“I always dreamt of having my own business. I told my schools career advisor I wanted an ice-cream cart in York Museum Gardens.
Starting a family at a young age, meant I had to fit work around my commitments. I did everything from packaging to retail. I then worked my way up in an insurance firm from the call centre to project managing product development and training. When I realised paperwork and internal politics wasn’t for me, I switched gears. Cue training in events and then running an events-planning business. Plus a shop selling everything from wedding dresses to confetti.
I sold the business and took a career break to concentrate on my family, then three boys, husband, and a cat! But I continued to help friends and family with business advice. This led to setting up as a business coach, and then ultimately MPWR. Now I’m finally doing what I was always meant to (and also have a dog, two grandkids and am employed part time!) At MPWR we aren’t ‘fluffy’ and there’s certainly no pink branding. Instead we offer networking, support and training to grow the businesses, careers and lives WE want.”