Recent magazine features

In her own admission, Claire Clark isn’t the most well-known business leader around these parts. “Someone might read this and think, I’ve heard of all these other people – who’s this? But it shows that it's about people who inspire others, and it’s not necessarily about ‘well-known’ leaders; it’s about people like myself just working hard, trying to make a difference, for now and for the...

The shambles surrounding this summer’s exams triggered only one memory for Andrew Fox – after he took his GCSEs he didn’t even bother to collect the results. It wasn’t that he feared failure – he still has no idea how he fared. It’s just that by the age of 16 he was already working and didn’t want to stop. “I was very stubborn,” he recalls. “I wanted instant income. People have their own...

Money, profile, setting the record straight. Possibly the three main reasons why someone would commit to the huge task of writing a book, and none of which is important to Paul Sewell. The chairman of one of the region’s most successful businesses, using any measurement you care to adopt, is donating all proceeds from Half a Lettuce to charity. He’s already very well known locally, regionally...

Here at BW we’re all about inspiring stories of entrepreneurs who have overcome various challenges to pursue their dreams – but Rebecca Shipham, like many others in the events industry, is right in the middle of her biggest setback after enjoying 10 years of establishing herself as one of the most respected names in her field. She’s quite frank about the fact that it’s difficult to put a...

Something had to give. Craig Lane was working a 40-hour week topped up with four or five hours of coaching, three hours of volunteering and up to 15 hours of training when the lockdown landed. The restrictions brought furlough from his main job, the closure of David Lloyd Hull which he uses for sessions with private clients, and a government-imposed maximum of an hour of exercise every day....