Be Inspired
Be empowered, be motivated by our collection of inspirational enterprising womens profiles.
KAREN SCOFIELD-SEAL, Lucza London
Karen Scofield-Seal grew up in various locations such as Kailua, Hawaii; Mojave Desert, California; Cape Canaveral, Florida; and the suburbs of Boston and Washington DC.
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New Female Owners Take on “Unique” Hotel
One of the most distinctive hotels in the North West of England has earned a whole new lease of life under new owners, Janet Sutton & Margaret Lofthouse.
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Faye Smith recommends Christina Trindade
Always the most optimistic and resourceful woman I know.
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Catherine Hoff
Catherine Hoff is a mumpreneur and small business owner in Lewes. She set up The Bedroom shop with her mother last year.
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Mum’s the word
Remarkable Young Mums leading the way for Female Entrepreneurs
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Georgia Hall
Georgia Hall, now 46, was born to Sheffield students in a one bed roomed flat. Two years later her brother arrived, by which time drink had taken over her mum’s life.
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Mariska Alexandra
Hailing from the USA, Mariska Alexandra is a model and blogger, whose insider look into the fashion world is related on her blog with wit and insight.
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Sarah Blackwell- Founder and Director of Forest Schools & Arc
Sarah (45) was born in Ince, Cheshire and adopted at six weeks old. Her adoptive family moved first from Sheffield on to Leeds and moved again to Bristol when she was four to eighteen.
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Kelly turns honeymoon redundancy to wedding business triumph
My boss rang to make me redundant from my job in fashion recruitment out of the blue.....
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Liz Pyeman of Mama Pie
This month Working Woman became a huge fan of Mama Pie, beautiful handmade vegan cakes for mail order. The chocolate brownies are the best we have ever tasted!
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“Let them eat cake”
Faye Smith and Ruth Adams, Sheffield trainers celebrate first year!
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Job hunting mundane and boring?
Katie and Harriet are Sheffield's hottest new recruitment female entrepreneurs that firmly believe that loving your job is possible, so much so that they have launched their own campaign to celebrate just that in Love Your Job Week!
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Women’s Ways
A most unusual walking guide to the Sheffield area will hit the shops in the next few weeks. It has been produced by seven local women who decided to share the places and walks they love with others.
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Judith David of JCom
I’m passionate about effective communication and I really like to write.
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A Cami with added confidence
Nearly 46,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, 34,000 of who have to have all, or part, of their breast removed.
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Lisa Marie Burton
This month Working Woman talked with the lovely Lisa Marie Burton, Director - The Bridal Consultant
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Alice Thickett of Tapton School
In the modern world, so reliant on instant updates condensed into ‘tweets’ or texts, the idea of reading an 800-page Victorian satire perhaps appears to many as faintly archaic.
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Isobel Hoskin Notre Dame High School
"I believe that being happy is the only important thing. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or torturous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive."
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Anisa Abdulrahman-Y11 King Edward School
Princess Diana was not a particular ‘intelligent’ teenage student and was negatively impacted by the divorce of her parents.
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Daniella Roberts Chaucher Business & Enterprise College
I find it amazing how Michelle, someone who I barely knew two years ago has influenced me in such a huge way.
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Danae Wellington Sheffield City College
Maria she's my influence, she gave me passion and I am going to embrace that.
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Lauren Cooper King Ecgbert School
‘If you can’t say nothing nice, don’t say nothing at all.’
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Kirsty Ward Chaucher Business & Enterprise College
Kimberley Ward may be my sister but she is also the person I aspire to be like.
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Cassice Last overall winner of 2010 WORKING WOMEN COMPETITION
Cassice Last Overall Winner of the 2010 WORKING WOMEN COMPETITION sponsored by Barclays Bank.
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Working Woman and WAITS Fundraising Ball
Women Work Wonders!
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Jo Davison Between the Covers!
Star women's editor and columnist Jo Davison is now between the covers.... of her own book!
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Faye Smith
Faye is proud to be born and bred in Sheffield. Her year at Brantwood aged 10 was the happiest of her school career!
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Do you know a FARMtastic Woman?
We do! Her name is Jeanne Gwynne and she drives big machinery, saves the lives of newborn lambs and can handle an 1800lb bull!
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Kamini Edgley, engineer, saves Network Rail millions!
Recently Working Woman talked to Kamini Edgely, engineer and high profile businesswoman. Read her amazing story below…
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Anisha Mistry
As a child I faced many challenges and had to face the reality of many situations that crossed my path.
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Celia Pontin
I am originally from Yorkshire, but spent the last 20 years living in and around London and recently relocated to the county of Lincolnshire.
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Olusola Onakanmi of Ahtsykel
Meet Olusola Onakanmi one of Sheffield's very creative women! Ahtsykel, pronounced hat cycle /hæt/ /ˈsaɪ kəl/, provides products and services and has evolved since conception.
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Faye Yarnall
Faye is a PR Consultant who specialises in Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle and Business-to-Consumer PR.
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Servane Mouzan, Global Tribal Networker!
Servane Mouazan is an enthusiastic networker and social entrepreneur. With a background in creative industries and community development in Europe and South America.
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Noami Englekamp of Love2Plumb
From the very start of my career as a plumber I knew deep down that self-employment was my aim. Both my parents and my Grandparents ran their own businesses and my father is a builder so its quite natural that I should find I have a head for business too
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