New business supports local SMEs

Martin has opened the Cambridge office of The Alternative Board (TAB), a national business that harnesses the power of the peer advisory boards to help privately owned SMEs improve their businesses in ways that achieve their broader personal goals. TAB is seeking to partner with business owners in Cambridge, Saffron Walden, Haverhill and surrounding areas. Martin’s career spans 30 years in senior leadership positions in investment banking across the UK and Asia, including HSBC. He has worked with businesses of all sizes to positively impact everything from revenue and operational efficiency to employee engagement and culture. Martin qualified as an executive coach in 2020, going on to study for a master’s degree in coaching for behavioural change. Martin’s new company sees him combine his extensive business experience with a passion for developing people, businesses, and communities.

“What I love about TAB is that allows likeminded business owners to experience the power of peer support. Running a business is hard, especially when you are doing it alone. By joining one of our peer advisory boards, you can work through business ideas and issues with fellow (non-competing) business owners who have lived what you are living. As a result, you’ll gain new perspectives on your biggest opportunities and challenges, receive constructive feedback and impartial advice, and get a supportive group of accountability partners. TAB members across the UK are making better decisions and taking more purposeful action with peer support, backed by regular 1-2-1 coaching.” TAB is the world’s largest franchise provider of peer advisory boards and business coaching to business owners, hosting over 500 peer boards a month comprising thousands of cross-sector companies with gross revenues totalling close to £30bn.