About Support2business

Support2business Ltd is designed to meet the needs of SME companies seeking funding. There are many good companies who are unable to achieve their full potential because they are unable to raise funding. Any company needing funding will usually only do it once, or at best infrequently, whilst for Support2business Ltd it is our business and we achieve many fund raising successes per year - see our Case studies.

We are not sector specific and have succeeded across a wide range of sectors and business types. We have raised funds from as low as £50,000 to £10 million.

Our basic philosophy marks us out from competitors in that we prefer to use financial vehicles other than Equity to assist Clients, Equity can be considered later in the process as a means of spreading the risk and locking in some of the profits, rather than a means of creating early stage capital.

The Support2business team

Director

Bob Watson
A Chartered Engineer, who has also run large Companies, and set up his own successful small ones, Bob brings a breadth and depth of experience to any fund raising exercise.

Business Development Director

Linda Eziquiel
Master Degree in Business Administration (MBA), over fifteen years senior management experience, managing large scale, government and EU funded, economic regeneration programmes, developing strategic and operational frameworks, conducting public sector performance and equalities reviews.

Regional Directors

Gerard Artindale, East Anglia FCA
Chartered Accountant. Finance Director of variety of companies from SMEs to quoted plc (Fortnum & Mason).

Mike Arnold South West & South Wales
Thirty years’ experience in start-up, funding, growth, flotation and as general manager and CEO, nationally and globally. Seasoned board member & chairman. German and French speaker.

Gerard King, North West, East and Scotland
Proven success in identifying and exploiting new business opportunities, formulating business plans and strategies and managing major businesses, including international business.

John Harrington, London South & South East
In depth business operations experience gained from Corporate to SME. Held 2 Executive Director positions and currently holds Company Secretary Posts.

David Robinson, London & Home Counties North
Chartered Accountant. Experienced Finance Director in the Technology sector including LSE flotation, Venture Capital and Bank fund-raising skilled in maximizing owner/shareholder exit.

Stewart Park, Midlands FCA
An FCMA with an honours economics degree, Stewart possesses excellent financial skills, with a proven track record of financial management and securing funding.

David Saul, Thames Valley
David has particular experience in helping companies focus on their vision and strategy, ensuring they have the basics right prior to funded expansion.

Paul Clark, Central South
Paul is a former banker who has over 20 years experience at executive level for NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland both here and in the USA. He has a successful track record of providing funding for businesses of all sizes as well as leading significant strategic development and profit improvement programmes.

Public, Private and Self ownership Director

Steven Wright has a background in taking products to market, market leadership, and growth - all of which require funding.

Grants Directors

John Vessey Ph.D. - Consultant
Grants specialist obtaining grants as a funding component, to finance projects and to facilitate start-ups.

Mike Smythe B.Sc. Eng; MBA
Specialising in acquiring Grant Funding from UK and EU agencies

Support2business Limited
Registered in England and Wales no: 04312214 VAT Reg. No. 789 3788 42
Registered office: 17 Woodhill Avenue, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 8DP.