About Us

Gateway Business Consultants Limited (GBC) is a social enterprise that supports and promotes enterprise and entrepreneurship within the wider community.

We believe that communities depend on business, whether in the private, public or voluntary sector to create and provide jobs, training and trade opportunities, locally or globally. Our operation has no geographical barriers, although it is primarily focused on the UK economy.

Our roots are embedded in social entrepreneurship. We are here to bring business and communities together.

Based in the heart of West London, one of the leading strategic sub-regional economies in Europe and in close proximity to Heathrow Airport, the UK’s only hub airport, GBC interacts with many of the multinationals and micro, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the area and its ethnically and culturally diverse communities.

The GBC team comprises business professionals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, all of whom have substantial experience of both running their own companies and coaching and mentoring new entrepreneurs and established SMEs.

We work with leading organisations in their field to strengthen existing partnerships and develop new ones that will help to create sustainable businesses and communities through a set of holistic and integrated and funded and paid enterprise and jobs related services.

Our approach to delivering business support and enterprise development is based on innovation and collaboration with key private sector partners.

Vision and Mission

Vision
"To promote entrepreneurship and wealth creation as a vehicle for social good"

Mission
"To bring business and communities together"

Objectives

Our objectives are to:

• Provide gateway into enterprise and entrepreneurship to the widest cross section of the community
• Provide Access to finance opportunities through the GBC Venture Capital Fund
• Deliver public and private sector funded Programmes and Initiatives that help to generate new businesses
• Provide advice and guidance to unemployed people, job changers, redundant workers or those facing the threat of redundancy
• Provide business opportunities and joint ventures in new and emerging economies, especially India and China
• Provide bespoke specialist business, skills and jobs services in growth sectors

Delivery Model

We have a holistic and integrated approach to delivering our programmes and services.

There are five key steps to how we interact with our customers and clients:

• Step 1: Diagnostic/Initial Assessment – up to 3 hours of support
• Workshop/Seminar – generally full day
• One to One Counselling – maximum of 3 hours
• Coaching and Mentoring – 2-3 days intensive, in-depth support over a six month period
• Monitoring and Evaluation – 3 hour session to evaluate benefits and impact