TENBURY businessman Cliff Slade is in the business of resolving disputes.

An emerging Tenbury-based mediation company Team Mediation Ltd has added a number of new mediation elements to its portfolio of services.

Managing director Cliff Slade said its core business involved matrimonial and disputes within the family but that there are many other areas where mediation can help.

“A breakdown of a family relationship can be very upsetting and can at times lead to days, months and sometimes years of no contact," he said.

“Over time these matters lead to worry and serious health issues if left unresolved, just because of a misunderstanding or an argument.

“Family mediation really is an opportunity to give all parties a voice and allows individual family members involved to work out their own way of moving forward in, at times, a very sensitive area.”

He said that the benefit of mediation is that it is likely to be much less expensive or acrimonious than going down a legal path.

“The biggest barriers to people sorting things out are emotion and pride and a mediator can often help address these issues,” said Cliff Slade.