Jimmy Budge – Senior Consultant:

Forming BB Hobbes in 1999, Jimmy used his experience in senior management positions in both the private and public sector as a platform to build his business.

Since then, he has brought his high-level skills to the table of many clients, assisting them with a variety of complex requirements.
His experiences include:

Working within a major financial PLC to implement major business critical changes to the operation. He was key in ensuring the planning and smooth roll out of the project.

Project managing the implementation of a state-of-the-art telephone system for an organisation with 2000 staff and 12 city centre locations.

Working with a small company to identify the inhibitors for growth; instrumental in removing business blockages and laying the foundations for growth. From this, a new company was successfully created

In addition to the projects detailed above, Jimmy has undertaken other initiatives, including:

The implementation of a continuous improvement programme
The introduction of formal service level agreements
Re-focused a flagging client-management initiative to successful integration
Sponsored the introduction of a career development scheme and Investors In People

Alison Stone – Consultant
Alison brings a wealth of sales, marketing and organisational skills to the BB Hobbes mix. Her career in both the IT and Hotel & Leisure included experiences, such as detailed below

Managed the pre-opening and ongoing sales and marketing for an Edinburgh based hotel chain, achieving an occupancy of 78% in the first month and an average annual occupancy of 95%.
Undertaken several consultancy posts to market specialist accommodation venues in Edinburgh and beyond.
Re-branded and re-focused an IT company, including the production of a corporate marketing strategy and cohesive sales and marketing campaign
Worked with BB Hobbes clients to produce clear, informative and well presented BC Plans.