Best of Bolton

Faz Patel, the owner of thebestofbolton & Beyond The Bold, born and raised in Gloucester. Faz moved to Bolton in 2010 when she got married.

Faz was always interested in technology and computers from a young age. Fortunately, her career then took the same path and she worked as a contractor in various roles ranging from the NHS to blue chip companies. Once she relocated to Bolton, Faz began working with a charity where she accidentally fell into the role of a marketing & creative manager

Faz learnt a lot in the role and thoroughly loved what she was doing. From creating artwork with a team of designers to planning and executing a huge family fun day event where a total of £75k was raised for the charity, helping those who were most in need.

It was after the success of the charity events that Faz decided to set up her own business, producing design and marketing assets to improve growth for local businesses and charities.

In September 2018 the opportunity arose to acquire Thebestofbolton. It was an amazing opportunity and complimented the work Faz was already undertaking for her clients. Faz admits it hasn’t been an easy ride taking over such a huge and well-established business, but it’s also been a great experience. Along the way, she has met some amazing people and formed some great relationships.

Thebestofbolton is all about championing Bolton businesses by improving their marketing and providing access to networking and business growth opportunities. Since Covid-19, the businesses model has slightly changed from just being a directory of businesses to becoming a support network to businesses.

Offering support and expertise in how to do marketing the correct way and in turn advising businesses how to grow their business, Faz has been working with a wide range of clients ensuring they not only survive, but thrive in these difficult times.

At the end of Dec 2021, Faz presented awards to multiple Businesses and charities, who survived and thrived throughout the Pandemic, and hard work in the community.

Faz is a certified marketing coach, and owner of Beyond The Bold, a marketing agency with a difference, Beyond The Bold offer a number of packages including a 1-1 coaching service where Faz works with businesses by teaching them the right marketing tools and tactics to use and holding them accountable and instilling responsibility.

As well as this Beyond The Bold also provide a full ‘donefor- you’ marketing service for the business owners who either don’t have the time to do it themselves or those who are simply too busy with the main day-to-day grind.

As well as the marketing side of the business, Faz also hosts business networking events and business shows.

“A big part of growing and marketing your business comes from networking and building relationships. I encourage all my clients to work on building relationships through networking, and not to puke out sales talk. That’s not how business is conducted. Building relationships takes time, and instead of trying to be a pushy sales person I believe It’s more important to be a helpful, useful person and show Your true value to your prospective clients”

Faz and her team have some exciting plans for 2022. “2022 is going to be exciting and our best year yet I believe, we have seen some tremendous growth over the last 18 months and we anticipate this to grow even more. My mission is to help as many business owners as possible and make a difference. I will be putting on various workshops, networking events and we have doubled the size of our business expo for this year! It’s going to be great. I am genuinely excited and looking forward to the future.”

Faz wanted to end the article with some special words:

“I would like to give a huge thank you to my family for always supporting and inspiring me to do more. The love and support of my parents and husband have given me a drive to be a success since I started my business. My Father had his own pharmacy and retired at an early age of 43, him and my mother worked very hard to provide myself and my sisters with a great upbringing which gave us the perfect foundation to build my career on. So once again a HUGE thank you for all you have given us.” You can contact Faz in multiple ways: 01204 382785 bolton@thebestofbolton.co.uk faz@beyondthebold.co.uk www.beyondthebold.co.uk