Niche Magazine Issue 46

Page 68

One Business,

Two Awards,

One Night, The owner of a two-year-old company explains why winning two awards has helped him run his business WORDS BY LEVITHA BIJI

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ruinvest and Mark Smith were two of the many winners at the Niche Business Awards 2021 in September, as they proudly received the Best New Business and Businessman of the Year awards. Winning these awards has created real local interest in what they are doing and what services their business provides. It particularly created opportunities on the corporate benefit services they offer to small and medium sized companies. They also guarantee to be open, honest, and transparent with you every step of the way, as it is their key to building a professional relationship. Truinvest’s goal is to help businesses in the UK become part of a financial planning group. Being part of the group means members don’t have to worry about the administrative aspect of their own business, the regulatory and compliance burden and other duties through a streamlined support function. This means that advisers can focus on what that they do best – looking after their clients. The business started with Mark and Micky Johal, as they had worked together before and planned over coffees at Wistow Garden Centre café to bring Truinvest to life. After establishing the company in 2019, it is the first awards ceremony they have attended and won! It doesn’t stop there, as they made the finals of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021. In such a short time frame, this really is an achievement. Their award success has had a massive impact on their team who were able to see the benefit and be recognised for all the hard work in getting the business to where it is already. Mark said: “As a new brand, it has allowed the team to feel proud of the business we are creating.” Mark felt immensely proud of what they have achieved in their first two years of trading. He was absolutely delighted to receive the Businessman of the Year award. He commented: “It’s a fantastic accolade to receive in Leicester and Leicestershire, which has so many great businesses.” The awards were adjudicated by a variety of judges and Truinvest believe they were chosen to be the winner of the Best New Business award because the judges were able to recognise their innovative ideas, which were 68 | NICHE

implemented over the course of the last two years across the backdrop of the pandemic, successfully delivering their strategy in turbulent times. “Establishing a new business is difficult enough at the best of times, let alone in such circumstances. Despite the pandemic, we did manage to complete our first business acquisition exactly a week before the UK entered the first lockdown in March 2020. We immediately took action and had to operate remotely and provide a seamless client service whilst still getting to know our new team.” Truinvest has ambitious plans to double in size again over the course of the next two years. They are one step closer to this goal, as they have been busy creating new products and services lately, having just launched their mortgage service which allows new and existing clients access to their experienced mortgage team. Not only are they working hard for themselves but they have also been involved in charity fundraising. Mark was involved in the Bonkers Bake-Off charity event which helped raise over £10,000 for LOROS earlier this year. Find out more about Truinvest at truinvest.co.uk/blog.


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The Boardroom

2min
pages 106-108

Reviewed: London’s Strand Palace

2min
pages 97-98

Collaboration opp with The Bridge

2min
page 103

SoundCafe

1min
page 104

Susie the Foodie

3min
pages 88-89

Bistro Live Variety Night for Hope Against Cancer

1min
page 101

Festive foodie fun

2min
page 87

A break from business this Christmas

4min
pages 94-96

Life in lockdown for Menphys beneficiaries

2min
page 105

We Asked You

3min
page 61

First Impressions: a photography guide

2min
pages 75-76

A dynamic workflow

2min
page 77

Running a business with the backing of two awards

3min
pages 68-69

Awarding staff with confidence and pride

3min
pages 70-71

Why you should be applying for awards in 2022

3min
pages 62-63

Maximising award-win opportunities

4min
pages 66-67

Back to the desk: ergonomic health

2min
page 83

Bowel cancer and early diagnosis

2min
page 59

Living with high functioning anxiety

2min
page 57

Workplace mental health

1min
page 55

Loneliness at the top

1min
page 56

Overcoming bullying

2min
page 53

Caring for the carers

2min
page 60

Making friends with the demon

2min
page 51

Suicide attempt survivor speaks out

3min
page 50

The HR evolution

2min
page 47

How to be successful

1min
page 44

Cancer, anxiety, family struggles, business pressure, and more

3min
page 48

Navigating insolvency

2min
page 45

Getting perspective

2min
page 41

Apps for business

2min
page 39

Attracting talent

2min
page 43

Recovering from prostate cancer

2min
page 49

To restructure or not to restructure

5min
pages 33-34

Impact of divorce on family business

2min
pages 31-32

In conversation with Nicki Robson

2min
page 26

3 steps to retirement planning

2min
page 28

EMC Annual Award Dinner

1min
page 13

SEO creativity

2min
pages 36-37

Thought Leaders

19min
pages 16-24

Generation Next winners

2min
page 12
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