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Spotlight On...

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for November 2021 is Oliver Dixon from Oliver Dixon Photography.

1. When did you start your business?

I started up the business back in 2011, this is my 10th year in business!

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2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

I was actually training as a professional dancer when I got injured. I’d always had a passionate hobby in photography and during my recovery I was offered freelance photography

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for September 2021 is Sharon King from Ewe and Yarn.

Ewe 1. When did you start your business?

Ewe & Yarn opened on 9th September 2017

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

I am a geography teacher, but Fibromyalgia and Teaching are a bad mix, and I had the opportunity to develop Ewe & Yarn beyond a dream when I sold a previous home. Thirsk Yarn Bombers in

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for July 2021 is Paul Lund from Davis & Lund.

1. When did you start your business?

We first opened in Ripon back in July 2016 and after quickly becoming the market leading independent agent, we decided to open in Thirsk at the end of 2020.

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

I had been given notice of redundancy after working for NatWest for nearly 26 years. I have

Spotlight On...

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for June 2021 is Nicola Cooper-Heenan from Cooper & Barr Opticians.

1. When did you start your business?

We opened our Thirsk practice in January 2015.

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

I have a successful Opticians practice in Stokesley, which I joined in 2000, but I always wanted to expand and open a new practice from scratch - taking the elements that worked well in my

Our T&DBA Member in the Spotlight for March 2021 is Rebecca Thompson from Rebecca Jayne Artist and Teacher of Art.....

1. When did you start your business?

I launched with my business with a solo exhibition in December 2017 at The Station - Richmond

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

Quite honestly, I wanted more flexibility so that I could spend more time with my lovely family and three sons and a job

We are kicking off our Spotlight On feature for January 2021 with Julie Gilbert from 1st Mortgage Services...

1. When did you start your business?

I started 1st Mortgage Services in 2008, just before the financial crash – I’ve always enjoyed a challenge!

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

I’d been a mortgage adviser for 10 years. I had always wanted my own mortgage brokerage since I started in the industry at 18 years old

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for December 2020 is Suzy Jennings, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Darrowby Consulting Ltd...

1. When did you start your business?

January 2020

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?

We are a husband and wife team with two different sets of complementary skills. Through informal discussions with friends in business and the not-for-profit sector, we came to realise there is a demand for the kind of

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for November 2020 is Ken Wood from KDW Architecture ...

1. When did you start your business?
19 August 2019

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
I had worked in private practice for 25 years and had 12 successful years as a Director for a North Yorkshire based company before a change in circumstances led to me exploring setting up my own independent business. With help and encouragement

Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight for October is Rosa Fothergill from Tea Time Café (Tea Time Yorkshire Ltd):

1. When did you start your business?
September 2019

2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
I started my first business Tea Time Catering, 5 years ago when moving back home to Yorkshire after traveling. I just wanted to do something of my own with my own ideas. Then in September