Spain, just love the sun and energy it brings to people
3. What’s your proudest moment to date?
Starting my first business 7 years ago
4. What’s the most valuable advice anyone’s ever given you?
When advising people, consider your advice back to yourself and how you would react when receiving it
5. What’s your favourite season of the year and why?
Summer, heat, happy people and spending as much time outside as possible
Jason Woodcock
Managing Director
Meet Jason, the founder of Sansum Business Consultants, a man with an insatiable thirst for adventure and a knack for helping people and businesses achieve their dreams. Jason is the managing director of the multi-award-winning business, Sansum Solutions Group Ltd and winner of the Sedgemoor Business Awards prestigious Businessman of the Year Award.
Based in Cheddar, Somerset. With a proven track record of building a multi-million-pound company in less than a year, Jason knows what it takes to identify and scale a team of top performers.
He has years of experience hiring the best in the industry, building multi-million pound businesses and running his own successful business. At Sansum Business Consultants, he brings his passion for helping businesses succeed and mentors them to discover their long-term goals.
Credentials
Businessman of the Year at the Sedgemoor Business Excellence Awards
Coaching for Leadership & Success
Business Mentoring Institute of Leadership & Management
Hotel Management – 8 years
Leadership – 27 years
Recruitment – 18 years
Change Management – 18 years
Facilities Management – 19 years
HR & TUPE – 18 years
Contract Negotiation – 21 years
Performance Management – 25 years
Budgets & P+L – 17 years
Fun Facts with Rachel
1. What’s your favourite food and why?
Beans on toast, it’s easy and quick to make and the only meal I get to eat without one of kids wanting any.
2. What’s your dream holiday?
Maldives
3. What’s your favourite film?
Dirty dancing
4. What’s your favourite place?
Australia
5. What’s your proudest moment to date?
I should say having my kids, but playing netball for the County of Avon, lol
6. What’s your favourite hobby and why?
Shopping, it makes me happy
7. What’s the best car you’ve ever owned?
Range Rover 😍
8. What’s the most valuable advice anyone’s ever given you?
Believe and you will achieve
9. What’s your favourite season of the year and why?
Summer. I don’t like being cold and the sun makes me happy
Rachel Porter
Company Secretary & Consultant
Rachel brings a wealth of office management experience to our team, managing finance, HR, Payroll, DBS clearance screening, HMRC compliance, staff welfare as well as a friendly point of contact to our employees and customers. Rachel is experienced in all aspects of HMRC, TUPE and Local Government Pension Scheme transfers and analysis.Rachel brings a wealth of office management experience to our team, managing finance, HR, Payroll, DBS clearance screening, HMRC compliance, staff welfare as well as a friendly point of contact to our employees and customers. Rachel is experienced in all aspects of HMRC, TUPE and Local Government Pension Scheme transfers and analysis.
Fun Facts with Mel
1. What’s your favourite film?
Dirty Dancing & The Holiday
2. What’s your favourite place?
Spain, I’ve not travelled much, but you can’t beat the sun by day and how the place comes to life by night
3. What’s your proudest moment to date?
Achieving beyond what I had dreamt and owning an award-winning business
4. What’s your favourite hobby and why?
Street dance, badminton and ‘free style’ dancing with my girls, lol
5. What’s the best car you’ve ever owned?
Mercedes AMG A Class
6. What’s your favourite subject at school and why?
Graphic design at college, obs! The beginning of the rest of my life
7. What’s the most valuable advice anyone’s ever given you?
The rest of your life is a long road, don’t live it with regrets or let opportunities slip by
8. What’s your favourite season of the year and why?
Love the summer. I should have been born a lizard living in Spain sunbathing whilst stuck to the side of an old stone wall overlooking a beautiful Spanish view
Melanie Downing
Consultant
Mel is a multi-skilled graphic and website designer with over two decades of industry experience. Her experience ranges from publishing, teaching, signage and working in numerous design studios. This diverse range of skills led Mel to set up her own Branding Agency in 2009 and this continues to grow and develop year on year. She is driven by helping people and businesses achieve their short and long-term goals and is a member of the Business Mentoring Institute of Leadership & Management.
Her expertise includes:
Coaching for Leadership & Success
Business Mentoring Institute of Leadership & Management