Interviews

Concept Claim Solutions had cause for celebration recently when two of its franchise support team were named as finalists at the 2024 Women in Insurance Awards. Michelle Mellor (claim manager) was...

Name: Jennifer David (49) Organisation: Debutots Finchley, Hampstead and Muswell Hill Years trading: 15 Jennifer David, from Debutots, faced the COVID-19 pandemic head-on and with impressive speed managed to convert her in-person classes to...

Name: Julie Houston (57) Organisation: Right at Home UK Years trading: 5 Julie Houston has a background in banking and business, but she decided to move into the care sector after struggling to find...

Anisha Sharma “Don’t fall prey to imposter syndrome and don’t think you can’t do it” After a career in finance, which included setting up her own consultancy firm, Anisha Sharma decided to pursue...

Franchise focus Sandra turned a negative (being made redundant after 23 years), into a positive by following her lifelong dream to work with animals. I was made redundant in 2010 after a 23-year...

Co-founder, Fiona Leggott, has assumed a new voluntary role with Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWIF), a not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers who provide advice and guidance to women looking for...