During the last year the Trustees of St Josephs School decided that we too needed to plan our future more robustly in the light of the current economic climate. Tom Mawhood was engaged to help us do that and, with the availability of clear budgets, and absolute clarity regarding the margin of each of the…

We have been exploring ways of taking our business forward and initially contacted Turning Point regarding the possibility of investment. After an initial meeting it became clear that there was a lot of work to do both in the establishment of our forward strategy, and the detailed business planning so we invited Tom Mawhood to…

We initially contacted Turning Point early 2009 in the midst of ongoing cash flow problems to explore the possibility of some Third Party investment. From the off Tom and I got on well, and he was able to steer us to a point where we could structure a clear strategic plan forward and then structured…

We became aware of TP through local press coverage and one of our existing shareholders, and we approached Tom Mawhood with a view to meeting the TP investors. The Investment Committee – their form of a Dragons Den – was a focussed meeting attended by the investors and ourselves where we outlined the opportunities of…

Although it is 12 months since Tom Mawhood left us, FHP City Living still reaps the benefit of his input. As well as implementing a series of much needed systems to enable the business to operate more efficiently, more importantly he re-structured the way the partners viewed and analysed the income streams enabling us to…

We were introduced to Turning Point Investments through our lawyers as potential investors. The investment process was very thorough and Tom Mawhood visited the company and went through in full detail prior to confirming our suitability to meet their Investment Committee. The Investment Committee was something along the lines of Dragons Den but we were…

Thanks Tom – it was good to meet a professional that knew what they were talking about – quite the opposite to the guardians of the UK banks and many so called financial advisors that crossed our paths – Best Regards – Ted