Specialist Trade Advisors for Croatia/UK & Slovenia/UK projects

Building bridges & trade channels for more than 15+ years. Consultants and Business Partners. Whether its Market & Competitor intelligence gathering, making Pitchbooks & financial Models for fundraising, GTMs for Founders, Commercial Due Diligence for Investors, finding connections to industry veterans & buyers, or even Agile Business Development – we have the experience, skills and passion to propel your project!

We have deep industry experience in Leisure (& Climbing specifically), Ed tech, Mar tech, Medical devices, Construction (& Prefab distribution), Enterprise IT/SaaS, Fintech, Mobile App development, and FMCG/Food & Drink  

Fixed Price Projects & Shared Risk Ventures

Working in Partnership

Professional & Responsive

Business Support in the UK/Cro/Slo

We have helped 100s of clients on many ERDF/EU funded programmes including: Growth Accelerator, Director Development, Destination Staffordshire, Digital Catalyst. Often to 6 and 7 figure fundraising outcomes. e.g. for UK Climbing Business leader, The Climbing Hangar, this included a 6 and 7 figure raises. Slovenia’s SPS has enabled us to help 10+ companies in recent years too!

Croatia/UK imports and exports

We have helped a number of Croatian companies to access the UK market including Croatia’s premium housebuilder (Azelija) years ago, and more recently Mobile Apps dev firm (Ador), Croatia’s leading Manufacturing Execution Software giant (Codel) and Croatia’s largest IBM Partner (TIS Group). We give direct advice on Export Readiness and offer various non executive and executive services to realise the clients’ goals.

British Business Chamber Croatia

It remains a privlege to work with the British Embassy in Zagreb and serve as a Board Member of the bilateral Chamber of Commerce operating under its patronage. So many great events and inspiring connections! 

★★★★★ 5/5
Justin is helping us with all aspects of market entry into the UK... selecting our site of UK operations, re-positioning our offer, choosing target territories/verticals for maximum short-term impact (including drawing down subventions ... We are confident of great results.
Marijan Sever
Codel Group CEO
★★★★★ 5/5
We have worked with Justin for five years and he has been invaluable in helping us to build an effective strategy we can deliver on.
★★★★★ 5/5
Justin has a brain the size of a planet, he works incredibly hard and is a master of the 'cunning' plan. He is fluent in numbers but can speak English when necessary!
Andy Campbell
Operations Director and former fellow Business Consultant

Dragana Mostarac Barnes

Director, Mostarac Barnes d.o.o. (Croatia)
Founder of Mostarac Barnes d.o.o. in Croatia, Dragana, spent the majority of her early career working with senior management at an enterprise ICT/software and energy firm, managing HR issues. She also managed the procurement, logistics and building projects for a seven figure run rate log cabin business - with Croatia production and UK customers. She is passionate about ICT and helping to present the best of Croatia to the outside world.

Justin Barnes

Director, Mostarac Barnes Consulting Ltd (UK)
Founder of the Mostarac Barnes Consulting Ltd in the UK, Justin Barnes, started his businesss career with international strategy firm, McKinsey & Co., in London and then built a Business Support practice advising Directors/Owners of Small & Medium Enterprises, and Senior Managers in Corporations and Government (e.g. Bank of New York, UK MoD, P&G, NBK) in the UK. Through marriage he was introduced to Croatia, a country rich in culture and history, and with unmistakeable opportunities for Croatia-UK exports, particularly in its fast growing IT sector.

Let’s work together on your next project

Message us using the web form, call us as below or visit us in Samobor!

 

For Consultancy

  • +44 (0)7954 425 515
  • +385 (0)989 735 920
  • justin@mostaracbarnes.com

 

For Recruitment

  • +385 (0)99 517 0927
  • dragana@mostaracbarnes.com

UK Office

  • Mostarac Barnes Consulting Ltd
  • Registered in England No. 06112140
  • Email: justin@mostaracbarnes.com

 

Croatian Office

  • Mostarac Barnes d.o.o., Vladka Maceka 5-7, Samobor, Croatia
  • Trgovacki Sud Zagrebu, MBS081330395
  • Temeljni kapital uplacen u cijlosti HRK 20.000,00
  • Clan Uprave: Dragana Mostarac Barnes
  • Email: dragana@mostaracbarnes.com