Jenny has been described as an inspiring, strong resilient young woman who has overcome many obstacles to be the successful person she is today.
Having had experience of being a young carer for her mother she is now dedicating her time to improving the lives of other […]
Working with a pre-dominantly female workforce, Miss Moneypenny has developed a culture supportive of them, from consulting on the way the new purpose built offices will look to offering interest free loans. In March 2014, Moneypenny co- owner, Rachel Clacher established The Moneypenny Foundation to […]
Miss Moneypenny was established in 2000 by Brother and Sister Rachel Clacher and Ed Reeves who, following a poor experience with a telephone answering service, wondered if they could do it better. They started with £10,000 and a brainstorm of ‘what would I expect from a personalised telephone answering service?’
Pregnant with […]
Bank Employee, Rebecca discovered a gap in the market whilst looking for easier ways to get a curly blow dry without going to the hairdressers. She started by carving out brushes and attaching rollers to them so she could give herself a curly blow dry. Whilst […]
Victoria came to Manchester as a student in the early 1990s and settled in Gorton. She was shocked by the levels of poverty and deprivation around her and scared by the amount of abuse and aggression she experienced as an outsider. Her response? “if you see […]
Christine started her career at Riverside Studios where she worked with many great artists including Kenneth Branagh, Vanessa Redgrave, Gore Vidal and Max Wall, before joining the Design Museum.
Returning to the North West for a career break, she was persuaded by Alex […]
The Gymnast allergic to exercise.
Imagine your world being turned completely upside down in one day. Imagine if everything you touch, smell or ate could potentially kill you, even a kiss from a loved one or a hug from a friend. A condition so cruel you can’t cry, because […]
Jennifer joined ITC, a family run business, in 2006 as Marketing Manager. By 2009 ITC recorded it’s biggest losses in its 35 year history as a result of declining sales, overheads that had grown out of proportion with the underlying business with the recession hitting luxury travel. Alongside […]
Sarah recently retrained as a chocolatier to follow her passion and set up her own chocolaterie. Her business, set up on a shoestring has within 18 months, traded on ‘Not on the High Street’ featured in ‘Stylist’ and ‘British Vogue Magazines’, won a Taste Gold Award and […]
LSheila is a space scientist and an educator, using the inspiring qualities of astronomy to enthuse disengaged students into doing science. She has the admirable and tough job of a secondary school teacher at an inner city comprehensive school in Preston enthusing students about physics. With […]
