Jonny goes it alone - with a little help from his friends
A budding entrepreneur from Peterlee has launched his own business with the help of East Durham Business Service – and now counts the organisation as one of his clients.
Jonny Golightly spent ten years as a consultant for some of the region’s biggest energy brokerage firms.
But after taking a year out to travel the world, he returned home with an appetite to work for himself and spoke to business support organisation East Durham Business Service to see how he should go about setting up on his own.
After undertaking a series of meetings to fully prepare for self-employment, Jonny launched his business THEGO2GROUP last November.
Immediately after registering the business, Jonny moved into office space at Novus Business Centre in Peterlee and is steadily building up a portfolio of clients around the region.
Jonny, 27, who went to Shotton Hall Academy, said: “Since opening the business back in November, I am more thanpleasedwiththeprogression it has made and what I have been able to achieve in this small space of time.
“I am really enjoying working for myself as I am striving towards my own goals and achievements. After 10 years working as an energy consultant, I thought, ‘Why am I doing this for someone else when I could be working for myself?’
“So, with the help of East Durham Business Service, I launched THEGO2GROUP and now count the organisation as one of my clients which is fantastic. It shows they believe in what I do and know my services can help them save money which is what it’s all about.”
Denise Fielding, Operations Director at East Durham Business Service, said: “Jonny is the perfect example of how our services and ethos are supporting local entrepreneurs and businesses.
“Now we have acquired THEGO2GROUP as our bespoke corporate energy consultant, which is great for Jonny and great for us.”