Success Stories
"I provide professional training, mediation, counselling, life-coaching and hypnotherapy services to corporate and individual clients in Coventry, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. I also deliver the accredited National Open College Network Training Programme in Mediation Skills and design and deliver a wide range of other bespoke courses to meet the needs of the clients."
Breeder Scan is a mobile ultrasound pregnancy scanning service for breeders and pet owners.
"Skin Deep Confidence is about Semi-Permanent Make-Up which is the art of implanting colour into your skin. It is putting the right colour in the right place so you can look better naturally."
"I then went on to receive one to one business mentoring sessions. I received brilliant business advice from the Women’s Business Development Agency! I went on many free courses that they offer and got plenty of invaluable information from their website. All of the above gave me the confidence to go ahead with my business idea."
"My work was very supportive and encouraged me to offer my press release writing skills outside of work hours. I thought about the idea seriously, but didn’t know where to start setting up my own business. I enjoy my job, but something inside of me was itching to continue to use the skills I have gained within the media industry."
"Soon after leaving university (2001) I worked within the HR field for the local authority until January 2008, when my contract came to an end. Since then I placed strong emphasis on setting up my own business, as being my own boss was something I have always wanted to do, specifically in the Asian fashion field.
Having believed strongly in what I wanted and how I was going to achieve it influenced me in opening my business."
"We are friends and colleagues who have worked together for a number of years. Jointly we have a broad knowledge and experience of all aspects of business including finance, executive PA, office management, event management, sales, import/export, travel arrangements and customer service. So, putting our knowledge and experience together, we thought it would be great to start a business partnership."
"In 2002 I arrived in England from Chandigarh, India. I moved over here, with our three children all under the age of 7, to be with my husband. This year I decided that I wanted to start up my own business. So I did some research and also did some training to become a qualified beauty therapist.
The help I have received has been very helpful and informative!"
A single mum of two and aged 45 - and has just started up her own business!
"I had recently heard an ad on the radio about the services Business Link provided to help people set up their own businesses - so I gave them a ring to find out some more information and they referred me tothe Women's Business Development Agency."
"I am Joanne Asselman and I am the director of ThoroughlyChic Limited. I was born in Northamptonshire in England and was educated in England and Scotland; attending The University of Liverpool where I gained a BSc Honours in Mathematics and The University of Glasgow where I studied Medicine."
"My name is Kate, I am 27 years old and I have been a lecturer in photography for the past 5 years. I started teaching as soon as I left university and literally threw myself into my job. Though I got so much satisfaction from seeing my students develop their own skills I found it very hard to ever have the time to try and continue my own personal work."
"I trained as a Graphic Designer in the early eighties (back in the time of the dinosaurs before PC’s were invented and we had to use ink and glue to prepare artwork!) and have worked in commercial studios and public sector organisations for the last 25 years, developing my skills to embrace the digital era along the way."
"I am a mother with 3 girls aged 15, 12 and 7. I have been a florist for 24 years and after, recently being made redundant, I decided to fulfil my dad’s dream (who died 2 years ago) to work for myself. I have become a more confident person and WBDA have given me the support I needed and helped me to have a greater outlook for the futurebecause I now believed in myself."
"Prior to starting my own teaching and learning company, I was a secondary school Physical Education Teacher. I completed years at schools in Hinckley, Birmingham and Coventry, ranging from schools with 1600 Y10/Y11 Students to a Special Needs School catering for 75 Pupils with Autism / Aspergers Syndrome."
"I am 30 years old and have studied marketing and management. I have worked for two international companies in marketing department. It was really interesting but very, very stressful. I decided that the only way that I could be independent and more flexible to look after my daughter, Nadia of 7months, was to set up my own business. I always wanted to have my own company but I was not sure about an idea. So I started to think about my dream - to have a professional photography studio and take fashion and beauty photographs."
"A few years ago my husband and I moved to Spain, and in a fit of desperation, mainly to avoid telemarketing, I went for an interview for a chef job in a high quality restaurant near Marbella, Costa del Sol. The interview was like a little ‘ready, steady cook’ scenario – I had to construct a dish from a selection of ingredients and the chef was impressed enough to take me on."
"Born and bred in Coventry, I have been working in the corporate clothing industry for 20 years, predominantly on the sales support / contract management side dealing with all elements of garment supply from inception to roll out... Over the past few years I have been juggling my career and home life almost to the point of exhaustion, often working in excess of 12 hoursa day and driving over 1,000 miles per week."
"Pootle was formed, after owner Rochelle Byles got frustrated with options available to her for her own children, Andrew (3) and Sophie (1). Everything seemed to be excessively priced for pregnancy and for newborns, especially when you consider the short time these items are used. With a concern for the environment and the purse strings, Rochelle decided to do something about it for future Coventry mums. Pootle is the result..."
A former nurse is hoping her new business will be just what the doctor ordered for Coventry shoppers!
"I recently did a University Business Enterprise Study Course at Warwick University. And I went on WBDA’s free
‘Confident Start’ workshops held in Coventry - I really enjoyed it and decided that I wanted to work formyself."
"We all make ourselves attractive on the outside, makeup, nail extensions, new hair cut, grooming etc.
But why do we always neglect the inside?
We all know intuitively, that our past events influence our present issues. Your gender, hormonal status, past experiences, values and beliefs."
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