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Doughnut Economics About DEAL News & Updates Meet the DEAL Team Careers FAQ Wider Movement Contact UsI am the founder of Circular Business Visions, a business consultancy which supports SME’s in making a transition to #net zero and #circular economy. With free initial consultations, CBV finds out the goals of the company or organisation, makes an initial assessment of the business and produces ideas and sustainable solutions. Expertise includes #research, and sourcing and writing #grant applications, #project managing, scientific report writing, and finding innovative solutions for your business to become more circular and sustainable moving forward. With many contacts across sectors, expertise also includes collaboration and finding new products made from #waste or surplus. Clients have included Kelp Crofting Ltd, who are a sustainable managed, seaweed farming business on the Isle of Skye, aiming to support sustainable horticulture by developing a naturally produced, organic biostimulant from their seaweed. Work included identifying the biological actives of Alaria esculenta, identifying suitable laboratories for analysis of their products, sign-posting to a number of funding opportunities for further product development and R&D, and producing a 25 page scientific report. Current consultancy includes writing a DEFRA Farming Transformation Adding Value grant application for a farmer, and project managing the building of a net zero farm building with sustainable architechs. Future work includes supporting a new company with the legislation required to set up a business to #sustainably deal with Category 1 waste coming out of Heathrow.
Previous roles include NIAB where I was Industry Liaison for the Eastern Agri-Tech Innovation Hub (www.innovationhubuk.co.uk) primarily concerned with promoting a circular economy, sustainable values in horticulture, and finding solutions for reducing food surplus and waste, particularly valorisation. My work was customer focused; sourcing and supporting small businesses with sustainability and circular economic practices. It included project management of two EU projects, DEFRA and WRAP contracts and focuses on business sustainability, throughout whole supply chains including an understanding of the science, politics and economics of what is happening and what change is needed. My role involved developing income opportunities, increasing sustainable business growth in the region and strategic partnerships between SME’s, industry, government, NGO’s and research, requiring knowledge of horticultural/agricultural natural resource management and corporate social/environmental responsibility. I have co-written successful proposals to EU Interreg 2 Seas Hy4Dense, FoodWasteNet, DEFRA, BBSRC and WRAP Value from Food Waste. Project management has included the above and EU Interreg BioBoost which has required my governance and familiarity with EU Interreg, IUK, WRAP compliance and reporting procedures over the last 5 years. I was also responsible for procuring and coordinating EU project audits with our FLC, writing and delivering project reports, yearly budgets and financial reporting, and sub-projects with SME partners such as green pesticides. I have written a large inventory, Inventory for the Strategy, and Strategy document (published on www.bioboosteurope.com ) about the horticultural industry for our 3 regions, which included agricultural production and land use and focused on food surplus and waste.
I am a volunteer with Circular Brighton and Hove, and have supported the University of Sussex with with a Circular Economy Project by interviewing B&H, and Sussex businesses and stakeholders about their experiences around circular economy. The project aims to support further businesses in the B&H Sussex. I am also a Director of the B&H Community Land Trust where I am helping with fundraising and membership. I have recently joined CamDEAG and am involved with the City Portrait. I'm a member of the Chesterton Allotment Society, support the community group and grow organically. Over the years I've been involved with local schools supporting with gardening, reading, swimming and helped the Grove School achieve an International School Award Certificate.
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