Consultants:

Eddie Hoare

An experienced Company Director with over 25 years working knowledge of the Live Events Market. Managed a number of businesses with from 5 to 25 staff and for 10 years chaired a small group of 4 companies. Experienced non-executive Chairman.

Simon Gillespie

A director of both the Sportsworld Group and the Cavendish Consultancy, Simon has a wealth of experience designing and delivering events at major sports events such as the Olympics and Wimbledon and at prestigious Arts events and concert venues.

James Hunt

James Hunt is a versatile business lawyer with a City of London corporate finance training. He has many years experience of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and new issue work as well as setting up share schemes and advising on commercial contracts including technology licences. James has also successfully assisted with many rescues of companies in financial difficulties.

Philip Haines

Philip Haines has 40 years management experience in events and tourism. He is a Fellow of The Tourism Society, a regular speaker at conferences worldwide, and a former Advisory Council member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association.

Paul Stevenson

In addition to Business Consulting on selling, facilitation and customer care Paul runs a music school teaching guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals mainly to children aged 7-16. Paul also assists Eddie Hoare on Project Management , having both worked on the GE Day program together over several years.

Simon Cope

Simon Cope established Generation for Growth, a Business development and Marketing services consultancy at the beginning of 2007.

During the 80’s Simon created a successful London ‘Outside Catering Business’ servicing the needs of the corporate sector. In the late 90’s,he became Business Development Director for a number leading UK MICE and Corporate Hospitality agencies, including Maritz (now GRG) the internationally renowned ‘performance improvement  and travel management’ agency.

As a regular industry speaker – EIBTM, CONFEX, MIA, IMEX, ATM (Dubai), Pride of Britain – Simon has become recognised as a specialist in effective new business development strategy.