Sell Business Broker - Motivational Speaker - Mark Mills

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If you are female non executive director and looking to increase your income as a non executive director, visit Violet, the website dedicated to non executive director roles. You can also call Mark Mills for details on 020 3535 8080

About Mark Mills

Whilst William and Kate visit Canada, Natural Born Entrepreneur, Business Broker and Motivational Speaker, Mark Mills, is considered, after Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, one of the UK's best motivational speakers.

Mark is booked to speak in Miami, US in November 2011 at the International Group of Accountants (IGAF Polaris) worldwide convention.

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Entrepreneur Mark Mills founded Cardpoint plc in 1999 and an offer was made for Cardpoint plc valuing it at £170m in 2006, by which time its annual revenues had soared to £98.2m with profit for the year ending September 2006 of £19.8m. Cardpoint was subsequently merged with Alphyra to become Payzone and now belongs to Duke Street Capital.

During Mark's tenure as CEO at Cardpoint plc, alongside becoming a motivational speaker, he developed Dutch and German businesses, acquired part of Halifax Bank of Scotland for £49m and was a key participant in a UK Treasury Select Committee. Mark's largest acquisition to date is Moneybox plc for £90m.

Mark's aspirations

Mark is currently fund raising as Non-Executive Chairman of Genwat Services Limited (renewable energy from waste) and is actively seeking a large Private Equity type deal to invest into and operate, in addition to his other activities.

International Business Speaker

Book Mark as your Motivational Business Speaker if you want to hear a public speaker give you a humorous speech outlining how to stay motivated in the face of adversity. You will hear the story of how Mark sat in a New York Starbucks every day for a week and convinced himself that coffee houses would never take off in the UK because we’re a nation of tea drinkers. His self deprecating style has been enjoyed by thousands of delegates and could help you to transform your business. Mark's international business speaker website can be found by clicking British Motivational Speaker in New York.

Mark has been a public speaker at business events for Ernst and Young many times, the Institute of Directors, Merrill Lynch, Manchester Business School, the Academy of Chief Executives, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Cazenove, Coutts, the Queen's Bankers and many SMEs.

Natural Born Entrepreneur

Mark has held many Board of Director roles during his previous businesses and since leaving Cardpoint in December 2006, is a business and motivational speaker in the UK, US and Europe and serial non executive director with a new, humorous, book called Natural Born Entrpreneur outlining Mark's Ten Rules for Success.

During 2007, Mark also launched a property company Bungalow to Rent which offers high quality residential rental accommodation to discerning tenants. Further, spotting an opportunity to serve people who may be disabled, Mark has now acquired a plot of land to build 12 disabled bungalows during 2012 and these can be reserved by visiting his website Disabled Bungalows to Rent.

Between March 2008 and August 2011, Mark was Chairman of Halsall Toys International ("HTI") based in the UK and Hong Kong. HTI achieved sales to March 2011 of $114m and achieved record profit. HTI also incorporates Pagoda Outdoor Furniture the UK's leading supplier of quality garden furniture. In marking Mark Mills' departure as Chairman of HTI, CEO John Hutt said "Mark's work with me and the Board over three and a half years has been invaluable and he demonstrated everything we had looked for in a Non-Executive Chairman."

In late 2008, Mark launched renewable energy company Genwat Services Limited which aims to be the first company in the UK to build a new plant to produce energy from waste. Mark's renewable energy venture Genwat - Energy From Waste can be found on Twitter and you can twitter with Mark at Twitter - Energy From Waste Mark is non executive Chairman of Genwat Services Limited.

In 2009, Mark launched Director Skills to help Directors better understand how to operate their companies, the Board Room and Board Meetings to increase long term profitability.

In 2009, Mark formalised another of his websites Non Executive Director UK for companies seeking a cost-effective non executive director to help drive business and increase profitability. Owing to the popularity of this website, Mark urgently needs skilled non executive directors seeking new roles and anybody interested should call Mark in London on 020 3535 8080 to discuss enrolment and the current opportunities.

In January 2010, owing to the success of Mark's inspirational speaker career, he launched a seperate website to handle bookings called Corporate Speaker

From April 1st 2010, Mark became Chairman of Hurst Accountants in London and Manchester. Hurst is the 70th biggest Accountant in the UK by revenue and in the top 1% overall. Mark commented "Hurst is a dynamic, growing and credible Accountancy Partnership and I am delighted to join as Chairman. I look forward to meeting as many clients as possible and to helping drive business forward." Hurst announced record results in its 25 year history in its financial year to March 2011.

In June 2010, Mark added Tactical Solutions to his portfolio, as Chairman. Tactical Solutions is a Field Sales agency dedicated to delivering unrivalled results and return on investment for its clients and Mark has joined the Board to assist with strategy. Tactical Solutions is currently recruiting due to expansion and seeks great people to train them to be the best in their field, by creating a challenging and fun environment to work in and offering fully-employed, permanent positions with a great reward and incentives package. See Tactical Solutions's website for further details Tactical Solutions Recruitment page

Sell Business Broker

Following Mark Mills’s appointment to the Board of Tactical Solutions in June 2010 as Strategic Director, a review of the business and options for it was undertaken, culminating in the sale of the company to St Ives PLC 9th February 2011.

Commenting on the acquisition by St Ives PLC of Tactical Solutions UK Limited, Mark Mills, who had become Chairman, said “It’s a great achievement for the management team, Lorna Davidson, David Bryant and Geoffrey Faulkner to find a buyer of the quality and calibre of St Ives PLC, which is fully listed on the London Stock Exchange. Achieving £29m as the headline price was a great deal for both parties”

The Management team remains in place for an earn-out period and Tactical Solutions will operate as a subsidiary of St Ives PLC.

Commenting on Mark Mills’s role, Chief Executive, Lorna Davidson said “Mark Mills brought great clarity to the Board and our strategic thinking. We began to realise that our ten years of hard work could be fully rewarded and that we could partner with a quality, large PLC such as St Ives. Mark was great at bringing the deal together and seeing it through to a mutually successful conclusion”

If you are looking to groom and sell your business and maximise the value, call Mark Mills, Business Broker today on London 020 3535 8080

Violet Recruitment of Women Board Members and Female Non Executive Directors

In March 2011, owing to the inclination of progressive companies to appoint female non executive directors, Mark launched his new company to link companies to non executive directors Violet Recruitment. You can follow progress at Violet on Twitter - VioletNonExec - Women Board Members and following an article in the Sunday Times, more potential Non Executive Directors are required to fill roles which have been made available.

In July 2011, Mark Mills was appointed as Chairman of Garside and Laycock Group in Preston. Mark commented "It's a real honour to be asked to help to drive an already successful business which has been in operation at the top of its industry for 31 years." Paul Garside, CEO, added "Mark has been appointed to help us review our strategic options after a period of solid growth and increased revenues through new Framework agreements secured from the Ministry of Justice, BT and the renewal of long-term agreements with Royal Mail". The website can be viewed at Garside and Laycock

Contact Mark Mills today direct on 01772 688980 or 020 3535 8080 for an informal chat.

Mark can help to motivate your staff to greater profitability or to discuss how he might help specifically help you to increase profits.

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