by Ruth | Oct 18, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Meet Claire Hennesy, creator of Claire Lowe Jewellery Claire graduated from London Metropolitan University in 2005, after studying silversmithing, jewellery and allied crafts, and now finds creative inspiration for Claire Lowe Jewellery in Devon, where she lives with...
by Ruth | Oct 4, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Today we talk to Tracy Kensdale from Keeping It Vintage Keeping It Vintage is a small, family run wedding and event hire company based in Sidmouth, East Devon. What does your business do? Wedding and event props hire. We also offer setup and styling services to our...
by Ruth | Sep 20, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Today we welcome David Mattock from Full Rotation Ltd Full Rotation is a small, Devon-based collaborative design and animation studio, created from freelance 3d animator / artist and 2D motion designer David Mattock. What does your business do? Animation How long have...
by Ruth | Sep 6, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Today we welcome David Buss from Bridger & Buss Bridger & Buss combines high-quality furniture design and cabinet making skills with the ability to produce high-quality joinery installations. The workshop can be found nestled in the heart of rural Devon, where...
by Ruth | Aug 23, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Today we chat to Ed Bird from Bird Sunglasses Family-run Bird make award-winning, sustainable eyewear with a social purpose. With lightweight frames made from sustainable materials, unique designs, and polarised lenses, every pair sold brings the gift of solar light...
by Ruth | Jul 26, 2019 | Blog, Marketing |
Have you ever wondered what the best ways to boost sales online are? If you own an online store or ecommerce business you’ll be familiar with the constant quest to increase and boost sales without compromising your return on investment. Paid advertising and...
by Ruth | Jul 12, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Today we welcome Claire Close, a successful Not on the High Street seller Claire Close runs So Close, a gift company based in Exmouth, East Devon with her husband Tarot. So Close is a gifting company that specialises in quirky, colourful, personalised gifts which...
by Ruth | Mar 22, 2019 | Start-Up Stories
Say hello to Rosie Johnson, an illustrator that hopes to entertain and inspire Rosie Johnson is an illustrator based in Exmouth, East Devon. She creates beautiful, individual illustrations and portraits on commission as well as her unique line of cards, jewellery and...
by Ruth | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog |
Have you heard about using a business theme in your business for productivity? At the end of last year, I read an article by Rin Hamburgh, who’d I met earlier in the year, about how she chooses words to be her business theme for the year. The links in the article led...
by Ruth | Apr 17, 2018 | Start-Up Stories
Welcome to the first in a monthly series of features on inspiring businesses. This month’s feature is Jen Mills from The Floricultural Cabinet, a freelance florist based in the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton, East Devon. Jen started her bespoke florist...
