
The Alternative Board Three Rivers
Tackle your greatest challenges and connect with other business owners and leaders in Watford and surrounding areas.
Are you serious about growing your business? Are you willing to be challenged?
James Roberts runs TAB advisory boards and loves what he does – helping business owners identify opportunities and solve key challenges they face in their businesses.
Book a call with James to chat about you and your business needs, and how TAB might make a difference.
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Your Three Rivers facilitator

Get in touch with James
James is The Alternative Board’s local Facilitator for Three Rivers region.
James’s most recent venture was to launch a wholesale currency broker, Pure FX Limited. Established in 2006 he grew the business organically by around 50% year on year. Then after 12 years of consecutive growth he negotiated a multi-million pound sale to a leading UK Private Equity firm.
Prior to launching Pure FX James spent many successful years in IT contract recruitment and interim management.
Now having successfully launched three new businesses and turned around another, The Alternative Board offers a fantastic platform for James to share his knowledge and experience with like minded business leaders, and thus deliver sustainable growth for their companies.
TAB peer boards expand the thinking of members beyond their own industry by providing fresh perspectives to inspire new ways of dealing with their challenges. Sharing insight, wisdom and experience to help fellow board members.
No theories – just practical, real-world, tried and tested solutions.
Some questions for you to consider.
• How do you measure your success?
• When was the last time you reviewed your business growth plan?
• How much market share are you aiming to win over next 12 months?
• Do you know what good looks like?
If you think you could benefit from impartial advice and guidance from like minded business leaders in an environment free from judgement, where the only goal is to share best practice and help grow each other’s business, then I’d love to hear from you. Contact James today!
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Start with you
Focus on what you want in life and how your business can help get you there.
Increase profitability
Be held accountable to meet your business targets.
Improve decisions
Take control of your decisions through peer support and proven planning tools
Make better time choices
Spend your time well by utilising the experience of others.
Become a better leader
Motivate your people with the guidance of peers and an expert coach.
Plan a successful exit
Get the best result for you with tailored, hands-on support.
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Our members are stronger together
I realise that when times are hard, I need to be at my best and my TAB Board have helped me get my ‘mojo’ back. They show empathy, understanding and importantly hold me accountable to things I say I’ll do! TAB made a great difference to me when I needed to make some tough decisions for our office structure. I’m pleased that we have implemented changes and have a new streamlined and dynamic environment which I’d have struggled to achieve on my own.

My business has really benefited from the TAB experience. The group sessions are a great opportunity to share and solve business challenges with a bright group of people who really challenge you to think differently about the way you do things. Stuart is an excellent coach, in our one to one sessions he helps me to reflect on what I want to get out of my business and how I am going to make that happen. In the last year we have achieved around 40% growth and I am looking at a new business acquisition.
I’ve found a new energy and clarity since I’ve joined TAB: the mix of group and one-to-one meetings gives me a safe space to work on my business rather than in it, and that has been transformative. The necessity of preparing my issue for the board each month in itself helps me think more clearly. Other board members always bring perspectives and ideas I would never have considered and are generous in offering help and contacts and the one-to-one sessions are the perfect mix of support and challenge. I’d recommend it without hesitation.
Over the years, I have received lots of practical advice on ways to improve my business from my TAB colleagues. Especially during these difficult times for small businesses - knowing you’re not alone and sharing concerns with others who understand has been invaluable and has helped me see the positives in an otherwise bleak time for business. Even though the businesses on my Board are very diverse, we all experience the same fundamental issues and bring different perspectives to tackling them. Board Members may suggest a way forward that I hadn’t previously considered or they may simply validate my own thought process – either way I come away from my TAB meetings feeling re-energised and full of ideas for my business.
The Alternative Board has helped me to focus on the company’s key goals and objectives. You really don’t feel you are alone, there is a whole team of other business professionals to support you through any challenging issue you or your company is facing. It really is a great and positive motivating experience. Most importantly, the Board has made a fundamental difference to the performance and profitability of the business.

Running a business is a challenge, but today’s new problem is something someone else has already dealt with, this week’s craziness is next week’s learning, and tomorrow’s insight is sometimes the inspiration another needs. So it’s about being part of a community who can share, support, and guide and celebrate. We are all individuals but together we are strong.

I have a debt of gratitude to TAB after a 400% turnover boost. I can’t speak highly enough of The Alternative Board. It has made a huge difference to our agency. It’s something I would encourage business owners to think about. We wouldn’t have been able to achieve the growth we have without TAB.

My working life before TAB was extremely challenging and often pretty lonely. It’s often obvious what needs to be done within a business, but TAB gives you the confidence, support, and momentum to take action. The monthly meetings challenge you. I’d have no hesitation in recommending TAB. It has changed my working life – which in turn has made me a happier person.

Start your TAB journey
Get in touch with James.
He will contact you to arrange an introductory meeting.
During which, you’ll chat about whether TAB is right for you and your business.
Attend your first TAB board meeting and experience the power of peer support.
There’s no obligation, only an opportunity to find out more.
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