Scaling your Business from 1 to 10 Employees

The Oxford Business Podcast

Mar 4 2022 • 28 mins

Scaling your business is a challenge that many business owners face. How do you transition from a sole trader to larger opperation with multiple employees and departments?

In this episode, Ben speaks with Cath Convery of Explosive Learning Solutions, Tracy Smart of The Smart Team, and Sam Jones of NGI Finance.

  • What steps are needed to scale a business?
  • How can borrowing support and finance your growth?
  • How important is getting recuitment right first time?
  • What support is out there for business owners wanting to scale?

Listen to the podcast to hear expert answers to those questions.

Guests:

Cath Convery:
Formally trained as an education technologist and teacher, much of Cath's career has been in Change Management, specifically in Learning and Development. This resulted in her founding Explosive Learning Solutions in 2005, an independent Defence and Homeland Security Learning and Development (L&D) consultancy and training provider.

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Explosive Learning Solutions

Tracy Smart:
Finance Director and Founder of The Smart Team, Tracy is passionate about making a difference & delivering results for small and scale up businesses. The Smart Team provide outsourced finance skills to SME’s, supplying access to highly experienced finance directors and leaders.

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The Smart Team

Sam Jones:
Sam is the Business Development Manager at NGI Finance and helps business owners realise their dreams and save time with flexible funding options.

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NGI Finance

About the Oxford Business Podcast:

The Oxford Business Podcast is a podcast by OBCN, the Oxford Business Community Network, and hosted by Mike Foster, the Entrepreneurs Mentor, and Ben Thompson from Thompson & Terry Recruitment.

Mike Foster: @mikefosteroxford
The Entrepreneurs Mentor: entrepreneursmentor.co.uk

Ben Thompson: @ben-thompson
Thompson & Terry Recruitement: thompsonandterry.co.uk

The Oxford Business Community Network has been established to provide a trusted, peer to peer, group networking opportunity for businesses based in Oxfordshire, where 'people buy people'.

The Oxford Business Podcast is produced by Story Ninety-Four and recorded in their Podcast Studio in central Oxford.