Kate Bagnall and Louise Hopkins
Leaving big company life with all its perks to go it alone, is not an easy decision to make, but specialist recruitment consultants, Kate Bagnall and Louise Hopkins, haven’t regretted their move for a minute!
Ambassadors
Get inspired by some of the local entrepreneurs who are supporting the Make Your Mark in Wakefield campaign:
Business partners Lee Ashurst, Ryan Barraclough, Greg Bennett, James Kildea, Matthew Massey and Ross Bennett run Tellatale Productions Limited; a Yorkshire based company that produces fun educational books and learning materials for children.
Helen Pheby
Working to realise her dream of making art more accessible to all, Helen contributes to the core activity at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which includes influencing and shaping public art projects across Yorkshire
Claire Nicholson
Claire Nicholson jointly founded Momentum Dance, an expanding community arts enterprise that provides opportunity and inspiration to a range of young people in the Wakefield area.
Hannah Ellis
Working within a forward thinking business provided fertile ground for Hannah Ellis's entrepreneurial streak.
Matthew Dunnill
Motivated by his enthusiasm for live music and entertainment, twenty two year old Matthew Dunnill spends much of his spare time networking, helping to expand a not-for-profit local community of artistic and music performers in his home town of Wakefield.
Bianca Edgar
Bianca runs Lipstick Media, a promotional photographic service that helps emerging bands and hopeful models get noticed.
Dean Hammonds
In his spare time Dean has built a portfolio of images, contacts, and a wide range of experience, with a view to becoming a leading, independent photographer.
Stacey Barnes
Wakefield-based singer and performer Stacey Barnes is working hard to fulfil her dream of becoming a successful recording artist.
Daniel Rajkumar
Daniel Rajkumar is 26 and runs a successful web solutions company based in Wakefield called Wéb-Tränslatiôns Limited.
Beth Goddard
Beth Goddard didn't let becoming a mum at 19 hold her back - and she now runs live arts production company More! Productions with her husband Ritch.
Hayley Shillito
Hayley Shillito is the director of Horizon Arts, a touring theatre productions company based in Wakefield.
Meghan Barber
Meghan Barber is 19 and the lead vocalist of Fawn, an unsigned band who describe their sound as ‘a cocktail of pop, folk and jazz, with soothing vocals, and emotive lyrics’.