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The Alternative Board Gloucestershire South

Improve your business and change your life with The Alternative Board

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Tackle your greatest opportunities and challenges in collaboration with others.

The journey of owning and growing a business is one of the most rewarding and challenging anyone can experience. Like any journey, it is one that is best shared. Imagine doing that, in confidence, with a peer group of experienced business owners to share challenges and insights, to hold each other accountable, and to celebrate achievements.

This is the power of The Alternative Board (TAB).

Simon Wilson leads the Gloucestershire TAB advisory boards and is passionate about using his 30 years of business and leadership experience to help business owners thrive. Book a call to discuss your needs and how TAB can make a difference.

Discover the benefits of advice from others like you

Start with you

Focus on what you want in life and how your business can help get you there.

Increase profitability

Be held accountable to meet your business targets.

Improve decisions

Take control of your decisions through peer support and proven planning tools.

Make better time choices

Spend your time well by utilising the experience of others.

Become a better leader

Motivate your people with the guidance of peers and an expert coach.

Plan a successful exit

Get the best result for you with tailored, hands-on support.

Real Stories from Real Business Owners

Scaling Up with Confidence: George Goss’s Business Journey with TAB
by George Goss

Discover how George Goss grew his business 2.5x and built a stronger team with the support of The Alternative Board (TAB) and peer advisory insights.
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Scoring Big: How Blueblood Transformed Their Business Game with TAB
by Dale Harris and Ben Cook

Discover how Dale Harris and Ben Cook transformed their business with TAB's support, boosting profitability and streamlining operations.
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Strategic Innovation & Mentorship | Dev4 Online Success Story
by Gail Henderson

Learn how Gail Henderson overcame uncertainty with strategic innovation and mentorship with TAB. 
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Since Joining TAB...

68%

of members said their turnover increased

91%

of members said their ability to address people or organisational issues improved

87%

of members said their leadership skills improved

81%

agree they get great value from their TAB Board

See full 2024 Member Survey Results here

Your Gloucestershire South Facilitator

Simon Wilson

Simon Wilson

07826 510670
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"I believe aligning business success with a purpose beyond profit not only fosters collaboration but also creates thriving organisations, enabling individuals to live life in all its fullness. With 30 years of experience spanning client-facing and leadership roles in Finance and Technology - from global corporations to start-ups - I now focus on supporting SME owners and leaders in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds.

Throughout my career, I have led B2B organisations of up to 100 people and £15m in revenue, successfully navigating early-stage growth, turnaround situations, and raising investment. My expertise lies in crafting and executing go-to-market growth strategies, building cohesive teams with shared purpose and values, and helping businesses achieve sustainable success. A strategic thinker with a pragmatic approach, I work with business leaders to identify the right actions at the right time and in the right way.

Beyond my professional work, I am deeply committed to the community. I serve as a director of a local non-profit that provides housing and support to homeless men, helping them rebuild independent lives. I am also an active member of Cirencester Baptist Church. Outside work, I enjoy cycling through the South Cotswolds and Stroud’s Five Valleys or heading to Villa Park to cheer on ‘the Villa’.

I'd love to connect if you’re a business owner or leading a charity and seeking clarity, direction, or support to grow and overcome challenges. Let’s explore how I can help you and your business thrive."

Start your TAB journey

Get in touch with Simon using the forms on this page.

He will contact you to arrange an introductory meeting.

 Chat about whether TAB is right for you and your business.

Attend your first TAB board meeting and experience the power of peer support.

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What our members say...

Having a Peer Board is an amazing asset to me. It’s a safe and supportive environment where you get the support of other business owners who are committed to your success. It’s allowing me to be candid and get different views on sorting out knotty problems.

Professor Deborah Eyre, High Performance Learning

"I have a debt of gratitude to TAB after a 400% turnover boost. I can’t speak highly enough of The Alternative Board. It has made a huge difference to our agency. It’s something I would encourage business owners to think about. We wouldn’t have been able to achieve the growth we have without TAB."

Adam Bell, Moment

"TAB is an independent thought process, away from the influences and pressures of work. In the day-to-day job, you can get drawn into distractions, you often don’t have time to think, and you’re just firefighting problems. However, with TAB, getting out of the office and speaking with the board for the 3-4 hours we have together allows me to think more independently."

David Scalley, AJT Engineering

"I always feel uplifted and more confident following a board meeting.  The challenges we face as business owners are invariably those shared by the other board members. Bringing them to the table puts them in perspective and usually provides several options on how to tackle them.  Support, being non-judgemental and really trying to understand each other's businesses help make the meetings fun, enjoyable and, most of all, invaluable to the growth and well-being of my own business.  The regular one-to-ones help build on this with tough constructive advice.  I would be lost without the support of TAB."

Jan Buckett , JMB Accounting

"Before TAB, I didn’t really have anyone I could talk to about business issues. Getting reassurance from my board on things I’m thinking of doing gives me more confidence to get on with it. I really value the openness of my board and facilitator, which allows me to say what I’m feeling and thinking.  I’m now making longer-term plans and decisions about the business.  As a result, I enjoy running the business more because I know we’re heading in the direction, rather than focusing on short-term fixes."

Geoff Hunt, Hey Group

"TAB has given me coaching sessions, focusing on the positive elements of my business and helping to grow and develop during what is probably the most difficult trading period we have encountered. TAB has also invited me to a monthly board meeting where I joined six existing members, all of whom have extensive business experience and have provided me with some invaluable advice, guidance and accountability."

Kelly Smith, Juice Personnel

Latest news and insights from TAB (UK)

Time-Based Management: Definition and Strategies

3 January 2025 | 4 minute read

This is a comprehensive guide on time-based management, what it is and how to best apply it to your business. Learn all about utilising time-based management with this in-depth post.

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5 ways to develop visionary leadership

17 December 2024 | 4 minute read

How can we all become visionary leaders? Here we give our top tips to develop your visionary leadership as well as some of the disadvantages.

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Why is a personal vision so important?

16 December 2024 | 2 minute read

Max Crosby-Browne, our TAB Coach in Derby, talks about why a personal vision is one of the most important things a business owner can have.

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Business coaching FAQs

While each business is on a unique journey, there are some common problems that many people face on the road to business success. A coach will utilise their own years of experience in business to help target these issues and get businesses past them. A coaching program can help you identify the areas where you need to make changes to expand your business and to stay ahead of the competition. 

Often the qualities that people value in a  business coach include insight, life coaching skills, character and areas of expertise, experience and trust. It is important that you find the right business coach for you. It might be However, when you chat with potential coaches you could ask them questions like:

– What are the biggest challenges you’ve helped client solve?
– What do you do best? What don’t you do so well?
– Where have you failed and how did you handle it?

It’s easy to find your local TAB coach, just visit our board near you page, find your nearest coach and get in touch with them. They’ll be happy to answer any more specific questions about TAB and how we can help your business.

Your monthly coaching session, which can be held online, with your TAB business coach focuses on commitments you made at the last board meeting.

Plus, you review a 90-day goal that you set and commit to with your coach, and build the strategic foundations of your business using TAB’s Business Builder’s Toolkit.

The sessions are designed to provide ongoing support, where you can ask for further guidance and resources to achieve your goals and objectives.

Of course, your coach with adapt to your pressing needs, issues, or challenges that you want to discuss.

There is a small difference between a coach and mentor. A coach acts as a sounding board and guide, helping coachees tap into their full potential, whereas a mentor offers or imparts their own knowledge and experience to help someone else grow and develop.

Our TAB coaches endeavour to do a bit of both because ultimately we want you, the business owner, to get what you want from life. 

In our experience, we’ve found that the best business mentors are often those who have owned a business themselves. This is because regardless of size, industry or value, 70% of businesses face the same challenges.

Experienced business owners with any degree of success, have already overcome the bulk of the challenges entrepreneurs face everyday.

This is why the TAB system is so successful – alongside our business coaching, we facilitate peer advisory groups made up of other business owners and entrepreneurs, and all of our facilitators have owned their own business or held a senior business leadership role.