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You Hosts: Lindsey Collumbell

Company: Bojangle Communications

Email: lindsey@bojangle.co.uk

Lindsey has worked in a wide range of marketing and public relations roles and brings the benefit of over 20 years of experience to her clients.  Her experience includes: aerospace, accountancy, exhibitions, membership organisations, online retailers, parenting, professional services, property, small business, and wedding sectors.

“When I started Bojangle Communications my intention was to work with corporates as that was the world I knew.  It did not take me long to realise that I was a little cog in a big wheel – all-be-it an important and invaluable cog! – but the more I worked with small businesses and, more importantly, direct with the business owner, I came to realise that this end of the spectrum was what most appealed to me and where I could make the most difference.

“I get a real buzz from working with a business owner and being directly involved and influential in the improvements to their business that are brought about by effective marketing.”

 Yvonne Stone

Company: Acorn to Oak Health

Email: info@acorn2oakhealth.co.uk

I started my working life in a very conventional way. I knew I liked to help people and the only option I saw when I left school was to become a nurse. I quickly realised I was not willing to take orders all day long, so I trained to become a midwife as they were more able to make independent decisions. I soon realised I wanted to be totally in charge of my own workload, so I went to work on the community and then I recognised that I also liked things done the ‘proper way’, so I became a manager.

This worked for a while, but I continued to take on new responsibilities every couple of years and to develop new projects. I found I was increasingly getting more ‘radical’ compared to my colleagues and finally, through a fortuitous NHS reorganisation, my job totally changed and I went to work in the Information Department. This helped me develop new IT skills and also freed my time so that I could study for 4 years to become a professional homeopath.