Alan Finn provides marketing and management consultancy, coaching, mentoring, training and support to FINNbiz Consultants’ clients in many aspects of running, developing and managing a business, specialising in business planning, sustaining growth and continuous improvement, increased sales, better marketing and business development, including new market entry, innovation, embedding a culture of innovation and new product or service development. He is a published author on the subjects of management and marketing (Hodder and Stoughton, 2015) and in inventing, innovation and new product development (Bookboon, 2014) Alan Finn and FINNbiz Consultants work with clients usually in the following industries:- • Service industries eg electrical and electronic repairs companies, logistics and supply chain organisations, usually on marketing issues; • Electrical and process controls companies • Consultancies and creative agencies eg accountancy businesses, law firms, marketing and branding agencies; • Licensing agents & IP Auditors, eg on issues concerning the licensing of IP; • Construction industries, on business re-organisation and sales and marketing issues; • Engineering and manufacturing, including engineering consultancies, usually on marketing or branding issues; • Engineering design and development eg this is usually linked to consultancies and marketing issues; • Precision engineering eg on branding and marketing issues; • Electrical and electronics industries eg linked to engineering and manufacturing industries; • Universities and education eg bringing industrial and commercial business to clients such as Kingston University, Lancaster University and the University of Warwick; • Mentoring for FSE Group’s clients and those of Wessex Enterprise – Alan Finn is a trained and qualified mentor, helping senior managers in industry and commerce to deal with personal and business issues.