Women in Business

Women in Business: Cathy Debenham, You Gen

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

MY big idea, which eventually became the YouGen website, didn't arrive as a 'light bulb' moment. I just noticed a gap in the market when my husband and I were renovating our house.

I discovered that it's easy to find information about renewable-energy technologies, but...

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Women In Business: Caroline Thomas, Haines Watts chartered accountants

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

ALTHOUGH I began my career in accountancy in a traditional way, with a university degree and a three-year chartered accountancy training contract, I...

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Women In Business: Julie Corcutt, co-founder of JC Property Development and Maintenance Group

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

PROJECT manager Tracy Cox and I teamed up to open our business around seven months ago. We had both worked in the building game for quite a few years...

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Integration brings corporate success

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

AS a management accountant in the motor factor industry, it never occurred to me I was the only woman in the team. We worked as one, getting done what...

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Women In Business: Kirsty Curnow Bayley, of Living Space Architects

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I RUN Living Space Architects, with my husband Stuart from our office in Plymouth. We have just taken on a second office in Southernhay in Exeter....

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Women In Business: Helen Mattacott, of Beacon Peninsula

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

BROUGHT up in the South Hams, I decided to venture afar and studied languages at Sheffield University which probably gave me the travel bug. I went on...

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Women In Business: Hannah Ellis Murdock, Really Good Recruitment Company

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

HAVE you ever thought about setting up your own business? Or perhaps you are in the early stages, having already made the decision? However prepared...

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Women In Business: Sandra Turner, managing director of Contour Exhibitions & Events and High Performance Marketing

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

WHY did I form Contour Exhibitions & Events in 1995? The reasons were threefold: I could work around bringing up twins who at the time were...

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Women in Business Column — Christine Roberts, Roberts Warr Electronics

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

I MIGHT have been born to be self-employed. At the age of 12 I found Saturday employment quite by chance which resulted in my first managerial role at...

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