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On the Sixth Day of Christmas: Courage
Anne-Marie and I met at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations North East AGM in 2015. She asked if I would be interested in setting up a Young Communicators’ Forum. I said yes, and...
On the Fifth Day of Christmas: Credit
Alastair McCapra and I met through the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, he is CEO. I enjoyed working alongside him enormously, when I was an elected board member and as President in 2015; when...
On the Fourth Day of Christmas: Choice
Julie Jupe and I met through the South West regional committee of the Chartered Institute of PUblic Relations. We meet for dinner (not nearly often enough) with two other committee members and have formed...
On the Third Day of Christmas: Character
Jeremy Hamer and I first met a few years ago working on a large strategy project for a client. I liked him immediately, I was not at all surprised to learn he was a...
On the Second Day of Christmas: Confidence
Valentina Kristensen and I first met on the stage of an awards do. I was President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Val had just won Young Communicator of the Year, I...
On the First Day of Christmas: Christmas itself
Annette Spencer Annette and I first met across the table from each other at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Group Chairs Meeting. We did not see eye to eye at all to...
Twelve Days of Christmas
So hello from a mild Bristol on Christmas Eve. I started this Christmas Eve like no other – leading a social run for This Mum Runs, at the speed of chat, for 11 women...
National accolade for Sarah Pinch
Fantastic to see the MD of PPC, Sarah Pinch, at No 30 on the 2017 FT and HERoes Champions of Women in Business Lists.
Fitness for business HERoes
Being named as one of the top female UK business leaders on the FT and HERoes 50 Female Champions of Women in Business List is a wonderful acknowledgement for the work I've done and...
Why? Or Why Not?
Anyone who knows me, will say I like a challenge. Indeed I do, but I usually start out with some sense that I can do it. Recently I have purposefully, inspired by friends, been...