The Alternative Board

The Alternative Board (TAB), an Aberdeen advisory firm that helps North-east businesses to grow has backed a charity initiative to support start-ups in Kenya. TAB has decided to back the Gathimba Edwards Foundation's (GEF) Two Feet Initiative which enables families to plan, start and run their own b

Peer-to-peer advisory and networking platform The Alternative Board (TAB) has secured a new office space in Aberdeen. TAB Aberdeenshire-East has moved into a new office in Nautilus House at Waterloo Quay Properties (WQP). The new workspace is 397 sq. feet and can hold up to eight people for meetings

Helen Mill, Aberdeen-based business coach and facilitator of The Alternative Board, offers advice to all business owners on planning an exit strategy. You have devoted a huge part of your life building up your business to where it is today. It has given you the chance to do what you love. You have m

Helen Mill, Aberdeen-based business coach & facilitator at The Alternative Board (TAB), offers advice to all businesses on how to tackle the challenges ahead. Firstly, congratulations – you’ve made it through the pandemic lockdowns. Maybe you’ve pivoted your business and advanc

The Alternative Board (TAB), a peer-to-peer advisory and networking platform for business leaders, has grown in Scotland by 80% in the past nine months. TAB has grown from six boards to 11 across Scotland. It now has five in the north-east of Scotland, three in Glasgow and three in the Edinburgh are

Campbell Ure, a facilitator with The Alternative Board (TAB), offers his take on what constitutes first-class business coaching and mentoring. Through my work with TAB, a peer-to-peer support and networking organisation for business leaders, I’ve witnessed first-hand how companies have wrestle

Andy Todd, business coach and facilitator of the new Edinburgh group of The Alternative Board (TAB), discusses the benefits of communication between businesses. The maxim 'a problem shared is a problem halved' is one of our defining principles at TAB.

Peer-to-peer support and advisory organisation for business leaders The Alternative Board (TAB) is expanding in Scotland. Steve Cook, who built up a £4 million turnover business in the sales and marketing sector, is to lead TAB's launch in an area west of Edinburgh.

Jonathan Smith, an Aberdeen-based coach and facilitator with peer-to-peer business networking platform The Alternative Board (TAB), discusses how businesses could benefit from 'free' training for their staff. Most learning comes from real-life, on-the-job experience and that presents a big opportuni

Jonathan Smith, an Aberdeen-based business coach and facilitator at The Alternative Board (TAB), provides advice on how to help managers in all business sectors in Scotland manage better. Countless managers have confided in me over the years that they find the supervisory element of their role chall

Jonathan Smith, Aberdeen-based business coach and facilitator at The Alternative Board, discusses the importance of having engaged employees as the UK recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.  As a new normal emerges in the business world, having engaged employees matters now more than ever

Peer-to-peer support and advisory organisation for business leaders, The Alternative Board, is to expand into Edinburgh – with former senior executive Andy Todd at the helm. Andy Todd is a former senior vice-president at Wood Mackenzie, the global research and analysis consultancy, and will le