisations.
Joining NBV as a Business Adviser in 2016, he has supported SME’s helping them establish, develop, and grow.
What clients find most useful about working with Glen is his breadth of knowledge along with his experience of working for organisations of various scale from micro to global.
He has a reputation for combining innovative thinking with a sound business approach – a bit of a left thinker!
In his spare time, his other job is being the house taxi and when he can, he escapes to his shed and makes stuff out of wood.