Martin Coats

These include the Manufacturing Advisory Service East Midlands, two East Midlands High Growth programmes, the West Midlands High Growth programme and various ERDF projects . Martin has also been responsible for delivering business support programmes in the East of England and the South East including Supply London, Supply Peterborough, EEDA LEEP and as subcontract deliverer of a Supplier Development programme in London.

 Through Martin’s successful stewardship, MAS has provided a return of £32 for every £1 spent while businesses participating on High Growth programmes have grown by in excess of £220,000.

Martin also has the experience of starting, owning and growing an SME in the recruitment industry. This specialist recruitment company recruited sales professionals to the FMCG, Medical and Business Service sectors. The business had a many successes in developing partnerships with a number of FTSE 250 and Fortune 500 companies as well as high growth SMEs.