The Small Business Sessions (S2E3): Building a world-class team

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Every week, Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones speaks to entrepreneurs and experts about starting and growing a successful business.

Next up is Gary Turner, the UK managing director of online accounting software firm Xero.

Under Gary's leadership, Xero UK has grown from a three-person start-up with annual revenues of £50,000 in 2009 to a business with more than 250 staff and a £30m turnover.

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Gary Turner, UK managing director of online accounting software firm Xero, talks about the company's growth.

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I&apos;m a <a href=&apos;https://danmartinuk.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>freelance journalist and event host</a> who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I&apos;m also Enterprise Nation&apos;s news reporter and Bristol Local Leader.
I have 20 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from famous names like Sir Richard Branson and Deborah Meaden to the founders behind brand new start-ups.
I&apos;ve worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company&apos;s blog and social media. I now freelance for Enterprise Nation as the website&apos;s <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/business-news&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>news reporter</a> and as the host of the <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/podcast&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Small Business sessions podcast</a>.
I&apos;m based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community in my role as Enterprise Nation&apos;s Local Leader for Bristol. I also have strong connections with other major business organisations in the south west region.
In total, I&apos;ve hosted over 100 events including conferences with an audience of hundreds for international brands like Xero and Facebook and live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street.
With my partner, I co-run <a href=&apos;https://www.lifestyledistrict.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Lifestyle District</a>, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

Freelance content creator & event host

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&lt;p&gt;I’m a strategic HR leader and commercial business partner with 30 years’ experience gained in a variety of market sectors and industries including Outsourcing, Manufacturing, Charity, Education, Retail and Customer Service.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having spent my whole career working in the Human Resources and people development space across large international commercial organisations and smaller independents &amp;amp; SME’s, I’ve learnt that the key factors that make the real difference to organisational performance are strength and style of leadership, engaged and motivated employees, and a positive cultural context.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I’m a confident, outgoing, tenacious and loyal professional, with a real passion for designing integrated HR strategies &amp;amp; solutions aligned to the organisation’s needs. A mentor &amp;amp; change agent with a results &amp;amp; performance focus and international multi-cultural experience &amp;amp; understanding.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I’m a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) and a member of the CIPD West of Scotland CIPD Committee. I’m a qualified Mental Health First Aider, with a coaching skills qualification and experience of applying various personality &amp;amp; psychometric profiling &amp;amp; development tools including SHL, MBTI, Belbin, 4 Room Apartment, Situational Leadership, DISC, and Predictive Index.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to get in touch with any questions you may have or for an initial one-to-one about your organisation’s HR needs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'm here to help. I'm volunteering free advice calls of up to an hour as part of the Recovery Advice for Business scheme, over the next 6 months. Please get in touch to see how I can help your business.&lt;/i&gt;'  &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

HR Consultant

Restructuring & Redundancy by jill burgess 

&lt;p&gt;Lots of organisations, large and small, are wrestling with the very real and daunting prospect of making redundancies over the next few months. Having sat on both sides of the table, both supporting Line Managers informing their team members that they are being made redundant, and also being told that I am being made redundant, my advice &amp;amp; top tips would be as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

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	&lt;li&gt;Be prepared; plan and organise prior to kicking off the process&lt;/li&gt;
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A tech business enabler, author and speaker with a
unique combination of expertise, experience, and a deep understanding
of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the global business landscape.
She has experience working with various industries including Information Technology, Data Science and Analytics, Semiconductor/Electronics, Design Engineering, Technology Consulting, and
Professional Services. She is currently serving as a strategist at Themis Technologies.

The Small Business Sessions (S2E3): Building a world-class team

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