Gary Ashworth
Born
Gary Peter Ashworth

23 April 1960
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, business coach and mentor

Gary Peter Ashworth (born 23 April 1960)[1] is a British entrepreneur, business coach and mentor.[2] He has started or backed approximately 30 businesses[2] spanning recruitment, healthcare and property,[3] and often appears in the British press as a commentator on business and entrepreneurship.[2][4][5][6] Alongside his business interests, he is a theatre producer.[7][3]

Career

Ashworth opted for an early career in business, moving to London at 18 to work in accountancy recruitment.[2] Shortly after, aged 21, he set up his own business, Abacus Recruitment.[8][9]

Founded in February 1982,[5] Abacus Recruitment was floated on the London Stock Exchange in September 1995.[10] This was sold to Carlisle Holdings in 1998; initial investors achieved a tenfold multiple on their investment.[10] Ashworth exited Abacus in 1999, aged 39.[11] Ashworth then extended his business portfolio into US real estate, setting up Rosebud Properties in Savannah, Georgia in 1999.[12] He returned to the UK in 2001 when he took a joint stake in Lionheart Management with business partners Jim Mellon and Luke Johnson.[13] Shortly after, in November 2001, he founded InterQuest Group Ltd.[14] Ashworth is a Fellow and past President of the Institute of Employment Consultants.[15]

Having held several non-executive director roles,[5] he is the current chairman of InterQuest Group,[14] Positive Healthcare[16] and Albany Beck Consulting.[17]

Approach

Ashworth has both started and worked with approximately 30 businesses[2][3] as a business owner, investor and advisor.[2] Based on his business experience,[18] Ashworth aims to help entrepreneurs and business owners in public companies or the private sector towards an exit strategy.[15] His business maxims include: 'There is seldom such a thing as an unachievable goal, just an over ambitious timetable’.[19]

Press, media and speaking

Ashworth is a spokesperson on business topics,[2][6] investment[4] and management issues.[20] He wrote the Streetwise column for Real Business Magazine,[21] is a regular contributor to Business Leader[22][23][24][20][25][26][27] and has a podcast series titled Business Britain 2.0.[28]

Publications

Ashworth's wrote a book, Eat the Pudding First, released in October 2021.[29] It considers aspects of starting, scaling and selling a business.[30]

Arts

Ashworth has a strong interest in the arts, in particular theatre production. Between 1995 and 1998 he represented and managed jazz singer Rebecca Wheatley, producing her first album.[5] He co-founded Third Stage Productions, involved with performances at the Edinburgh festival fringe and London's West End.[31] Anonymous Society, a musical based on the works of Jacques Brel, won the Total Theatre Award in 1999 for best overall production,[7] and transferred to the Lyric in the West End.[32] Ashworth also co-produced Slava's Snowshow (London and national tour), My Name is Rachel Corrie, a political play based on the diaries and e-mails of American activist Rachel Corrie (London's Playhouse Theatre, March 2006), and Some Girls are Bigger than Others, based on the story of The Smiths.[33] Ashworth is a board member of Assembly Theatre.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "Gary Peter ASHWORTH personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Leathers, Samantha (2021-11-07). "Multimillionaire was once told he would 'never amount to anything'". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  3. 1 2 3 Cooper, Lanna. "Gary Ashworth". Startups Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  4. 1 2 Leathers, Samantha (2021-10-08). "'Warning signs' of 'biggest crash in world history' - how you could protect your assets". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "'One of my directors turned to drink, the other lost confidence'". The Independent. 1996-06-29. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  6. 1 2 Mills, Eleanor (2021-07-06). "It's time to 'Work From Work' again – but has your generation already lost out?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  7. 1 2 "1999 Total Theatre Awards | Total Theatre Magazine Print Archive". totaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  8. ↑ "Market profile: Gary Ashworth". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Luke (2011-08-30). "Joys and perils of a business partnership". Real Business. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  10. 1 2 "Ride the jobs rally | Shares Magazine". www.sharesmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  11. ↑ "ABACUS RECRUITMENT & TRAINING SERVICES UK LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  12. ↑ "ROSEBUD PROPERTIES, LLC | Georgia Company Directory". www.georgiacompanyregistry.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  13. ↑ "Lionheart roaring to go". citywire.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  14. 1 2 "Board". InterQuest Group. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  15. 1 2 "Meet the team at RCP". www.recruitmentcapitalpartners.com. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  16. ↑ "Corporate - Positive Health". www.positivementalhealth.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  17. ↑ "Acquisition of Albany Beck Consulting Limited – Company Announcement - FT.com". markets.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  18. ↑ Bassett, Kate (2011-01-06). "Luke Johnson banks double exit". Real Business. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  19. ↑ "Where's YOUR private jet? By Gary Ashworth". InterQuest Group. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  20. 1 2 "How to manage difficult people - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  21. ↑ Rock, Stuart (2008-02-11). "Flotation: 12 key issues for entrepreneurs". Real Business. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  22. ↑ "Merger and Acquisition values have gone wild - it's too easy to spend someone else's money - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  23. ↑ "Authentic leadership in a fake world - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  24. ↑ "'Failure is good, in fact it's great' Gary Ashworth talks to Business Leader - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  25. ↑ "Should you be looking at employing a Non-Executive Director? - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  26. ↑ "How to win the war for talent in a remote working environment - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  27. ↑ "Why your business needs an NED post-pandemic - Business Leader News". Business Leader. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  28. ↑ FM, Player. "Business Britain 2.0". Business Britain 2.0. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  29. ↑ Ashworth, Gary (2021-10-24). Eat The Pudding First: A modern-day recipe for business success. Known Publishing.
  30. ↑ "Eat The Pudding First: A modern-day recipe for business success by Gary Ashworth 1913717658 9781913717650". Discover Books. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  31. ↑ "Theatre reviews". the Guardian. 1999-08-08. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  32. ↑ "The Home Page". www.hammersmithtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  33. ↑ "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, Lyric Hammersmith, London". the Guardian. 2005-07-07. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  34. ↑ "ASSEMBLY THEATRE LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
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