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Universal Business Team

Family-business consulting, training, and group purchasing

Internal Business Development Executive

Full-Time
£25k - £35k/yr+ Bonus
Mid
Tingewick, Buckingham, UK
In PersonOn-site role based in Tingewick, with onsite product demonstrations and client meetings.

About the job

Requirements
  • A strong track record in new business generation and client relationship management is required.
  • Experience working within a small, dynamic team environment focused on achieving sales targets is required.
  • Experience with communication, cold calling, and face-to-face sales is required.
  • The ability to work independently in a self-motivated and organised manner is required.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, customer relationship management systems, and general database management is required.
Responsibilities
  • Proactively identify key decision-makers in target businesses and generate new sales leads.
  • Conduct onsite product demonstrations and secure sales to meet territory targets.
  • Schedule and attend face-to-face meetings with new and existing clients.
  • Manage accounts to ensure retention and foster year-on-year growth.
  • Collaborate with marketing to develop campaigns, email outreach, and online engagement, including competitor analysis.
  • Provide clear, accurate, and timely sales reports to support strategy and performance tracking.
  • Work closely with the internal sales support team to ensure seamless service delivery.

About the company

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Universal Business Team

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UBT helps family-owned businesses grow and run more efficiently by providing advisory, coaching, training, and accounting services, plus a group purchasing program. Its training courses cover finance, HR, leadership, marketing, and sales and are delivered through on-site workplace visits and online sessions; the group purchasing service uses the client network to secure better prices for various products and services. UBT differentiates itself with a social mission that reinvests profits into education and charitable work, funding initiatives like OneSchool Global and the Rapid Relief Team, alongside its consulting and training offerings. Its goal is to help clients increase profitability, improve liquidity, and reduce debt across about 3,000 clients in 19 countries with a global team of around 700.

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • UBT's 2026 Dayforce rollout improves hiring visibility across Australia, New Zealand, North America, and the UK.
  • The company still markets active growth across 19 countries and 3,000 clients.
  • UBT's education and charitable reinvestment strengthens brand appeal among purpose-driven employers.

What critics are saying

  • UBT's model depends on founder-led trust and family-business referrals, concentrating revenue risk.
  • The Precinct and group-buying offerings face replication by niche consultancies and procurement platforms.
  • If consulting margins weaken, UBT's reinvest-all-profits mission limits capital for acquisitions.

What makes Universal Business Team unique

  • UBT serves 3,000 family businesses across 19 countries, unusually focused on family firms.
  • The Precinct combines consulting with coworking in Sydney, Auckland, and the UK.
  • Dayforce adoption in 2026 shows UBT operates a globally centralized people platform.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Life Insurance

Meal Benefits

Profit Sharing

Performance Bonus

Wellness Program

Professional Development Budget

Training Programs