Paul Holmes

Business Growth Expert and Strategic Thinking Specialist

Introduction:

Paul Holmes brings exceptional clarity to business leaders facing their greatest challenges. As founder of HCP Business Consultants, he has dedicated his career to transforming multimillion-pound businesses across various industries, with particular success in the engineering, manufacturing, and technology sectors through his ‘right to left’ approach to growth. He has helped hundreds of organisations overcome challenges, deal with overwhelm, and adapt to rapidly changing market conditions. His insight-driven, intuition-led methodology reshapes how business leaders think about their companies, helping them move from constant firefighting to strategic leadership. 

Expertise & Impact:

Known for his ability to quickly diagnose business challenges and identify practical solutions, Paul specialises in working with overwhelmed business leaders who have ‘tried everything’ but still struggle to achieve their goals. Through his structured process, which combines deep business reviews, prioritised action planning, and ongoing support, he helps clients improve profitability, increase revenues, and find more strategic time. His background in leading multi-million budget capital investment and technology commercialisation projects gives him a perspective on both the technical and human elements of business transformation.

Speaking Style:

Paul delivers insights through straightforward, jargon-free presentations that blend real-life case studies with practical frameworks for change. His approach combines analytical precision with genuine empathy for the challenges business leaders face. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, Paul engages audiences in rethinking their fundamental approach to business challenges, helping them discover that “the answer so often is within you, it just requires a bit of unconventional thinking.”

Signature Topics:

  • Strategic Transformation: Moving from Firefighting to Strategic Leadership
  • Management Success: Growth Strategies for Any Businesses
  • The ‘Right to Left’ Approach: Designing Your Business for Long-term Success
  • Entrepreneurial Resilience: Overcoming Challenges and Burnout in Business Leadership
  • Business Systems & Processes: Creating Scalable Operations for Sustainable Growth

Additional Expertise:

  • Business Process Optimisation
  • Capital Investment Strategy
  • Technology Commercialisation
  • Manufacturing Support
  • Project Management
  • Non-Executive Directorship

Perfect for:

  • Manufacturing and Engineering Conferences
  • Business Growth Summits
  • Technology Industry Events
  • Leadership Development Programmes
  • Small and Medium Enterprise Forums
  • Industry-Specific Business Transformation Events

Career Highlights:

  • Founded PCH Business Consultants, growing to include nearly 30 associates and experts.
  • Founded HSH Holdings, acquiring steel construction firm Rossco Site Services in 2024 as the first in a planned investment series.
  • Guided over 700 businesses through significant growth and transformation.
  • Led multimillion-pound capital projects, investment and innovation programmes
  • Founding Director and Project Manager of a specialist engineering college
  • Held senior directorship in local authority, coordinating business engagement and inward investment
  • Developed the distinctive ‘right to left’ approach to business growth

Key Message:

“It’s not magic. It’s experience and perspective, it’s a process. I simply show you how to look differently at your business.”

Impact Timelime:

Paul’s structured approach delivers tangible results on a clear timeline:

  • 3 months: Reset end goals and baseline your business
  • 6 months: Turn insight into action and change operations
  • 12 months: Significantly improve profitability
  • 18 months: Structure the business to run without constant owner involvement

Through this methodical process, business leaders move from overwhelm to clarity, from constant firefighting to strategic leadership, and from business dependency to true independence.

Impact Story:

“In that first discovery session Paul blew me away with insights and possibilities for my business, I was struggling, working insane hours. I came away smiling for the first time for ages, suddenly I had options and a possible way forward”
– Elizabeth Gonera. MD of Direct Link Care