15 expert advisers you can book from StartUp Show
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Posted: Tue 4th Feb 2025
Are you a small business owner looking to supercharge your growth? Get exclusive access to a range of expert advisers ready to support you with your biggest challenges.
Here's a list of some of the top advisers you can book from StartUp Show 2025, each bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to help your business thrive.
General business support and financial planning
1. Kate Gloudemans
Co-founder and Head Finance Ninja at Sprout
Kate offers flexible accountancy support to ethical and sustainable businesses. With over 20 years of experience, she helps business owners focus on their goals, reduce overwhelm and avoid burnout.
Get help with:
Financial planning and general business strategy
Reducing stress, overwhelm and the risk of burnout when running your business
Achieving your aspirations for the business, whether you're looking to grow or sell up
What's on offer:
Free half-hour consultation for any burning questions, whether that’s how to set up your business, knowing what you need to do to ensure compliance or whether you just want to run past some ideas and find out how you can scale your business more efficiently.
Book here!Access to the new five-day business start-up bootcamp (5 x 30-min sessions) – covering everything you need to know to help set up a strong financial foundation for growth. Special offer price of £49 (normally £99).
Email hello@sproutconsulting.co.uk to find out moreAccess to the new five-day scale-up bootcamp (5 x 30-min sessions). Learn about some key growth drivers that will help scale your business, including real-life examples to get you thinking. Special offer price of £49 (normally £99).
Email hello@sproutconsulting.co.uk to find out more
2. Clare Lucas
Director of Ducks In A Row
Clare is the founder of Ducks In A Row, an outsourcing agency that helps start-ups and solopreneurs stay organised and productive. Through its Productivity Club, Clare offers training sessions and workshops on tools like Meta, Canva and LinkedIn.
Get help with:
Creating content for your social media accounts
Admin support and virtual assistant services
Boosting your online presence and getting more from your marketing strategies
What's on offer:
Access a suite of digital videos, ready on demand, to help you with:
Getting started with email marketing
Optimising your LinkedIn profile
Editing videos and creating engaging reels
Plus, members shape the club! Each month, you decide the topics for the live sessions.
Join the Facebook group for ongoing support and connection. All this for just £99 for 12 months of access (save £100 until the end of February, usual price £199).
Marketing and branding
3. Ben Stanbury
Branding consultant
Ben is a brand namer and identity designer at The Identity Bureau. His Transformative Identity Programme helps businesses create distinctive brand names and visual identities that stand out from the competition.
Get help with:
Crafting a unique brand name
Developing a strong visual brand identity
Strategic branding to avoid clichés
What's on offer:
Struggling to find the perfect name for your brand or unsure how to kickstart your brand strategy? Ben has got you covered.
Download The Identity Bureau’s free guide to brand naming and strategy. It’s packed with expert advice to help you avoid common mistakes and create a brand that truly stands out.
4. Anne-Sophie Martin-Kukah
Founder of Ascents Group
Anne-Sophie leads Ascents Group, a London-based consultancy with over 15 years of expertise in FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods).
Anne-Sophie's experience stems from the FMCG industry, where she led iconic household name brands for the major FTSE players, VC-backed and private equity-backed businesses.
Through Ascents Group, her mission is to now equip innovative businesses with the FMCG expertise needed to transform their products into retail-ready stellar brands.
With proven tracked successes under their belt, Ascents Group will be a good partner to grow your brand from online clicks to retail shelves and beyond.
Get help with:
Developing a unique brand proposition to helps you stand out from the competition
Deploying impactful marketing campaigns that create a lasting impact on your consumer brand
Turning your product into a retail-ready stellar brand
What's on offer:
Are you a business that owns FMCG brands (consumer goods)? Anne-Sophie provides advisory guidance on the best way for you to scale.
Get access to her very own e-book, How to get into retail.
5. Alexandra Lunn
Design director and founder
Alexandra runs a brand and design studio in London that helps businesses define their purpose and stand out with unique designs. Her approach ensures brands capture attention and make a lasting impact.
Get help with:
Defining your business's purpose
Creating distinctive designs to market your brand
Giving your brand more visibility
What's on offer:
Want a list of key takeaways on how to build your brand from scratch, sign up for the newsletter and Alexandra will share the list with you.
It is also an opportunity to have a more focussed 15-minute brand audit session with her where she will cover tips and tricks as to how to grow online.
Join Alexandra and Victor on 5 February for a workshop at Home Grown Club, where together with other founders, they'll explore the art of building a brand that resonates. During this session, they'll help you craft your brand narrative by striking the right balance between authenticity and impact, exploring how your brand can stand out for all the right reasons.
6. Kristian Downer
Founder of DowSocial
Kristian Downer is a marketing strategy consultant working with and training businesses on how to create and implement effective marketing strategies in the age of AI.
He currently works with Enterprise Nation to deliver AI and marketing strategy programmes such as Google Digital Garage.
Get help with:
Developing your social media and marketing strategies
Setting up and managing online ads on platforms such as Google, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
Using AI tools for marketing
What's on offer:
Kristian's upcoming events and workshops:
Creating an effective social media strategy
Practical ways to use AI to grow your business
How to grow your business with LinkedIn
Make Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram) work for you
Getting started with email marketing
7. Lydia Berman
Owner of Creative Stripes
As the owner of Creative Stripes, Lydia provides branding, marketing and strategy services, particularly for neurodiverse entrepreneurs. Her Mapper Cards® offer a unique visual planning tool tailored to neurodiverse minds.
Get help with:
Small business branding and marketing
Planning and strategy for promoting your small business
Visual planning tools, particularly if you're neurodiverse
What's on offer:
Get 20% off Mapper Cards. Enter code, ENT20, valid until the end of February
The new directory (more than 100 signed up so far over the last six weeks) is for anyone who has disabilities, mental health conditions, etc, who qualifies for Access to Work grants. It is brand new and members can sign up for free and search, while businesses can sign up for a cost. There is a code, LAUNCH24, for 50% off at the moment for businesses offering their services.
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8. Jarmila Yu
Founder and MD of YUnique Marketing and consulting chief marketing officer
Jarmila is a globally ranked Top 100 CMO, chartered marketer, Top 50 business adviser and Top 5 marketing strategist. A multi-award-winning businesswoman and the founder and MD of YUnique Marketing, she's on a mission to support entrepreneurs to launch, grow and exit valuable brands.
With extensive experience, Jarmila has supported hundreds of business leaders and led marketing teams, industry groups and committees, and her own company, to drive growth.
A frequent awards judge, mentor and speaker, Jarmila regularly shares her insights at events and in business and marketing publications.
She wants to help entrepreneurs use the power of excellent marketing and communications to unlock their potential for personal, professional and business growth.
Get help with:
Bringing your brand to life
Attracting new customers, partners and investment
Retaining existing customers and partners
What's on offer:
Coachment to Supercharge Business
Are you a business owner/leader who needs expert and experienced strategic guidance on how to take your marketing and sales to the next level to achieve your business goals?
Now you can rapidly access the award-winning marketing and business growth expertise and get the #CMOAdvantage, available in single power hour coaching sessions!
Sales, e-commerce and online selling
9. Nick Binza
Director of Purpose Digital
Nick has nearly a decade of experience in e-commerce and digital marketing. His agency Purpose Digital supports start-ups at all stages of growth, from securing their first sale to reaching multi-million turnover milestones.
Get help with:
E-commerce and digital marketing strategies
Streamlining your plans for growth
Getting the most out of your model for acquiring customers and subscribers
What's on offer:
Nick offers bespoke e-commerce and digital marketing services designed for early-stage businesses. Access his expertise which encompasses successfully scaling multiple six-figure e-commerce brands for less, with the Launch Program and get your business growing in 2025.
Using technology and digital tools
10. Tara Elzingre
Digital tool trainer
As the founder of Parene and Tara Elzingre Consultancy, Tara specialises in helping entrepreneurs use AI-driven tools to build profitable online businesses. She makes the complicated digital world simple to help ensure businesses are using the most effective strategies.
Get help with:
Using AI to grow your business
Automating your business processes
Boosting visibility with "smart tech"
What's on offer:
Tara's upcoming webinars on:
AI for content creation
Customising ChatGPT for your business
Using AI to plug the gaps in your business
11. Marco Strillozzi
Director and lead consultant at Fluo Technologies
Marco provides strategic tech advice for start-ups and small businesses, helping them to adopt the best digital tools for what they want to achieve. With his expertise in software architecture and digital transformation, he works to support businesses to grow sustainably and responsibly.
Get help with:
Using technology to run your business more efficiently
Expanding with innovative digital tools
Integrating IoT (Internet of Things) solutions
What's on offer:
Join a free 30-minute consultation for those looking to build a new technology-related business.
Book a slot here or email hello@fluo.tech.
12. Scott Reynolds
Founder of SaaS Success
Scott specialises in CRM (customer relationship management) consultancy, helping businesses streamline their processes and get the best possible return on their investment. Focusing mainly on Salesforce and HubSpot, he tailors solutions to meet each individual business's needs.
Get help with:
Building AI into your processes
Adopting CRM software and systems
Early-stage SaaS start-ups
What's on offer:
One-hour strategy session: Enterprise Nation members get £25 discount on a £125 session.
Register now!Try before you buy complimentary 30-minute taster sessions
Legal support and insurance
13. Michael Buckworth
Solicitor and founder of Buckworths
Michael is a solicitor and the founder of Buckworths, a law firm dedicated exclusively to start-ups and growth companies. With a strong focus on tech and fintech sectors, he provides crucial legal advice and fundraising support, including S/EIS schemes and investment from angels and VCs.
He's also the author of the Amazon bestseller, Built on Rock, and brings additional insights as a director of an academy school and founder of a sports equipment retailer and legal training consultancy.
Get help with:
Making sure your business is legally sound
Fundraising and investment strategies
Strategic advice on scaling and growth
What's on offer:
If you would like to have a chat with Michael, you can book a free 30-minute consultation.
14. Tony Round
Founder of Maxim Growth
An investor and adviser to Blip, Tony offers competitively priced, easy-to-understand small business insurance. His model includes profit-sharing and guarantees to beat any like-for-like quote.
Get help with:
Finding affordable business insurance
Profit-sharing models
Making sure your business has full, comprehensive coverage
What's on offer:
Protect your business and your bottom line: Blip small business insurance for as little as £10 a month!
An exclusive offer for Enterprise Nation members, sign up today to receive a free £25 Amazon voucher when you purchase a Blip policy.
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15. Nicola Cain
CEO and principal consultant at Handley Gill Limited
Nicola is the CEO and principal consultant at Handley Gill Limited, a legal and regulatory compliance consultancy, with specialisms in data protection, artificial intelligence, online trust and safety, content regulation, human rights and ESG.
During her 18-year career, it is a matter of public record that Nicola has advised clients including the BBC, the City of London Corporation, Twitter/X and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, while other clients have included tech platforms, global retailers, media organisations, regulated entities, SaaS solutions, healthcare providers and individuals.
Get help with:
Understanding and meeting your data protection legal and regulatory obligations
Ensuring your email and other marketing and website are legally compliant
Developing and deploying artificial intelligence safely and responsibly
What's on offer:
Anyone who couldn’t attend or didn’t manage to see Nicola in person can request a free 30-minute legal and regulatory compliance video consultation.
Book here!Get free copies of all Helping Hand legal and regulatory compliance checklists, templates and more.
Download now!Enterprise Nation members who quote the code ENationStartUp202510 at first contact about their first piece of work get a 10% discount on hourly rates until 31 March 2025.
Email info@handleygill.com.
Take advantage of these offers from our expert advisers to take your business to the next level!
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