With over 20 years’ of experience in leadership and business, I bring a unique mix of hands-on management, people expertise and strategic insight, says every Business Consultant on the market. So rather than give you all the buzz words and fluff. I’ll just tell you my story.

I’m Lucy, just a normal single mum to a teenager with a crazy Cocker Spaniel called Monty (shameless appeal to dog lovers). I’ve spent my entire life juggling ADHD hyper-focus, working class values and Gemini personality traits. And I couldn’t be more grateful. This combination of chaos and conviction has made me; try new things, wing it till I worked it out, master new skills, absorb knowledge like a sponge and given me a zest for creative outlets.

So why is this important for your small business? Well you get to learn from my mistakes, gain insight from my thirst for knowledge, tap into my unconventional problem solving and join in when I rave to 90’s dance over your success.

I’m not a graduate management consultant with an MBA and no life, work or business experience. I’ve been around the block. I am hands-on, sleeves rolled up, practical. I’ve worked full-time from being 15 years old and always been proud of values abc work ethic that comes with being born into a big, working class northern family. I grew up in a home where hard work was valued above handouts and phrases like “Nowt’s ever been handed to us” and “money doesn’t grow on trees” were like family mottos.

My upbringing taught me that success isn’t given, it’s grafted for. An ethos I took into my first management role at 18. A baptism of fire in a tough industry in turbulent times with the introduction of the smoking ban (think I’ve just revealed my age). Management in the pub trade in the 00’s wasn’t for the faint-hearted but I loved it. Leading a big team in a faced-paced, 300 cover hospitality business, taught me a lot.