Stephen Beech, owner of Manchester-based Beech Holdings, won the sessions after being crowned overall winner in a 2016 Local Business Accelerators scheme earlier this year.
Deborah said: “When he was young, Stephen was selling lollipops in the school playground and now he has a multi-million-pound business.
“I love what I do and there’s nothing more motivating and invigorating than people who create something – and that’s what Stephen and the rest of the staff at Beech Holdings have done.
“We will stay in touch and I shall be following the company’s progress with interest.”
Beech Holdings is a parent company to Beech Construction, student lettings business Beech Properties and city centre lettings brand Manchester Apartments.
The group currently boasts £65m worth of residential housing stock in Greater Manchester, and owns 17 buildings in the city centre and a further 100 in the wider area.
Earlier this month, Beech Holdings launched a new £1m headquarters on Manchester’s Oxford Street.
Stephen added: “When you meet people like Deborah, you tend to remember everything they say as their time is precious.
“It’s also good to know that she thinks a lot of us as a company – it certainly gives us extra confidence going forward.”
Beech Holdings was also awarded an advertising package with a local newspaper for winning the scheme.
