I was born and bred in Larne, Northern Ireland where I went to school and spent the majority of my childhood. I moved to England in 1997, where I studied Design Marketing at The University of Teesside. Upon graduation I moved to London before heading up north to Manchester in 2001. Fast forward to today and I can be found in Manchester and back and forth to Northern Ireland.🌳Tree2mydoorI decided that the time had come for me to set up my own business in 2002. The idea was to create a gift company that specialised in supplying trees as gifts called Tree2mydoor. The first attempt actually failed miserably so I got to work to turn it around and relaunched as Tree2mydoor Ltd in 2003 and haven't looked back since!Tree2mydoor has grown from a twinkle in my eye to a multi-million pound award winning gifting business combining a consumer facing brand & corporate gifting channel. Tree2mydoor continues to go from strength to strength with an exciting future ahead.🌊 CollaberI founded Collaber - a sort of talent agency for things. Collaber brings together all my aspirations to build a better future through business. We do this by building brands with purpose.The name Collaber is unique and comes from two ancient words - Coll, meaning the Hazelnut tree (the tree of knowledge) and Aber, meaning where water meets. Bringing both words together creates a new meaning of where knowledge meets.Collaber services include:✅ University spin out commercialisation into a fully operational brand✅ Create and grow B2C brands by working with trade manufacturers✅ Operate and grow B2C brands with purpose✅ Unique brand exit strategy offering a fair and transparent solution to trade partners.The road that I have taken so far in my life has been an amazing one and very tough at times. Blessed to have so much direct experience of growing ecommerce businesses from scratch and on a shoe-string, the depth of knowledge that I now have offers me great insight that I have the pleasure of applying to modern business.I am passionate about creating brands and establishing the business behind them. Not just creating a brand in a studio... I birth my brands, nurture them, then send them on an adventure to bring back a pot of gold!My areas of expertise:🙌 Business Management🙌 Bootstrapping🙌 Branding🙌 NPD🙌 Marketing Strategy🙌 Business Development🙌 E-commerce brand development.My passion is for time served traditional products and services. Products & services that are always needed but perhaps not appreciated as much as they should be.DM, no BS Pls!