Chatterbox - Expert Impact

Mursal Hedayat,

Chatterbox

Met with Karen Lynch

Chatterbox is on a mission to highlight the significant untapped potential residing in the refugee community.

There are over 117,000 people with refugee status living in the UK. Despite having above average levels of education and training, refugees in our society are much more likely to be unemployed and in poverty.

Meanwhile, the UK is suffering from a deficit in language skills that costs the economy an estimated £48 billion in missed trading opportunities.

Chatterbox matches under-utilised refugee talent with opportunities in the demand for their language skills.

Karen understood the architecture of my business at record speed. The rest of our session was filled with extremely useful advice and questions supported by her evidently impressive understanding of commerce.

Mursal Hedayat, Founder of Chatterbox

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