Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his 2023 Budget on 15 March and this is your opportunity to share your instant reaction.

We'll have an online panel of business owners discussing the Budget as the speech is delivered and we're looking for Enterprise Nation adviser members to join the panel.

Adviser opportunity: Join an online panel reacting to the government's Budget

Adviser opportunity

Jeremy Hunt walking

Jeremy Hunt delivers his 2023 Budget on 15 March and this is your opportunity to share your instant reaction.

Adviser opportunity: Join an online panel reaction to the government's Budget

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Lorna Bladen is the Head of Marketing at Enterprise Nation. Lorna has over ten years of experience working in marketing. Previous roles include:
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<li>Head of Marketing at Escape The City</li>
<li>Head of Partnerships at Moneypenny</li>
<li>Working as a freelance marketing consultant.</li>
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Lorna is based in Brighton, West Sussex and is open to supporting small businesses across the UK.
Lorna&apos;s mentoring experience
Lorna has over ten years of experience working with small businesses at a senior level. She is excited to use their expertise, along with their leadership and management skills to support a small business to grow.
Lorna has also recently undertaken training with the Association of Business Mentors.
How Lorna can help your business
Lorna can help you with social media, digital marketing, content production and partnership building. Lorna has experience working with small businesses across a number of different sectors - including fashion, homewares, food and service-based businesses.
Lorna will act as a sounding board and guide you through 1:1 mentoring. Lorna will be a good listener, ask the right questions, and be passionate about helping you achieve your business goals.

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Over 25 years, Philip has worked for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups, to multinationals. 
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Common to every role, he has had responsibility for increasing revenue, scaling operations, and providing insight and analysis that has driven growth. 

He has spent the last twelve years scaling tech businesses in C-level roles including sales, marketing, product, operations, and investor relations.

Based near Oxford, Philip works with businesses all over the UK.

Early-Stage and Growth Business Advisor

Creation of compelling investor materials

The key to a successful investment strategy is how you present your story. It needs to be compelling, clear, and straightforward. You need to excite investors and stand out from the crowd and prove that you truly know your business and the market you operate in. I can help create your core documents including: 

Executive summary - a one or two-page high-level summary document.

Pitch deck - an intro deck (approx. 12 - 15 slides) for first meetings or pitch events. 

Business plan deck - a more 

I help business leaders to think.  Develop their ideas.  And achieve their business goals.

I do this for companies of all sizes wanting to accelerate sustainable GROWTH, increase PROFITABILITY, and adopt new ways of doing things. I advise and mentor business leaders, founders, start-ups and established SMEs providing as much hands-on support as they need.

Our services include:
Business Strategy Reviews
Sustainable Business Accelerators
Operational Business Support
Web 3.0 Business Advisory

- 20 years experience founding and operating our own SMEs
- Mentoring start-up entrepreneurs and established brands helping them to achieve sustainable growth
- Supporting entrepreneurs to UHNWs to VCs
- Working closely with brands to develop sustainable programmes
- Helping business leaders future proof their business revenues with the adoption of Web 3.0, Metaverse, Blockchain & Crypto technology. 

My experience has given me a huge bank of ideas and experiences of what delivers as well as what doesn't when building a business from start-up to SME.  I'm not your typical non-exec, as I don't come from a corporate background, all my expertise and mentorship knowhow comes from decades of building, running and exiting SMEs. I like to inspire my mentee with ingenuity, help them create new possibilities for sustainable practices, and support them with agility to help them thrive.

Business Growth Mentor

Richard Orme

I help business leaders to think.  Develop their ideas.  And achieve their business goals.

I do this for companies of all sizes wanting to accelerate sustainable GROWTH, increase PROFITABILITY, and adopt new ways of doing things. I advise and mentor business leaders, founders, start-ups and established SMEs providing as much hands-on support as they need.

Our services include:
Business Strategy Reviews
Sustainable Business Accelerators
Operational Business Support
Web 3.0 Business Advisory

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Adviser opportunity: Join an online panel reacting to the government's Budget

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