30/09/2022
We are delighted to announce our next guest speaker for Powerhouse, Wednesday 19th October.
Travis, Managing Director of , a multi-disciplinary planning and environmental consultancy with 65 staff and revenues in excess of £6 million. With offices in Sheffield, Manchester and Bristol, Matt will share the challenges of setting up during 2008’s ‘Great Recession’, riding out the impacts of Brexit and Covid yet still coming through 2021 with the best performing year to date.
A truly inspiring story, Matt will share with us:
A truly inspiring story, Matt will share with us:
· His experiences of moving from a corporate company, to one of a handful of staff, looking to reject restrictive procedures but finally falling back to systems.
· Changes in marketing over the past 15 years and how to find more contacts when your network is exhausted.
· Challenges of staff/HR from recruitment and retention to settlement agreements and performance management.
· How he has consistently managed to have a business with a bad debt ratio below 1% of turnover.
· Why he believes that there are always opportunities in every market, despite the ups and downs of business.
Matt is also Vice President of Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber of Commerce, Chair of Governors at a leading Yorkshire secondary school, Chair at a secondary and primary school in Bolton and Trustee of the Steel Valley Project, a charity which makes environmental improvements whilst providing skills to unemployed volunteers.
If you want to hear how this incredible story began and how growth can be found in a recession, book your ticket to join us.
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