How does your business grow?

20 years helping owners, managers and entrepreneurs

The practicalities and pitfalls of starting and growing a small business are an exciting challenge, as individual in each case as the owner, market and idea.

With over 20 years experience as a trainer, consultant and entrepreneur, Joy's help is pragmatic, down to earth and attuned to each client.

Specialising in startups, Joy has shared her knowledge with business owners since the 80's. Involved at that time with the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, she has successfully helped hundreds of SME's to get up and running. She continues to run various business skills seminars and acts as a Business Adviser mentoring on a one-to-one basis as an associate for several Business Support organisations both private & public sector.

Joy is particularly enthusiastic about encouraging women entrepreneurs, and would-be entrepreneurs in the service sector, particularly manual trades, leisure, beauty therapy, complimentary health practitioners and craft enterprises ( more information  ).

For her corporate clients she present courses on topics such as Assertiveness, Customer Care, Time Management and Stress Management.

During her 20 years as a trainer and consultant, Joy has successfully road-tested her own advice, having owned, managed and exited both a Complimentary Health Centre and an Antiques and Craft Fairs organisation.

She holds a D32/33 in Business Administration and holds the QED &SFEDI (Small Firms Enterprise Initiative) qualifications.

Joy is an associate adviser for a number of business support organisations.

Testimonials

"I first met Joy when I attended a "starting your own business seminar". She was inspiring and challenged all my preconceived ideas about where I was up to with my business plan. Joy has been my business mentor for a year and has helped me with every aspect of getting my maternity wear business off the ground. Joy has kept me focused at times when I have become side-tracked and motivated at times when I have felt despondent. Her business acumen, perception and incredible network of contacts have been invaluable to me. Without Joy I truly believe that I would have given up on my business idea along time ago."

"I met Joy in my second year of business, at a time where I was facing a recurring set of challenges. Joy very quickly identified these across a diverse range of disciplines such as assertivess, time management, market positioning and cash flow projections.

"Working together, with Joy as my mentor for a year, I accomplished my most profitable year to date. Through improvements in each area, and some very positive goal-setting, I achieved more than I had thought possible.

"Although these might sound like the buzz words of any management consultancy, what endeared Joy to me most was her very humourous, down-to-earth and pragmatic approach, which gave me the insight and perspective I needed to tackle previously daunting opportunities and situations with confidence and clarity."

"The series of meetings we've had with Joy Chopp as our business advisor have been invaluable. Joy is an experienced advisor with a breadth of business knowlege. We've had her input on many aspects of developing our business, from legal requirements, financial considerations, marketing, web-site, publicity materials, networking and day-to-day procedures. In our second year, Joy has guided us through our business expansion. She has a very 'real' approach, which is practical, down-to-earth and tailor-made. Its great to have an objective viewpoint, a different perspective, affirmation, clarification and encouragement. Thanks Joy!"