Local business collaboration proves successful:

West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber members unite to empower regional businesses

Following a highly successful collaborative effort, three members of the West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber, Rhian Anstey, Director of insight6, Rachel Lamsley, Director of EvansLamsley, and Rhianne Wray, Director of Type on Data, have successfully orchestrated an event aimed at elevating local business operations.

The trio, recognising the value of a cohesive customer journey, efficient people management, and streamlined systems processes, joined forces to host an enlightening event designed to empower businesses across the region.

Rhian Anstey, reflecting on the collaborative endeavour, noted, “The Chamber networking events played a crucial role in bringing the three of us together to create this event. Our collective experience and dedication to excellence have truly amplified our impact.”

The event, held on February 20th in Chester Town Hall, served as a dynamic platform for networking and knowledge-sharing. Attendees were treated to interactive sessions, shared insights and practical workshops, all geared toward addressing common challenges and exploring innovative solutions.

Rachel Lamsley emphasised the importance of collaboration, stating, “Our event aim was to cultivate an environment where businesses can draw from each other’s insights and experiences, fostering growth and success.”

Rhianne Wray echoed this sentiment, adding, “By leveraging our combined expertise and resources, we are confident in our ability to make a meaningful difference within the local business community and plan to do more of these events in the future.”

The event attracted business owners, managers, and professionals eager to enhance their operations and drive growth. Rhian shared the importance of feedback to improve the customer experience, Rachel showcased how to create high performing teams and Rhianne focused on utilising systems to streamline processes. The feedback for the event has been positive with delegates saying how useful the morning was to take some time out to work on their business instead of in it.

An overview of yourself and your current role.

I’m the founder of Equicantis Ltd which is a SaaS (Subscription as a Service) platform aimed at animal physical therapists i.e. equine and canine physiotherapists, chiropractors, massage therapists and osteopaths.

I’m an Equine Musculoskeletal Therapist myself so Equicantis was born out of my own frustrations as an animal therapist. I wanted to be able to send professional exercise plans to my clients to help them with their animal’s rehab but there was nothing on the market. So, I teamed up with Chester-based Titan Webtech Ltd to solve the problem. We now have an exercise library of over 300 equine and canine exercise videos and subscribers from 11 countries meaning therapists can send detailed plans to their clients.

We are just launching Version 2.0 which is very exciting and will integrate a business management platform, with features such as appointments, treatment reports with anatomical diagrams and onboarding forms, with the current exercise prescription so animal therapists can run all aspects of their business online.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

Knowing that I am providing a much-needed solution to the animal physical therapy industry which I’ve been a part of for 14 years. I love listening to fellow therapists and discovering what they need and coming up with a solution. I really enjoy the mix in my working week too as I spend half my week in the office on Equicantis and the other half out and about around Cheshire and north east Wales treating horses. I won’t lie though, I do prefer being in the office when the weather is awful but I don’t get much choice in that!