Touchpoints Massage Therapy
The desire to shape her future was the driving force behind Tunde Oshodi’s determination to create Touchpoints Massage Therapy Ltd. Touchpoints provides massage therapy services and wellbeing consultancy to businesses in London, Touchpoints provides tailor-made treatments for employees that are either wholly paid for or subsidized by their employers. Professional, qualified therapists give the treatments and offer ongoing advice and information to empower the client to make positive health choices. The service is an innovative and cost-effective solution for tackling the ever-growing psychological and physiological effects of work-related stress, poor workplace ergonomics, and other HR issues.
The New Entrepreneur Scholarship (NES), a programme offered through Centa Business Services, equipped Tunde with the skills necessary to start and run her own business, including how to write an effective business plan and allowing her to develop a personal network of like-minded people.
Tunde has recently returned from the prestigious Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she was one of 20 NES graduates who participated in the New Entrepreneur’s Transatlantic Scholars (NETS UK) course – an executive entrepreneurship programme that builds on the skills gained through the NES.
“Participating in the Babson programme has added value to my businesses and opened up new opportunities,” said Tunde. “Since returning, I have begun to implement the techniques I learned and now have a better understanding of how to grow a successful business.”
Tunde has big plans for Touchpoints’ future. The company is working with corporate clients in Holborn in London and plans to subcontract to freelance therapists as the workload increases. Future activities include the ‘Massage in Schools’ programme, which has many benefits in primary schools, including improved cognitive development and reduced incidences of aggression.