ABOUT US

We are about people; connectivity, collaboration, partnership building, understanding what makes people tick. The BIG consortium is putting this into practice - Thinking BIG. We research, generate creative solutions, and put it all together so that you can achieve more through growth, productivity and profitability.

• Whether it is people or organisations with an idea that needs testing
• Finding out what is going on in order to make effective decisions
• Those that want to change other people's opinion
• Influencing decision makers
• Developing new ideas
• Gathering people together to achieve more for growth
• Making a bigger impact

This web site is designed to
give you a taste of what
we do, or can do.

Whichever sector, working with Government, the public, private or voluntary sectors, we are here to generate ideas and deliver solutions.

Dropping the pebble (or maybe the rock) into the pool to see what returns in the ripples, spending time researching and mapping out opportunities.

We then have the capability to assemble and send in teams to help improve your performance.

The end result is to protect you from the elements - the external forces that can adversely affect your operation.

We do not work alone, we have a wide range of partnerships, from other private companies to universities and individual specialists.

BA(Hons) Graduate in Design (Kingston-Upon-Thames); in business for over 30 years, from architectural design, flooring sales and manufacturing, running a farm park, the family advertising agency, marketing, design and business consultancy. He works with companies both large and small and has played a role in building several successful multi-million pound companies in Kent, winning European awards on the way. He has the experience of employing over seventy staff across various companies,
As Regional Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Kent and Policy Chairman for SE England, he works with many of the key movers and shakers in the region and represents a business membership of 7000 companies in Kent and circa 39,000 across the southeast in what is the largest business representative organisation in the UK (217,000).
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Debasish is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Imperial College, London where he graduated with a Masters in Engineering (4 year course). Debasish also has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from London Business School, where his specialist subjects were Marketing and Information technology. He worked for 8 years (partly during University) for BICC Research & Engineering (the largest electrical cables manufacturer in the UK at the time), predominantly responsible for the internal marketing of factory automation within the plc.
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Dave has worked with senior executives from Abbot Pharmaceuticals, Cadbury's, IBM, Mercedes Benz and General Motors to hone their presentation design and delivery skills. He has also worked with staff at all levels in many SMEs to improve presentation design and delivery skills. They all benefit from experience gained over a professional career engaged in presentations to wide range of audiences.

Experience includes thousands of hours in the radio studio hosting news and current affairs programmes, music and phone‑in. He spent eight years broadcasting full time and now freelances around the BBC network.
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Reginald and Roger House met at University back in the early seventies and have worked together, initially in Germany and then in one way or another ever since. A creative marketing specialist and international trader, Reginald is based in Paris and is the link to both France and much of Europe where he has extensive business knowledge.
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Henrietta Rackham has a background in both public sector and agency work.  Specialist areas include brand management, engaging young people and project management.  A degree in Corporate Communications from Southampton University, 2 years working in the marketing and media environment and 8 years in the education sector. 

She loves the challenge of new, innovative and strategic ideas to grasp the interest of young people into education and entrepreneurial work.  For example she developed the idea and project managed one of the most exciting and interactive careers events ‘What’s Your Flava?’.  Some 10,000 students and 2000 parents visited this successful idea with a 91% satisfaction rate from attendees.   More recently she has been involved in consulting a large corporate brand for a media group devising a full corporate brand strategy.

She enjoys advising and consulting small and large corporates of strategic moves, updating corporate identities and general marketing activities. 

Victoria is a direct marketer with the experience and ability to compile effective product and service strategies.  Victoria offers a variety of strengths in the areas of building company awareness, increasing footfall, proven acquisition techniques, publicity and retaining custom.  She provides realistic marketing plans and presents direct marketing workshops in Portsmouth. 

After a brief spell in media advertising, Victoria spent seven years climbing the ladder of one of the largest event management, marketing and communication agencies in Europe.  Her clients spanned the UK, Europe and America and she delivered long term business improvement programmes to both the public and private sector around the world with great results. 

When Victoria turned 30 she resigned to fulfil a personal ambition of working for herself.  She formed an award winning, unique shoe business that she sold at the end of 2006 when she joined the Stafford Rhodes Group as a marketing consultant.

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