Meet the Team

Meet our Founder, Rebecca Newenham

Get Ahead was born at Rebecca’s kitchen table in 2010, fuelled by ambition, three young daughters and a determination to prove that flexibility and commercial success can co-exist.

After a successful corporate career in buying, Rebecca knew she wanted to create a brand that would be bigger than her, one that supported growing businesses while also opening doors for talented professionals seeking more control over how and when they work.

Fast forward to today and Get Ahead is an award-winning outsourcing agency and franchise network, powered by over 80 Virtual Experts and Regional Partners across the UK. Together, they deliver high-quality marketing and business support to SMEs who need expertise without the commitment of hiring in-house.

Rebecca is known as a natural connector and community builder. She believes relationships drive growth, credibility builds confidence, and collaboration beats competition every time.

Her mission remains simple: To give business owners more time to focus on what they do best and to give ambitious professionals the platform to build something of their own.

Mentoring & Advisory Support

In addition to leading Get Ahead, Rebecca works with founders and franchisors as a strategic mentor and advisor.

Whether you are launching, scaling or exploring franchising as a growth route, Rebecca offers practical, commercially grounded advice drawn from real-life experience. Her mentoring style is honest, relatable and action-focused, combining big-picture thinking with tangible next steps.

To find out more about Rebecca’s wider work, visit rebeccanewenham.com

Community & Connection

Since 2019, Rebecca has also hosted LinkedIn Local Guildford, one of the UK’s longest-running LinkedIn Local communities.

What started as a simple idea, putting the social back into social media has grown into a vibrant, trusted network of Surrey business owners. Through curated networking events, roundtables and collaborations, Rebecca has created a space where relationships turn into referrals, partnerships and real commercial growth.

Her belief is simple: Visibility builds credibility. Credibility builds opportunity.

That philosophy runs through everything she does, whether supporting SMEs through Get Ahead or helping entrepreneurs raise their profile through meaningful connection.