Biography
Andy’s first business was Bin Clean in 1991, he was 20, it was a service offering wheelie bin cleaning.
He borrowed a thousand pounds to buy a van and cleaning equipment, then followed multiple leaflet drops and door to door sales visits.
He sold the business after two years for £40,000, he sold largely because he couldn’t afford new equipment and the bank were unwilling to help he was left with little option but to sell.
Then at 23 he became the founder member and Managing Director of Inkfish Call Centres Ltd. Started with a £25,000 Business Angel investment, Andy steered the company from its inception to a £26.4million turnover in just seven years.
When the company was sold to Domestic and General Group Plc in 2001, Andy remained with Inkfish, and was promoted to the Group Plc Board in 2003, where he was responsible for contact centres within the group. In June 2004 Andrew decided it was time for a new challenge. Already an investor in Powwownow, he saw the opportunity to join the team and help the company move into its next phase of growth. Powwownow turnover is expected to be £9m for this year.
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Serial Entrepreneur, Creating and Building three highly successful profitable businesses, through the selection of the best people in the industry, and working with them, in order that they achieve their personal goals and the ambitions of the Company. I have been privileged to work with some of the most amazing people, and for that I’m forever thankful. More recently setting up and running an incubator company to help small start-ups with mentoring, funding and strategic input through the early and mid-stages of the company’s growth.
Specialities
Conceptualization of new business ideas, Brand Building, Sales and Marketing Strategy
July 2004 – Present (5 years 11 months)
Co-Founder and CEO of Via-Vox ltd, the holding company for the following Brands:-
Powwownow, Europes Largest Provider of Free Conference Calls
Allconferencecalls, worldwide unlimited conference calls for a fixed monthly fee
All-Call, Small Conference call provider to SME’s
EasyTZ worldwide conference call scheduler and timezone organiser
GoBeyondVoice, voicemail solutions for large organisations
Director at Domestic and General Group plc
July 2001 – July 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Group Board Director, responsible for Contact Centres throughout the Domestic and General group which included Inkfish Call Centres, which was purchased by Domestic and General in July 2001
CEO at Inkfish call centres ltd
Founder and CEO, growing the Business from 0 – 2,500 employees, delivering high quality Contact centre outsourcing for clients such as, O2, SKY, Renault, Tracker, British Airways, AIG, Post Office, Zurich. The Business was sold to Domestic and General Group PLC in July 2001.
