Chris Dowling lives in East Sussex and has been a professional business mentor since 2014. His business background is in the highly competitive print and graphics industry where he owned and ran a family business with his brother for 30 years – the business was a typical SME.  As with the owners of all SMEs, Chris dealt with all aspects of the business, developing a breadth of experience – he ‘has been there and done it’. Despite his multi-tasking, his particular responsibility was sales and marketing, customer contact and business development. Times changed, the market changed and Chris now uses his extensive business experience to mentor and support both start-ups and established businesses.