21 NOVEMBER 2008
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The aim of Women in Business is to encourage more women to become business owners and support women who own their own business, employed women and women at home by offering mutual support with a holistic approach.

Members directory

Company Name Contact Name Description
Business Network International Clive Birch Owner of BNI Franchise Devon & Cornwall, "The" Business Referral Organsiation. Founding Director of BSN.
Women in Business Kath Tatlock Founding Director....past president of Business & Professional Women Exeter
WHEELERS Grace Keast Specialist accountants for individuals, small and medium size businesses offering a warm, friendly professional service in a language we can all understand, ensuring clients meet deadlines. Founding Director of BSN.
Freshlight & Holdsoft Helen Terry
The Springboard Consultancy Ltd Jenny Daisley Training the Trainer Women's development training
DM Event Services Viv Daly Provides a complete event management package with planning and delivery. Conference organisation, venue & sourcing liaison, raising sponsorship, co-ordinating design & print, sourcing business and promotional gifts, marketing and event promotion, plus database development.
New Perspective Coaching Ann Ross Life Coaching Emotional Intellgence Coaching
Professional Development International Mary White PDI is an independent consultancy providing multi professional education and training with the Primary Care Trust, small and large organisations
Ford Simey Analiza Wright Solicitors with branches in Exmouth, Honiton and Sidmouth
Clarity Projects Ltd Ann Holman A young dynamic consultancy with a wealth of ideas and deep practical experience. Bringing a different and creative focus to your business goals...
Personal Performance Coaching Dee Wilkinson Personal Coaching to improve performance in any area of life and business. Executive and Life Coaching. Work life balance. Personal wellbeing. Personal development and support in meeting potential. Breaking through the glass window.
Foot Anstey Solicitors Patricia Wass
Virtual-O(ffice)M(anagement)S(ervices Lea Wray Virtual Office Management Services, including translation services, relocation services, PA-services, event/management services, crisis office management services.
Star Coaching & EFT Caroline Lucas Offering coaching to be part of a journey to get from where you are now and where you want to be by helping to create a life you will love and be proud of...along the way forming new strategies to meet new challenges in life, developing structure and focus, increased confidence and balance in life.
ActorFactor Emma Brown
Business Support Network (SW) Ltd Lynne Mundy-Pitman Membership administrator for BSN(SW).
University of Exeter Heidi Hallam University of Exeter plays a key role in encouraging Enterprise.
Cosmetic Procedures Emma Hazarika Plastic & Reconstruction Surgeon
Just Solutions Jill Stevens The core business of the company is mediation in the workplace or legal disputes. Bespoke training programmes are offered in such areas as conflict management, bullying and harassment awareness, and in-house mediation skills. Independent investigations and reviews, and conciliationfor complaints are undertaken.
Allergy Test UK Ltd Marlene Hochstrasser Allergy and food intolerance testing.
Charles Stanley Brokers Charlotte Lambeth Offering a local investment service, bringing together expertise in all aspects of personal & business investment with tailored solutions creatively structured for the clients needs.
Exeter Phoenix Arts & Media Centre Julie Bladon Arts Centre, arts, music, performance, film, visual arts, media centre, classes, film making facilities, equipment hire, Cafe Bar, conferencing, room hire for meetings, corporate entertaining, sponsorship. Offering a membership package...
Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Sue Andrews Developing income generation opportunities for the police force and establishing and maintaining corporate partnerships.
Iman Trading Ltd Sumani Chapman Wholesaler
Road User Support Service Rose Pell RUSS provides support, practical emotional assistance for road accident victims with a team of qualified counsellors and driving instructors giving rehabilitation for all victims
Optimal Nutrition Alison Jones Nutritionist
Sidona Group Anne Blackburn Training provider
Kyoo Marketing Services Nicky Ward Marketing services, PR, event management, copywriting and design. A flexible marketing service offering support on a flexible basis with cost effective advice to help promote and develop marketing plans, design, PR and other critical activities.
Identities of Distinction Debbie Trewin Offering personal, professional & corporate wording, bespoke traditional and contemporary designs, artwork, consultancy and profiling.
Iris Robinson Iris Robinson NLP Master Practitioner, Acupuncture, Sensitivity Testing, Personal & Health Coaching
Westwood Meters & Timers Ltd Mandy Woodard Reconditioning meters & manufacturing of drop coin meters and reconditioning electric meters for the submetering market.
Barbeary Watkin Ltd Tina Barbeary Exterior or Interior Professional Decorating Contractors giving advice and attention to detail using qualified craftsmen. Personal visits without obligation. Tina also has her own Network Marketing Business with Ever Living Products offering a range of Aloe Vera health and beauty products and Bee Health products plus a business opportunity for all with minimal investment.
Wrigley Co. Ltd. Lizz Lloyd
Smart Aspirations Ltd Jayne McLintock Creates and Designs Educational books - The Kick-ass GCSE revision game is one of them.
'mu:kau Feedback Ltd Clare Winsor Offering consultancy and training to help individuals and large & medium organisations creat great employees and customers. Using emotional intelligence to increase self-awarness, enhancing performance and improve in all areas of interpersonal communication.
Williams Print Group Gillian Williams Gillian is involved in educational training and runs the printing group with her husband.
WiRE Julie Edwards WiRE is a national business club for rural women, offering a dynamic member package of practical and specific business services and support for women in rural enterprise. Quote: rural is a state of mind not a postcode
WiRE Fiona Davies WiRE is a national business club for rural women, offering a dynamic member package of practical and specific business services and support for women in rural enterprise. Quote: rural is a state of mind not a postcode
Debbie Wills
Convallis Software Ltd. Elaine Isaac Offering Software consultancy and advice on all aspects of IT including databases, design, development support and producing bespoke software.
Lingcom Ltd / Action International Julie McGloin
Acorn Ecology Ltd Sue Searle Environment
Image Consultant Pat Ayerst Pat is very well known not just locally, nationally too with Marks & Spencer being one of her many corporate clients. Colour and style analysis, personal shopping and wardrobe audit, creating a successful image in business for both men & women…plus training seminars for businesses of all types are just a few strings to Pat’s bow!
MCF Business Rescue & Insolvency Moira Fitzpatrick Licensed Insolvency practitioner providing advice for businesses and individuals experiencing financial difficulties. Will assist in negotiating with all stakeholders in the business to effect a business rescue and able to take appointments in formal insolvency procedures where necessary to effect such rescue or to bring an irretrievable insolvent position to a conclusion.
Handle With Care Limted Ann Dempster Information and Communications management Company. Services include the design and build of high-end web-enabled database systems, data-management, loyalty scheme management, competition management, data-capture, mailings and mail-order fulfillment.
Everliving Products Company June Forster Networking Marketing Company promoting business opportunities for ALL with a range of health & skincare products using Aloe Vera as the main ingredient for healthy living.
Nippers Children Hairdressing Lisa Ollivro Nippers Children's Hairdresser is solely for children and is the only one in the Exeter area. The aim of the business is to ensure children have a positive experience by introducing areas of fun making it much more than just a trim!
EMB Consulting Ltd Liz Byrne Economic Development Consultancy specialising in Strategy Development; Feasibility Studies; Business and project planning development: Project and Programme Management Delivery; Appraisal and evaluation; Funding and Resourcing. Targeting all sectors. Focusing on Learning & Skills, Business Competitiveness, Social Enterprise, Equality and Diversity, Social and economic inclusion. Community Regeneration, Rural & Urban Development.
YouGen Cathy Debenham Marketing & PR Consultant
UCan fulfil-your-life today! Jo Stuckey Life Coach
Darmanie Services Linda Humphries Lifestyle management,concierge,work/life balance,family life,office services, tradeshows, evening planning, travel arrangements, gift shopping, grocery shopping, wellbeing, domestic services, dining, reservations, limousine service, benefits and more....
University of West of England Dr. Susan Durbin Senior Lecturer researching diversity.
Present2Sell Property Staging Jackie Sears Property presentation on all types of properties to achieve a quick sale for the best possible price; home staging to give the edge in a competitive market including 'lets' and empty property to inspire buyers with interior design ideas; dressing properties for property search companies to present to their clients.
ABCoaching Ann Buckingham
Cosmic Julie Harris An IT company offering wesbite production, IT training, technical support, consultancy and multimedia production.
Next Step/Connextions Cornwall & Devon Cathy Whitmore Giving advice on training for young people in the area of business skills and giving on-going support.
Theatre 4 Business Josie Sutcliffe
Peaches Mortgage Solutions Linda Wale Tailored mortgage solutions and expertise in all aspects of personal & business finance.
University of Exeter Ann Cullum Offering a wide range of professional development opportunities for managers including IoD Diplomas, CPD, MBA and MA in Leadership Studies. Regional initiatives like the Inspire programme, professional development for women and Leadership South West create projects and partnerships that bring academic thinking to practice.
Devon Air Ambulance Trust Caroline Creer Opportunity for fundraising
The Abbott Clinic Sally Abbott Specialising in the removal of facial thread veins. Other services offered include: medical aesthetics (Botox, chemical peels, derma fillers) and permanent make-up.
Laptop Learning Cathy Gillard Provides IT and computer training, to customers at home, in the office or local venues. Target customers are members of the public, sole traders, small and medium size businesses. Target areas Torquay, Paignton, Brixham.
Secretarial & Editorial Services Brenda Hooper Business offering secretarial, editorial, administration, book-keeping ands event organisation services, on a flexible, temporary or part-time basis. Target areas are sole traders, members of the public, small businesses, voluntary sector and trade organisations in Torbay and South Devon.
Artavia PFS Ltd Dana Mackie An independent wealth management and financial planning service to individuals, families and businesses wanting to support women and aid their financial success, both personally and within business, by providing impartial, practical financial solutions to clients with the offer of a complimentary initial meeting.
Marslands Accountants Ltd Michele Marsland Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant & Chartered Tax Adviser. Assists with business start-ups, book-keeping, VAT, PAYE, Tax returns, rental income, accounts, Ltd Company accounts, Directors, Registered Auditor, cashflow forecasts, Sage, Quickbooks, Excel, Microsoft Money and Accounting Office. Small & medium businesses, sole traders, partnerships, ltd. companies are my target clients. Individuals with rental income or other income which requires self-assessment tax returns, can also be targeted within the Plymouth, Exeter, Newton Abbot, Torquay, Devon and East Cornwall areas.
JLBrown Consultants Joanne Brown
Cider Mill Photography Karen Murrell
University of Exeter Shirley Turner
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Brocking Photographic Wendy Brooking
Desirable Future Catriona Widdows Life Coaching.
Business Link Kim Algar
ActorFactor Ltd. Gillie Stoneham
Tina Paisley
Partially Pink Ltd. Christel Dahlskjaer
Glen King PR / Marketing Ltd Glen King
South West RDA Hannah Smith
South West RDA Hannah Smith
Barclays Bank Denise Rogers Barclays Bank offers financial services, banking, savings investments and mortgages. Denise targets larger corporate customers who have a turnover of £10M+ or employ over 300 people. Denise's target area covers the SW region, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Wiltshire.
Jane Willoughby Homoeopath Jane Willoughby A passionate and dynamic Homoeopath - treating the root cause, not just the symptoms of pain and poor health. Provides a confidential & personalised service - particularly successful treating depression, anxiety, sleeping or emotional problems. Recurring problems such as migraine, arthritis, rheumatism, IBS, menstrual and menopause problems. Homoeopathy is non-invasive; ideal in pregnancy and for children. Targets the public, women's groups, personnel managers, private health insurers and public health care managers in local and regional areas. Telephone consulatations also available.
Well Hung Meat Company Maria Harding Buckfastleigh-based processor and national retailer of organic locally sourced meat. Winner of mulitple awards from the Soil Assoc. and Taste of the West including 2007 On-line Retailer of the Year for www.wellhungmeat.com. Innovator of the monthly Meat Box, the carnivore's veggoi box, a selection of seasonal cuts delivered by courier every 4 weeks to your doorstep. Also supply select portfolio of trade customers. The Butchery Experience and Shop in Buckfastleigh open to the public. Targets discerning customers nationwide who value quality meat delivered to their doorstep. Local, regional and national target areas.
Vanessa Cecil Vanessa Cecil The Lightning Process - therapeutic training for reapid, complete and lasting recovery from ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and similar conditions. Developed from NLP, Gestalt Therapy and other approaches. Over a period of 3 days, the client learns a simple technique to influence the hormonal and immunological systems and quickly clear symptoms where the condition is recent, longstanding, mild, moderate or severe. Target areas: via doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and people with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I work in the South West and N.Ireland, also in Norway, Australia and the US.
Ford Simey Sandra Powell
Sheppard Rockey & Williams Edwina Rockey
House of Colour Linda Jeffery As an image consultant, I run classes in small groups at my studio in Exmouth, Devon on colour analysis, make-up, style and image, amongst others. Following the colour and syle journey can save you money, time, increase your confidence and self-esteem and make that first impression count every time. I target members of the public, sole traders, small and medium businesses within the East Devon and Exeter area as far as Tiverton in the north of Devon.
Gemme de Joanne Jo Macaskie Contemporary designer jewellery handcrafted with many exclusive designs. Online shop, home jewellery parties, hotel showcases and commissions undertaken. Targets the public, hotels, charities for coffee mornings, etc, on a regional level.
Thistle Hotel Exeter Emma Gilbert An elegant 4-star hotel located in the heart of Exeter City Centre. Thistle Exeter boasts 90 recently refurbished bedrooms, along with a range of flexible function rooms which can accomodate a wide range of events from small intimate gatherings, to large and lavish celebrations. Targets all sectors - corporate and private clients, on a local, regional, national and international level.
Pro-Act Marketing Katie Sanders
Utilities Warehouse Desi Fradgley The Utility Warehouse Discount Club for residential customers - the more you use, the better the value! Utilities offered include electricity, gas, telephone, mobiles, broadcall and internet. Also offered for businesses - www.options4you.co.uk. Targeting anyone wishing to save and/or make extra income; small and medium businesses, sole traders, the public, voluntary and community sectors. Local, Regional and National.
Kath Breckon
Jigsaw Financial Solutions Dian Shaw
Mums in Control Magazine Michelle Grant
Armada Finance Michelle Tucker
Netspeed Leadership Donna Nunn
ENK Consultancy Emily Walker Business Management, Marketing and Agricultural Consultants, Training and Business Mentor for sole traders, SMEs, Donor Agents, Charity / NGOs, Government Depts, Individuals plus Fair Trade / Ethical Organisations. International target clients, mainly Africa and Indonesia and Local UK Market.
UK Alpaca Ltd. Rachel Hebditch Classical MileEnd Alpacas: Breeding and sale of alpacas and stud services. UK Alpaca: Manufactures alpaca yarns from fleeces of alpacas bred in the UK. Classical Publishing: publisher of Alpaca World magazine, quarterly covering the alpaca industry worldwide. Targets clients: CME - alpaca breeders and newcomers; UKA - retail sales to hand-knitters, wholesale to garment manufacturers and small designers; CP -new and existig alpaca breeders. UK and worldwide.
Swift Transitions Marian Weston
A Promise to Change Caroline Winter I am a sole trader - a qualified Executive Coach which involves working with senior managers and executives who need to focus on achieving their business goals. I offer a confidential environment, away from the work place, where in just 1 hour, executives often find their way out of a difficult issue/problem. I target public services - police,probation, local authorities and the NHS at their middle to senior management level. I target a national audience.
Anna Hamlyn Interiors Anna Hamlyn Exeter-based freelance Interior Design. Domestic commissions, for home-owners and the rental market, but also specialising in self-catering holiday accomodation and wheelchair accessible accomodation. I target members of the public, small and medium businesses associated with the property market, on a local and regional level.
Blackstar (South West) LLP Clair Mills
Elan tlc Ellie Hale
Jenny Day
Quickes Traditional Ltd. Mary Quicke
Garnet Parker
The Training Partnership Ltd Jane Stroud
Anne Ayre
Inspiring Action Erica Lewis Performance, business and life-coaching using a range of tools and techniques including NLP. Breakthrough sessions with NLP, Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis. Also training in communication and people skills and management consultancy for the not-for-profit sector. Target clients are members of the public, small business owners and social enterprise managers, health, social care, public and voluntary organisations in local, regional and national areas.
Orange Blossom SPa Tina Walker
CCRC Chatting Counselling Grace Chatting
Vennture Law Kerry Venn
Clare Whiston Clare Whiston Teaches people about the Law of Attraction - how to think differently to create greater healthy, wealth, relationships, careers and ultimately greater happiness. Also teaches people how to PhotoRead at speeds in excess of 25,000 words per minute using the non-concious mind. Targets local individuals for Law of Attraction teaching and PhotoReading. Solicitors, lawyers, accountants, stockbrokers, sports people and students for PhotoReading. Courses run for individuals or groups, in-house or privately.
The Old Bag Company Sally Hurst I was sitting on the beach in 2005 with my 5 children surrounded by carrier bags. I thought we need a decent beach bag so went home and designed one! The Old Bag Company was born. I tell the story through my 5 children with a label inside each bag with a message from them and the ranges are all named after them, which gives the product real personality. Since then, we design everyday bags, weekend bags and baby changing bags. I sell to independent retailers countrywide, including Fenwicks, Lakeland, Hoopers, Flybe, Amazon, The Eden Project, RNLI and T&G Clothing. We sell countrywide,Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean and S.Africa. Our bags are essentially a summer product, so we need to sell all year round, all around the world.
Divertimento Vicky Evans Music and entertainment for weddings and corporate events. A wide range of styles - jazz, classical, pop, folk, magician, casino. Specialise in string quartets, harpists and other classical ensembles. Target customers are hotels, wedding venues, stately homes, event organisers, corporate businesses, marquee companies and caterers. Cover Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
Read Successfully Ltd. Joanna Jeffery Trugs stands for 'teach reading using games' and is a high quality reading programme, using card games. Trugs fits into Primary and Secondary school phonic schemes. Targets all non-readers of any age. No training is needed in its use and parents & carers, as well as teachers can use the games. Target areas are parens, primary & secondary schools, adult-learning centres and carers.
www.teachinggerman.net Olga Wenham-Baker Teaching German at all levels at premises of client, private home or online; translation; interpreting by mother-tongue tutor. Target clients are members of the public, export companies, schools, hotels, travel agencies, airports, dept. stores, twinning assoc., international trade fair organisers, armed forces, navy, cruise line operators, production companies, German choirs and police. Target areas are local, regional, national and international.
Nat West Sharon Lee
NFU Mutual Amber Whitlock
GLD Training Associates Ltd Hazelann Lorkins
WriterOnCall.com Caroline Doughty
Mewstones Ltd Sarah Welsh
Lang Consultancy Lynne Lang
The Essential Personal Assistant Phillippa Goodwin
Inspired Marketing UK Lisa Farr
University of Exeter Business School Jackie Bagnall
People Inclusive Carolyn Hooker
Carolina Read