{"id":2,"date":"2025-05-31T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T09:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:17:29","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helping businesses grow through strategic insight and pragmatic solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a business consultant specialising in helping small and medium-sized enterprises succeed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can be a lonely place, founding or trying to grow a business, but I\u2019ve been there, and have learned some invaluable lessons along the way (including what NOT to do!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group feature has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-236ffaf5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I <a href=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/?page_id=36\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"36\">specialise<\/a> in areas including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"aos-fade-left\">Business strategy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"aos-fade-left\">Team recruitment and team-building, reward and retention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"aos-fade-left\">Growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"aos-fade-left\">Partnerships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"aos-fade-left\">Sales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"aos-fade-left\">Mentoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the best way to get a sense of the value I can bring is to hear <a href=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/?page_id=69\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"69\">feedback from some of the people I\u2019ve helped<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here\u2019s some of the words my current clients have used to describe me<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wordcloud_C.png 1720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full round\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AH600.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Holden\" class=\"wp-image-219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AH600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AH600-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AH600-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aos-fade-left is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-35f06ea7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stripeside.designseed.co.uk\/?page_id=51\">Ready to find out more? <strong>Contact Me<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping businesses grow through strategic insight and pragmatic solutions I am a business consultant specialising in helping small and medium-sized enterprises succeed.&nbsp; It can be a lonely place, founding or trying to grow a business, but I\u2019ve been there, and have learned some invaluable lessons along the way (including what NOT to do!) 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