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#30 From Office Manager to Stylist & Mentor
Stylist and mentor Amy Louise Hatch shares her small business journey. Originally an Office Manager and PA, she decided to set up her own styling business.
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#30 From Office Manager to Stylist & Mentor
Stylist and mentor Amy Louise Hatch shares her small business journey. Originally an Office Manager and PA, she decided to set up her own styling business.
#29 From Psychologist to Seed Merchant
Seed merchant Grace Alexander shares her multi-hyphenated ‘suit to boot’ career story. A change at work triggered her interest in flower growing.
#28 Teaching Floristry & Creating Wedding & Event Floral Designs
Florist Joanne Truby shares her small business journey. Moving from the corporate world to study floristry, she set up her wedding and event design company in 2012.
#27 Changing Career & Becoming a Farmer Florist
Farmer Florist Rebecca Stuart from The Garden Gate Flower Company shares her small business journey. Living in Cornwall, she grows and designs flowers for weddings.
#26 Becoming a Farmer Florist
Farmer Florist Milli Proust shares her small business journey. After studying to be an actor, she now grows and designs flowers.
#25 How Your Interior Styling Impacts on Your Well-Being
Commercial Interiors Stylist and Writer Joanna Thornhill shares her career story. As well as her styling work, she also writes for magazines
#24 Changing Career in Your 50s
Florist Melissa Richardson shares her small business journey. After running a model agency for 27 years, in her mid-fifties she set up
#23 Staying True to Your Aesthetic
Husband and wife team Brett and Caroline run botanical design brand, Stengun Drawings, offering a collection of contemporary greeting cards, postcards and Giclee prints featuring flowers and plants.
#22 Changing Career & Becoming a Landscape Architect
Landscape Architect Marian Boswall shares her small business journey, including changing career from management consultancy.
#21 Working As a Florist in London & Somerset
Florist Ellie Jauncey shares her small business journey. In 2009, with Anna Day, Ellie founded The Flower Appreciation Society in London. 11 years later, having moved to Somerset, she has set up her second floristry business, Ede Flowers.
#20 Running a High Street Florist Shop
Florist Grace Salter Haskins shares her small business journey. Aged 21, her dream of opening a shop came true when she opened Bramble & Wild.
#19 Houseplant Benefits, On-Trend Varieties & Care Tips
Houseplant Obsessive and Interior Landscaper Ian Drummond shares his career story.
#18 Making Time for Artistic Experimentation
Florist Anna Potter shares her small business journey. Always having dreamt of opening a shop, she set up Swallows & Damsons in Sheffield.
#17 Overcoming Lack of Self Confidence
Transformational Courage & Confidence Coach Arianna Trapani shares her small business journey, including her two career changes from the world of interior design to lifestyle influencer to coach.
#16 Creating Online Floristry Courses & A Podcast During the Pandemic
Artist Brigitte Girling from Moss & Stone Floral Design shares her small business journey, plus her career change from teaching to starting her business.
#15 Changing Career From a Criminal Lawyer to a Florist
Florist Sarah Statham shares her small business journey and career change from working as a criminal lawyer to entering the world of flowers.
#14 How to Wear Colour to Look Your Best
Personal Stylist and Image Consultant, Anita Feron Clark helps people look and feel their best every day.
#13 Creating a Distinctive Brand for Your Small Business
Brand Strategist and Creative Director, Fiona Humberstone shares her small business journey and how she came to set up The Brand Stylist.
#12 Royal Wedding Flowers, Constance Spry & Sustainability
Floral designer and writer Shane Connolly shares his small business journey, arranging flowers for royal weddings and recently guest curating a Constance Spry exhibition.
#11 How to Set Up a Business From Home With Small Children
Small business owner Rachel Bull shares her journey from working in publishing to changing career and setting up her floristry business, House of Dandelions, from home.
#10 Changing Career From a Wedding Florist to a Flower Grower
Small business owner Jessica Naish shares her journey from setting up her floristry business to then becoming a flower grower and founding Lolly & The Hare.
#9 How to Transition From a Corporate Job to Small Business Owner
Small business owner Emma Soulsby shares her journey from working in finance in the corporate world to becoming a wedding florist.
#8 Personal Branding Photography Tips
Photographer Vicki Knights shares valuable personal branding photography tips, from what to expect from a personal branding shoot to how to relax in front of the camera.
#7 How to Show up Online to Promote Your Small Business
Florist Rachel Husband from The Rose Shed shares helpful advice on how to show up online to promote your small business.