Gavin Richardson
- Gavin Richardson

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- Number of businesses:
- 1
- Years in business:
- 2
- In business:
- Yes
- Mentor:
- Yes
- Mentee:
- Yes
- Strengths:
- Defining Moments
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I was working as an electrician and progressed through my career, until I became a Project manager, setting up a Newcastle business for a national contractor. The next natural stage for me was to create a successful business of my own, without the… read more
- Lifestyle Story
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Many hours have been put into making the business successful; from time to time this has been around the clock! But the growth, and the success, keeps the drive alive.… read more
- Mistake To Avoid
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Our biggest mistake was chasing work that we had a remote opportunity in securing, but in reality was never going to occur. When you’re starting out, go for jobs that you know you have a good chance in obtaining.… read more
- Secret
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Respect individuals for what they can offer, and try to get the best out of people and encourage their strengths. Always keep them motivated. And for yourself, make sure you have the drive and ability to keep pushing during darker times.… read more
- Challenge
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Getting clients to believe that you can deliver as a new business, is always a challenge. We have to make sure that we keep exceeding those expectations in every way possible.… read more
- Success
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Our biggest success lies within the team that has been created, both in skills and ability, and a will to push the business forward. Our anticipated growth in year two has been reached and even exceeded expectations.… read more
- Aspiration
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Our aspirations when we started was to set up the best local Mechanical and Electrical contracting company in the North East, and we saw ourselves progressing to setting up two further offices.… read more
- Support Story
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We looked at various grants and support systems including Sunderland’s small business grant, and Business Link have also provided great assistance to us.… read more