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Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Bhavya Gogia: We don’t have any USP to start a digital marketing business, it just clicked when me and my husband revisited the entire digital cycle, since my husband is noted advertising photographer and his passion for technology is unparalleled, is something that caught my attention, we decided to merge our services of photography with digital marketing to get a competitive edge over our existing competitors. Market Study revealed that customers struggle to get over, good-cheap-fast formula and we added - quality with quantity to it. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Bhavya Gogia: Photography, Graphic Designing for print and digital, Advertising Design & Digital Media Marketing combined with Social Media Marketing. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Bhavya Gogia: Our Quality Photography Service comes in our Social Media Package as a freebie this is the most attractive reason. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Bhavya Gogia: Understanding of the power of Digital Marketing is still negligent in Indian market. Good Digital Marketeer - Technology is changing very rapidly hence makes it practically tough for a startup to match up the pace of the same. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Bhavya Gogia: · Commitment. · Delivery. · Consistency.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Jack Leigh: Eight Engines bring the production quality of television and films to the marketing world without breaking the bank. We were founded by Jack Leigh and Tim Baxter, both of whom represent a different aspect of our approach. Jack's background was working as an Assistant Director on some of the UK's biggest TV and Film projects, including Fast and Furious 6, Peaky Blinders, 71', Last Tango in Halifax and Get Santa. He brings a strong passion for storytelling to the team. Whereas Tim, a highly celebrated, BAFTA nominated Director of Photography brings a heavy focus on strong, cinematic visuals to the company. Eight Engines hold these two disciplines at the heart of everything we do. Our two BBC Dramas "Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster" and "Men Who Sleep in Cars" are some of the lowest budgets the BBC has ever given to an hour-long TV project, and yet, between them, they have been nominated for four Royal Television Society Awards and won three. "Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster" was listed in the top ten TV shows of 2015 by The Guardian, and The Observer described "Men Who Sleep in Cars" as 'a work of genius'. Tim and I met on a military base in Kenya, producing a series of films to training films for NGO staff in conflict zones. We quickly developed a great working relationship which has since involved working across award winning TV shows, filming some of the UKs biggest theatre shows and masses of marketing content. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Jack Leigh: We break the company down into three departments, broadcast, marketing and theatre. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Jack Leigh: Our background in television was producing high end content with limited budgets. We bring this experience across to the marketing world, ensuring everything we produce is broadcast quality without breaking the bank. Our clients include the likes of The Royal Shakespeare Company, Help for Heroes, Stagecoach, The Old Vic, The Rugby League World Cup, McCann, and The Good Life Festival. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Jack Leigh: For the last four years we have used the skills we learned producing low budget, high impact television to create show-stopping content for the business world. Our background in television was producing high end content with limited budgets. We bring this experience across to the marketing world, ensuring everything we produce is broadcast quality without breaking the bank. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Jack Leigh: Our background in television was producing high end content with limited budgets. We bring this experience across to the marketing world, ensuring everything we produce is broadcast quality without breaking the bank.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Abhishek Singh: A rapidly-growing integrated research based pharmaceutical company, Taj Pharma Group is an institution working indefatigably to discover, develop and distribute best quality pharma products to the needy and serve mankind with our devoted medical staff comprising highly quality professionals with a rich wealth of experience. In December 2006, I as CEO launched the first 90 generics in the pharma isolated market of Lebanon. In its first year these cost effective generics received more than 1 million patients who could not afford branded medicines in their own county. We are satisfied with company's current global exposure; highlights that it's very easy get investment in pharma company; however, if greedy investors are allowed on the board of noble pharma companies; the greed always leads to drug price manipulation and then even though a company may become large scale, but essential purpose and motto of mine from Taj Pharma may be defeated; i.e. "human kind shall not make money from/at the cost essential lifesaving medicines and access to medicine shall be basic human right". Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Abhishek Singh: We, Taj Pharma Group are quality oriented pharmaceutical company in India and Have a Product portfolio that covers all major therapy area, including Anti –infective, Nutritional Supplements, Gastrointestinal, Pain management, Cardiovascular & Diabetes, Dermatology, Urology and central Nervous System (CNS). Using world class manufacturing facilities at Gujarat, Maharashtra and Daman, Taj Pharmaceuticals is all set to meet the upcoming challenges in the field of healthcare. A highly qualified and devoted workforce has always been an asset to the company. All the departments are interlinked to each other by a latest management co-ordination system to synchronize the administrative, manufacturing, marketing and exporting process of the company. With the support of its distributors and doctors, Taj Pharmaceuticals is all set to achieve the goals.Taj Pharma is leading manufacturers and marketers of Pharmaceutical formulations and recognized in the market, due to our ability to manufacture, export and supply a diverse and qualitative range of Injectable, Tablets, Capsules, Soft Gelatin Capsules, Oral Liquid (Syrup & Suspension), Oral Dry Syrup, External Liquids, Ointments, Creams, Betalactum Products, General Products , Nutraceuticals, Soaps, Shampoo, Eye Drops, Ear Drops , Oral Sachets & Powders , External Powder And Veterinary Products. To formulate our pharmaceutical products we use hygienic ingredients that we have sourced from the authentic and reliable vendors of the market who hold rich expertise in this domain. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Abhishek Singh: A rapidly-growing integrated research based pharmaceutical company, Taj Pharma Group is an institution working indefatigably to discover, develop and distribute best quality pharma products to the needy and serve mankind with our devoted medical staff comprising highly quality professionals with a rich wealth of experience. Taj Pharmaceuticals is rapidly growing pharmaceutical formulations’ manufacturing, marketing and export oriented company. Manufacturing and marketing of quality pharmaceutical formulations affordable to the Indian masses and having global quality is the motto of Taj Pharma Group. Taj Pharmaceuticals has expanded its reach to virtually every corner of India by continuously adding new distributors and agents all over the nation for its pharmaceutical formulations. Still it is a constant Endeavour of Taj Pharmaceuticals to spread itself at the unrepresented areas through appointment of new distributors. Taj Pharmaceuticals spread their business at the unrepresented areas through appointment of new franchise / distributors / sole distributors / pcd franchise on monopoly basis. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Abhishek Singh: At the onset of our approach, is the vision to create something new and affordable generics, which is not an easy task in the market. This is what helps us grow our business rapidly and also helps patients. While technology, knowledge, and a desire to serve life sets us apart and drive us all to innovate. However, API and Bulk Drug Supply and dependence from China remains a big threat and we wish to become more self-reliant. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Abhishek Singh: All of this takes hard work, sharp execution, integrity and transparency on the part of Taj Pharmaceuticals Group colleagues. Taj Pharma global team is working to sustain and expand innovative new treatments. Taj Pharma India’re determined to do Taj Pharma part to increase access to better health care for all people. And, Taj Pharma India is focused on becoming the best in three key strategic areas: people, products and processes. Taj Pharma India’re beginning to see the results of Taj Pharma efforts, but believe the best is yet to come. The test of being a true champion is to never give up and to passionately strive for even better outcomes. From Taj Pharma perspective as a health care company, that means helping people around the world live better and live longer.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Deep Bhong: We provide visa assistance to our clients- Walk in, Travel Agents & Corporate. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Deep Bhong: Visa Services, Air Tickets Bookings, Travel Insurance. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Deep Bhong: International Market Demand. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Deep Bhong: Assistance and consultation Quality from each and every employee. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Deep Bhong: Focus on quality and core area of your business.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Bal Gill: After working as a barrister intermediary for a company in central London I suddenly found myself being made redundant. I loved my job and was unsure what to do as a next step. While searching for a new role, I realised I had the knowledge and motivation to go it alone, so I took the risk and set up my own legal consultancy business. Everyone’s business means a lot to them but it goes a lot deeper for me as I grew up with uncertainty. This isn’t something I wanted other families or my own children to experience and that is how Balfort Legal came about. Having the desire and drive to assist and ensure others are protected now and for the future. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Bal Gill: Our Estate Planning services including Wills, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney & Probate services. We are also working with another company to bring a new product on the market. This new product allows any client have access to private healthcare, estate planning, financial advice, conveyancing, family law and an online file cabinet to store documents. This also includes a 24-hour bereavement helpline. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Bal Gill: What makes Balfort Legal different and how the gap in the market is filled is because the consultants visit clients in the comfort of their home. They are not having to sit in offices when discussing personal information. Clients are also able to book appointments directly via the website with the consultant. Due to COVID-19 we are conducting telephone consultations and video calls. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Bal Gill: Like all start-up businesses, at first it's a challenging time to create company awareness and marketing effectively. You have to ensure your competitive within the industry as well as fulfil client expectations for repeat custom and recommendation. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and having to work remotely, we have implemented telephone consultations and video chats before the planned time to accommodate. This was a challenging time as we still had a duty to provide for our clients. We turned this over in 2 weeks though it wasn't something we had planned to do for another 6-9 months. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Bal Gill: Having a business plan, a strategy and ambition are key when starting a business. It helps you maintain business focus, defines your goals and the steps needed to achieve them. Marketing is the driving force for a business. With the use of social media and other marketing material, you must have a constant flow of leads that will keep you in the public eye. Revenue and creating sales is the key element to a business’s finance and success, but none of this is achievable without the hard work and dedication of the team within in company.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? David Cobbold: I didn't I was employed to take on the role of assisting with IT clientele and equipment installs. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? David Cobbold: IT support, Printer/Photocopier sales, maintenance contracts/repair, supplies. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? David Cobbold: A more personal service from a small team with large connections. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? David Cobbold: Competing in a market of larger companies. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? David Cobbold: Determination and strategic planning/marketing.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Paul Milroy: Guthrie and Craig (Training Services) Limited specialise in Health and Safety training, having delivered in house and face to face training prior to becoming a Health & Safety Consultant offering a wider spectrum of Health & Safety training was a natural progression. The idea of the online training platform, along with becoming a member of BNI, is to raise the profile of the business and over a wider range of services to new and existing clients. Guthrie and Craig was established in 1995, Guthrie & Craig is a Health, Safety, Environmental, Quality and Engineering Management Consultancy and Training Organisation. Based in the North East, we have worked all over the United Kingdom. We are a friendly and approachable Company, working within a wide range of Industries and Business Sectors. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Paul Milroy: We provide both face to face and remote health and safety consultancy, support and training. We can visit clients throughout the United Kingdom for face to face consultancy and training, our accredited online training is available globally. Our line training covers, Health & Safety, Business Skills and Health & Social Care. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Paul Milroy: We are complete package and each client is allocated a dedicated consultant, however we have the flexibility within the team to provide cover where required, this give us the flexibility to offer fluctuation in demand, our online training, is interactive, easy to use and packages can be structured to meet the needs of any size of business. We have 40 years of combined Health & Safety experience and our online training is are approved by external organisations Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Paul Milroy: Marketing and building the brand outside of our existing client base and immediate referral network. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Paul Milroy: Reputation, as an organisation we have grown through word of mouth recommendations, BNI is helping us grow through referral marketing, the education available through BNI-U has been provided a lot of underpinning knowledge to support us in structured growth, which is another important factor in business success. Setting achievable goals and diversifying within your sector, in a way that have with online training, we had opportunities to launch the platform in the past, but we waited until the time was right for the business, which is proving to be the right decision.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Simon Hall: Legacy Planning wasn't something that was on the top of my career preferences, however some external changes that I had experienced within my previous business made it difficult for me to continue so I had to reconsider my options. Having the majority of m y career based on people facing roles, Legacy Planning was a perfect way to utilise my skill set and career experience. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Simon Hall: The majority of my work is around Wills, 54% of the adult population in England and Wales don't have one. Furthermore I also cover Lasting Powers of Attorney, Trusts, Funeral Plans and Landlord Planning. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Simon Hall: I strongly believe that I have the ability to connect with people from all different backgrounds, cultures, ages etc. It is a personal experience where I endeavour to put the client at ease and enable them to discuss a very sensitive subject openly. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Simon Hall: I wouldn't necessarily say that I face direct struggles and challenges. It's understandable that not everyone will wish to use my services, I'm not here for them, I'm here for those who have the need and wish to take professional advice. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Simon Hall: Commitment, belief, patience and a plan.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Gurpreet Singh & Supreet Bhalla: I was just an ordinary married woman. I used to work 24*7 because I was a home maker with no weekly offs and no salary (laughs). I always used to observe my husband working hard and often getting stressed. One fine day on our dinner table my husband laughed and said “Why can’t we have some easy solutions to fight stress in our day to day life?” That was the turning point when we actually conceived the idea of The Catmint. We asked ourselves, what if a face wash is made that not only makes you beautiful but also improves your emotional well-being. I mean what’s easier than washing you face? Initially, the idea took a lot of time to start off as it was difficult to arrange finances and an enthusiastic team which was like minded and would believe in this idea. Post that it was a year’s hard work that led us into developing 3 products that incorporated our idea of “Beauty with Emotional Wellness”. This is how “The Catmint” was born. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Gurpreet Singh & Supreet Bhalla: Presently, we are offering 3 products- · Dead Sea Conditioning Shampoo. · Snowflakes Body Lotion. · Dragon fruit Face Wash. Our products are available on our stand-alone website and also on Amazon. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Gurpreet Singh & Supreet Bhalla: We are India’s 1st Cosmetics brand that converge Beauty with Emotional Wellness. Being a 1st of its kind product range, we have ideally no competition. You might find a lot of cosmetics brands but our products are unique and innovative. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Gurpreet Singh & Supreet Bhalla: A business is full of challenges all day whether it be ours or anybody else’s with no exceptions. Same was the case and is the case with us. The biggest challenge we faced was how to convert the whole idea and concept of The Catmint into real life usable products. But they say, the biggest challenges turn into biggest success. If the challenge is not big enough, which means anybody can do it and you are no different. But after we faced our biggest challenge with courage, we found our biggest success – The catmint. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Gurpreet Singh & Supreet Bhalla: A successful business is no thumb rule. There are hundreds of factors involved in success or failure of any business which might or might not affect them. Let’s face this, I am not a business expert. But what we personally believe is that a founder should always work with ethics because our customers are not just customers, they are ones who trust us when the buy something from us. We should never break that trust. It’s the bond and connect between our customers and us that is for utmost importance to me. I try to provide best value proposition to my customers in terms of emotions and connections rather than sales figures, alluring discounts, profits etc.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Mark Wisdom: We can help you through the property purchase or remortgage process from start to finish, giving you more than just a great mortgage product, but also someone independent from the rest of the process that will give you honest advice and help all the way through. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Mark Wisdom: The list is long as we pride ourselves in checking every available option prior to making our recommendations. To name but a few- Residential mortgage, Product Transfers, Porting, Further Advances, Buy To Let, Let To Buy, Second Charges and later life lending (RIO & Equity Release). Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Mark Wisdom: Every one of my customers is guaranteed to receive plain speaking advice, saving you time and money and I am fully accountable for my advice under the FCA giving you peace of mind. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Mark Wisdom: As the impacts of COVID19 continue, not only impacting on peoples income but also lenders ever changing requirements that a person has to meet to be accepted it is understandable why the appetite to review your finances or look to move may be diminished. That said, we have invested heavily in getting hourly updates from all lenders, using large database that can help locate the right lender in real time based on a person’s individual circumstances. Those that have spoken to us over the last 8 weeks have been surprised by just how easy we have made changing mortgage and the money we have saved them at this difficult time. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Mark Wisdom: A business has to be credible and place client journey at the heart of its process. In a market where clients can shop around and read reviews of business's far more easily than in the past, getting this wrong will often deter a client making contact with your firm regardless of how good you may be.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Jen Harrison: It was started from the hospital bed. After becoming incredibly allergic to the previous business that I had this business was born and I have never ever looked back. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Jen Harrison: We provide everything for the client from the building to the interior design to bespoke projects we create a home and we create the most beautiful structural properties for the domestic and retail sector. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Jen Harrison: We not only listen to what the client requires we also offer a multitude of our other options perhaps they had possibly not even thought about we create amazing places for people to live and we create superb structural properties for people in business. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Jen Harrison: Currently we Are dealing with problems in construction concerning coronavirus however another part of our business has grown phenomenally because of this so we have had to diversify and broaden our wings immensely but this has actually brought new clients our away Other problems we face are other companies supplying un-skilled trades people and undercutting budgets However we believe in providing a high skilled trades team to deliver the best possible outcome for any client. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Jen Harrison: Great communication, An incredibly skilled team and The Ability to listen.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Kerry Davison: My business is made up of various levels of service that clients can opt in or out of to suit their requirements and budget. More and more of us are choosing to renovate rather than relocate and my 3D virtual tours can help you to visualise your plans and make changes at design stage. I started my own business to fit in with family life and having been a CAD Design Engineer for over 15 years, this gave me a great additional service to offer my clients. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Kerry Davison: We offer a tiered range of services which are all optional starting with Mood Boards/Initial Design Ideas including all featured product information, then we can go out to tender for comparison prices for all trades required. For larger projects or layout changes the 3D drawings and virtual tour videos help with furniture placement and layout. There is also a full Project Coordination option for people who are unable to manage their own build / project. New services added include a property staging service whereby my team of trades’ people will transform a property for a quick sale or to bring it up to date. Also we have a seasonal Christmas Tree dressing service. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Kerry Davison: My services are flexible, cost effective and you can decide which of the services you wish to take up. It’s a one stop shop for all aspects relating to renovation and design. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Kerry Davison: Trying to juggle my business and motherhood can be quite demanding. I am very fortunate to have a fantastic family support system in place and can plan my work days in accordance with my childcare requirements. During the current lockdown conditions I have found that the referral networking group I belong to have been a huge support to both myself and my business. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Kerry Davison: Honesty, Integrity, Hard Work and having the right team behind you.