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On International Women’s Day Ann Bonnett, Jacqui Dodds and I took ourselves off to Nottingham to attend the East Midlands Women in Business Conference. We had been inspired by speakers such as Anita Roddick and Polly Toynbee last year and had met an interesting group of women. This year the line up of guest speakers looked interesting and the workshops worthwhile but I wasn’t sure they would stand up to comparison with Anita Roddick!
I couldn’t have been more wrong. Diane Louise Jordan, Colleen Nolan, Sue Cook and Clarissa Dickson-Wright were fantastic. An odd mix of speakers – maybe, an odd mix of talents and careers – certainly, but they all had one thing in common. They had followed their dreams, what inspired them, what they loved doing and most of all what they were good at. They had all allowed fate to play a part in their careers, they had all had low and hard times. But by being focussed on their own talents and abilities they have all been ultimately successful – in their own terms.
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Boudoir Femme, on Cambridge’s King Street, is fast becoming the place for women to shop in the city. The fashionable, Parisian styled boutique is a delight to browse in, with friendly and approachable staff to cater to your every need. The store has a growing following of regular customers who are kept up to date with the arrival of new labels and collections in store and informed about exciting preview events through the store’s regular customer news updates.
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Krystyna Boughey from Marketing Plus specialises in Public Relations and PR-related projects in response to client requests. At the request of CBN Krystyna gives members her ten top tips for successful copywriting.
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MEMBER NEWS
Intelligent telemarketing company Blue Donkey narrowly missed out on further award success at the Technology for Marketing Awards ceremony. These awards were created to recognise outstanding results and success achieved in marketing-related and customer relationship marketing technology.
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 Linden House Curtains offer a personal, professional bespoke and efficient curtain making and soft furnishings service, providing stylish and functional designs to suit individuals’ lifestyle and budget.
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Continuing to move their business forward, Cambridge Editorial Partnership have started trading as a limited company. To help manage the increasing workload Ros Horton and Sally Simmons have employed Sue Ecob as project manager and in-house editorial support and Antony Bond as financial officer and adviser.
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Mat Conway, the Mathematics teacher from Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies (CCSS) invited students and the college staff members to sponsor his haircut on Red Nose Day to raise money for the appeal. Other CCSS teachers were dressed in yellow clothes, hats and wigs whilst giving their lessons on that day.
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Andrea Chance, co-director of Brainwave Media Ltd, was recently invited to participate in a training course in mentoring, specifically aimed at people working within the creative industries. The training scheme was organised by The Creative Industries Business Improvement Partnership (CIBIP) and delivered across the Eastern region by Pam Lawrence, Director of The Business International Partnership.
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What do you need for your trip? How long before travelling should you seek advice? Are vaccinations really necessary?
 At the Travel Clinic Ltd we can answer all these questions and more. As providers of travel health medicine and information we provide detailed specialist advice tailored to your requirements. Our business is split between the needs of independent travellers requiring advice and immunisation for holidays or expeditions and the corporate traveller. We stock and administer all vaccines.
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About Grapevine
Grapevine is produced by an editorial board of cbn members (Ann Bonnett, Kate Kirk and Diane Winkleby). If you have any comments or suggestions for future features or would like to submit an article, then please contact Ann Bonnett ann@abcr8.co.uk. The views expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily represent those of CBN.
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News from the boudoir
Blue Donkey shortlisted for national award
Teacher loses his hair to raise money for Comic Relief Appeal