Our Team
Are Here To
Guide You
Experienced and franchise focused, The Business Clinic delivers the strategy, skills and support to grow and develop your business through successful franchising.
We are with you every step of the way, sharing your passion as you transform your business and embark on this exciting new journey of opportunities and profitability.
The Business Clinic’s teamwork alongside you as you map out your franchise journey and provide the support and expertise to make your vision a reality.
We give you an all-round independent perspective and share the experience and knowledge we have gained over two decades, developing robust franchise businesses in virtually every industry.
We help you to fully explore and create the specific franchise model that will work around your business. This is no one-size-fits all service.
And our journey with you doesn’t end there. Recruitment, training, marketing support and motivation are vital for franchise success. The Business Clinic can help you with all these and more.
David Nelson
Director and Co-Founder
“A life-time running my own businesses has given me a wealth of experience. Many successes and a few not successful moments, but I know which taught me more.” My best Business Clinic moment : “That has to be seeing The Business Clinic develop from an idea to reality and watching it grow.”
Areas of expertise : Business development, mentoring and coaching; franchising consultancy and Business Clinic programmes and workshops, including ‘Business DNA Health Check’, ‘MAP Business Development’ and the ‘Why? Workshop’.
About me : “I enjoy reading, good food, travel and keeping fit through running 10k races, but not always necessarily in that order.”
Helen Livesey
Director and Co-Founder
“I’ve always been in self-starting positions within a business and developed them before moving on. I understand how to process and develop an idea from the beginning and I thrive on multiple projects.”
My best Business Clinic moment : “The creation, launch and continuous development of The Business Clinic. It is rewarding to see business owners, employees and the businesses develop over time.”
Areas of expertise : Business development; mentoring and coaching and strategic consultancy work. Also, events management, including hosting of a range of Business Clinic workshops and programmes designed to help organisations grow and develop.
About me : “I like live music and the theatre, badminton, road biking, visiting Amsterdam and Thai cooking, and a nice white wine and a few lagers.”
James Miller
Franchise Specialist
My strongest skillset is building relationships with people on both sides of the franchise spectrum.
Providing reassuring information to potential franchisees during their franchise journey to provide them with all the information they need to make the right decision for them, as well as liaising with our brand clients to ensure we are providing a high level of service both in marketing and recruitment.
By drawing on my skills from previous roles outside of the business world, I can provide an empathetic approach to dealing with people to be able to offer them the right opportunity. I am learning the process of franchise ownership, this includes financial forecasts and the legalities of the franchise agreement.
My Most rewarding Business Clinic moment : The journey someone makes from enquiry to franchise purchase is something that I enjoy. Seeing them grow in to a successful franchisee and feeling like I was a part of that journey for both the franchisee and franchisor is very rewarding.
Areas of expertise : Building relationships and understanding what it is that individuals need.
Understanding of financial forecasts and being able to communicate these with individual.
Understanding and developing of the franchise agreement and working with all parties to achieve an agreement that all parties feel comfortable working with
About me : Professionally I have made a significant change into the business world and really enjoy the challenge of learning. I enjoy learning and feel the franchise sector is a growing sector with lots of opportunities for me to develop.
Personally I am family man foremost who enjoys making memories. I am a big follower of American football and follow my team through good times and bad. I attend games regularly and enjoy ‘Talkin’ Ball’ with anyone who will listen.
Leonie Grace Todd
Franchise Specialist
As a confident and passionate Franchise Specialist, I thrive on connecting with people and helping them achieve their business goals. I love being a part of their journey, it’s incredibly rewarding.
With a strong focus on building meaningful relationships, with both our clients and our prospective franchisees, I provide expert guidance to those exploring the exciting world of franchising. I believe the franchising journey only begins with a candidate through building trust.
My best Business Clinic moment: Being a part of someone’s journey, knowing that I had input in helping them to build their dream life through their own business and helping them achieve their goals.
About me: I am a natural health and wellness fanatic; I live a low tox life and what I put into my body is very important to me. I truly value the body’s innate ability to heal itself, when given the right conditions. I study naturopathic medicine alongside working in the franchise industry and look forward to helping people achieve their health goals in the near future!
Danielle Livesey
Franchise Specialist
As a franchise specialist in the Business Clinic, I assist with supporting our clients with any queries and deal with enquiries in a timely fashion. I have previous experience in customer service through the care sector and thoroughly enjoy helping people, no matter the situation. I find it very rewarding to be part of such a life-changing journey.
My previous experiences have equipped me with the skill sets required to handle situations in a calm and reassuring manner, ensuring people are well informed and have a clear understanding of the product, service or plans in place. The skills that I have gained, such as organising others, managing my workload, working under pressure, and handling multiple tasks, have proven very useful to my role in franchise recruitment.
My best Business Clinic moment: Joining The Business Clinic has been a new challenge for me, and I find the variety of work very enjoyable. It keeps every day different and interesting. I thrive on new challenges and am really excited about my future here.
About me: Outside of work, I enjoy travelling and the theatre. I also enjoy taking my two children for days out. I have a few interesting pets such as 2 frogs and a spider which spark joy in our household.
Patrycja Kogut
Administration Manager
I am a proactive, task-oriented person who enjoys overseeing a vast variety of projects from start to finish. I take pride in organisation and ensuring every assignment I oversee has structure and order to ensure efficiency, accuracy and above all to deliver a high-quality outcome for our clients, the business, and people who work within it.
My best Business Clinic moment: The continuous development and review of processes and systems in-house. It is important to me that all aspects are in line with the business needs.
Areas of expertise: I consider myself to be a highly organised and adaptable professional with extensive experience in administrative roles. I am known for my excellent organisational skills, ability to multitask, problem-solving capabilities, and attention to detail.
About me: I love photography, it is my passion. I really enjoy showcasing the way I see the world and people through my lens.
Rebecca Allam
Franchise Specialist
“I love being able to help businesses overcome challenges and watching them grow in confidence. Organisation and structure make me happy!”
My best Business Clinic moment : “Going to a meeting with a client to help them deliver a presentation to a room filled with people. When she came to The Business Clinic initially she was nervous and dreading having to do it. But on the day I got to see her confidently deliver the presentation we helped her build and practice. I was able to be there with her to provide support, both emotional and technical.”
Areas of expertise : Events management: including planning, project management, database creation and processing, presentation design and creation, advising on delivery and hosting.
About me : “I enjoy walking with my partner and our Chihuahuas at the beach and days out at the zoo.”
