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T&DBA Virtual Networking - 9 MAR 21
Thirsk & District Business Association welcomes you to our March online networking event.
Date: 09.03.21
Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: FREE
Our face-to-face networking events are currently still on hold. As soon as they are safe and secure we will get them back up and running again but can't see this being until Spring 2021.
We will however be hosting monthly online networking via Zoom starting in January 2021.
The meetings will take place every 2nd
T&DBA Virtual Networking - 9 FEB 21
Thirsk & District Business Association welcomes you to our February online networking event.
Date: 09.02.21
Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: FREE
Our face-to-face networking events are currently still on hold. As soon as they are safe and secure we will get them back up and running again but can't see this being until Spring 2021.
We will however be hosting monthly online networking via Zoom starting in January 2021.
The meetings will take place every 2nd
Spotlight On...
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
Spotlight On...
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
Spotlight On...
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
Spotlight On...
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
Spotlight On...
Our Thirsk Business Member in the Spotlight this month is Kristina's. Thank you Kristina for sharing your business with us...
1. When did you start your business?
2015
2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
It was always a dream of mine to run my own little shop. Andy and I got married in 2014 and had the best time planning and celebrating, going back to the daily grind just didn’t feel right. We
Spotlight On...
RedKiteIT are our T&DBA Member in the Spotlight this month. Thank you to Kelly Teagle and Charles Collinson for sharing an insight into the services you offer in and around Thirsk.
1. When did you start your business?
RedKiteIT was formed in January 2015 from the combining two long established businesses of over 20 years.
2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
I'd been working from home as a freelancer web developer for 9 years
Spotlight On...
Our Thirsk & District Business Association Member in the SPOTLIGHT for March is Deborah Goodall from AER8 Marketing.
1. When did you start your business?
September 2011 – it seems a whole lifetime ago!
2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
I’d been in my job as Head of Marketing for the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (The Great Yorkshire Show) for about 5 years and the challenges that I had been brought in to sort out
Spotlight On...
Our Thirsk & District Business Association Member in the SPOTLIGHT for February is Nicole Brûlé-Walker from NBW:Move.
1. When did you start your business?
My business has evolved over the last 20 years. I started in Canada and relocated here in 2001.
2. What led you to start a business/how did it all begin?
I had worked in a system in Canada which was similar to the NHS here and found that time constraints didn’t allow me to spend the