We talk to four former winners of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards to learn more about how winning the award has impacted on their businesses.

In this post we speak to Helen Arnold of TVM.

What was your start-up day?
1986

What motivates you?
I love a challenge and get great satisfaction from finding solutions – logistics / personnel / technical

What keeps you up at night?
Very little / pressure is for tyres.

What’s been the most challenging for you?
Balancing life / work. I love what I do, get great enjoyment from it and my family all work in the business – so getting away from it after hours is a bit tricky.

Helen Arnold, TVM

And the most rewarding?
I’m a glass half full person, love solving issues. But the best buzz is finding a solution to a client’s requirement.

What is one mistake you’ve made, and what did you learn from it?
After a few years in business we had an opportunity to diversify into a completely different business and we went for it but hadn’t researched it enough and it ended up costing us a lot of time and money and intimately we had to sell it on.

Lesson: Know what your good at, develop it and don’t run off blindly in another direction without very good reason.

What are some of the characteristics of people that have been successful at your company?
Our line of business is all about team work / getting along with people and from an operational point of view – thinking outside the box to find solutions (technical). So lateral thinkers with good people skills.

What are you most excited about for the future?
Planning the next stage of development of our company. We are currently looking at succession and knowledge.

What doors has winning the Business Achievers Awards opened for you?
Grew the profile of the company locally and nationally. Helped with recruiting.

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