Mark McLaughlin

I left school at 16 with aspirations to join the navy which didn’t work out and took a retail job at my local Tesco store. After 10 years in retail running many departments and learning my trades I wanted to be in charge of my own destiny – good or bad.

With the advent of the internet, I ventured out into my first business, an internet Café. With the support both financially and emotionally from my parent's, 'Global Surf & Shoot' was opened. It did not last long and showed me how much I didn’t know about business. After such a blow, it was difficult to think of what to do next, but with the guidance and encouragement from a great mentor Roger Fowler (who was the landlord for the internet café) I made the leap and Mark One Consultants was born.

Thanks to the continued success of Mark One, in 2008 we set about putting down the blueprints for a new asbestos management system we were designing in collaboration with G&L Consultancy. This would later become what we know today as TEAMS.

The journey has been unforgettable, and I have had the remarkable pleasure of watching both Mark One Consultants and TEAMS grow from humble beginnings to supporting so many organisations. I have the pleasure of working with loyal staff, many of whom are family and friends and together we have truly built the business to the strength that we are today.