Hillier Consulting client Ballinger Equine has been judged the UK Best Rural Start-Up Business 2019/20. The high profile national annual award includes all business and professional sectors throughout the United Kingdom and is sponsored by Amazon and Open Reach. In a rare double, Ballinger Equine is also awarded Best Rural Professional Services Business for the East Of England, a region spanning Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire.
Business start-up, development, communications and marketing by Hillier Consulting
An independent panel of 26 judges from UK industry, business, finance, professional services and the public sector assessed the firm’s commercial success, sound financial planning, marketing, business strategy and excellence of offering. Ballinger Equine’s contribution to, and inspirational role within, the UK’s rural economy was also taken into account.
A sophisticated, dynamic, data-driven business plan
Hillier Consulting manages the implementation of its corporate communications and marketing strategy which integrates seamlessly with the business plan, encompassing recruitment and retention, own-brand product sales and marketing, print, online and social media, advertising and PR. A commitment to excellence is central to everything the company does and this is evidenced with a reputation for outstanding client service and clinical expertise.
Dr Susanna Ballinger, Ballinger Equine’s clinical director, said today: “Our continuous drive for excellence is built upon a sophisticated, dynamic data-driven business plan and unwavering commitment to the firm’s vision and values by the entire team.”
Dr Ballinger added: “We’ve to thank Andrew Hillier and Hillier Consulting for an outstanding business start-up, development and communications, PR and marketing strategy. We haven’t diluted it nor have we wavered from its challenging schedule. Everybody in the practice is involved and engaged and the results are clear to see.
Hillier Consulting is now leading crisis communications, contingency and business continuity planning for Ballinger Equine as the COVID-19 outbreak heads towards pandemic status.