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1. When did you start your business?
October 2020
2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
Working for ATS and Tructyre ATS for 8 years Denis acquired a lot of skills. With his passion for his work, attention to details and customer care we decided that we would like to offer all the benefits of mobile
1. When did you start your business?
I started up the business back in 2011, this is my 10th year in business!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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