17 years as MD of family business, building it up from
small/micro business to multi-million pound turnover
business supplying supermarkets and large retailers
nationally.
5 years as founder and MD of start-up online flower
delivery retailer, rated Best Flowers Website by the
Sunday Times 2002. Became subsidiary of small AIM listed
PLC, then sold to large private company.
Business experience includes practical, ‘hands-on’,
knowledge of (nearly) everything involved in running an
SME.