Coach business driving into a better future

Feb 12 2009 by Peter McCusker, The Journal

Business Link broker Richard Moffitt said: “My initial advice to Graham was to consider creating a website in order to reach more customers and to increase general marketing activity in order to promote the business to a wider audience.”

As a result of Business Link support, funding was secured from the North East England Investment Centre towards construction of a website, www.henrycoopercoaches.com, which is already having a positive impact on business.

Mr Greaves said: “The advice we received from Richard was excellent. He was very experienced and gave the company lots of fresh ideas.

“We have been brought into the 21st Century and there are a lot of companies in the North East that need to be here with us.

“During the downturn we need to improve our businesses and continue to train our people, so when things turn around we’ll be ready to hit the ground running. Business Link is there to help and I would recommend the service to anyone.

The services provided by Business Link are just part of the package of measures being offered to North East businesses in One North East’s Real Help For Business campaign, which is being supported by The Journal.

For more on Business Link visit www.businesslink.gov.uk/northeast  or telephone 0845 600-9006.