Richard Port
19, at Lancaster University studying Accounting, Auditing and Finance, and working on Web-Port, a new business start up providing a revolutionary stock control system to the Import/Export Industries.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://www.web-port.co.uk |
| Industries: | Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Negotiation, Sales |
| Next step: | Release Web-Port Inventory Management in late 2009 |
| Location: | Lancaster |
| Groups: | IDEAS EMPOWERED, Ideas Empowered, Imperial Entrepreneurs |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Lancaster University |
FEATURED STARTUP
Web-Port
Web-Port
Web-Port is a revolutionary stock management solution, targeted at the import/export industries to increase productivity and reduce costs.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Eastern Logistics Limited |
| Position: | Accounts Assistant |
| Time period: | December 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Responsibilities: Work ranges from IT and technical support, developing systems to improve the efficiency of the Dock Based Operations to general office work assisting
with Customer Accounts. |
| Employer: | Force-7 |
| Position: | Finance Manager |
| Time period: | July 2007 - March 2008 |
| Description: | Left due to impracticality of working conditions.
Responsibilities: I was the first employee in the Finance Department, it was my job to sort through all of the accounts information that hadn’t been dealt with in the first few months of trading and then handle day to day accounts afterwards including invoicing and dealing with customers. |
| Employer: | Barrow Haven Shipping Services |
| Position: | Various Roles |
| Time period: | December 2001 - March 2007 |
| Description: | Left when company entered receivership.
Responsibilities: Started as an Office Assistant with general paperwork duties, moved onto Haulage Assistant, Administration Assistant and finally Assistant Manager at one of the company operated yards. In my role as Administration Assistant, I worked alongside Reality Solutions Limited to produce a Stock Control System to streamline the stock handling. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Lancaster University |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2012 |
| Degree: | Accounting, Auditing and Finance, BSc |
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Web-Port
Web-Port is a revolutionary stock management solution, targeted at the import/export industries to increase productivity and reduce costs.
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CM DESIGNX
At CM DESIGNX we produce stylish, engaging, impressive tailor made web solutions. We take good care in dealing with our clients with our one on one approach in achieving the best results.
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Jonathan Webster
Studying Information Systems Engineering at Imperial College London (MEng), President of Imperial Entrepreneurs.