I’ve been a member of WIRE ever since I set up Breckland Orchard.  I’m a member of the West Suffolk branch – led by the very dynamic Alex Parr.  So I was really delighted to be asked to speak at the 2011 WIRE Conference held at Harper Adams University last week.  The Conference was called [...]

I love Twitter!  Such an amazing forum, and especially as a micro-business owner.  There is a very vibrant [and talkative] group of Norfolk Twitterers….and most chatty of all is Sarah of Brays Cottage!  Sarah makes the most divine Pork Pies in a variety of lovely flavours [including my personal favourite Onion Marmalade ..Mmmmmm]. Sarah and [...]

Ok….so I’ve said it before, running your own business is really diverse……….each day is different, and brings new experiences!  Today was no different……I went back to University, or the UEA to be exact.  I was on the panel at a Question time for the Entrepreneur and Small Business Management module.  The other panel member was [...]

I worked in a world class innvoation company for many years.  Mars have a reputation for bringing fantastically innovative products to market, and I was very proud to be involved in many during my years working there – Whiskas Pouch, Microwavable Rice, Dolmio PastaBakes, Mars Planets to name just a few.  Being that close to [...]

Since setting up my little microenterprise, I’ve had a huge amount of support, advice and physical help from folk that I used to work with at Mars.  The support from the Mars network has been nothing short of amazing.  So I was delighted last week to  put a little back so-to-speak! Antonia Maclean [of Wingivers] [...]