Bedfordshire Network Members

Specialising in business-to-consumer PR and media relations, Lesley has continued to work with a diverse range of clients in the travel, mother/baby, beauty, food, literary and self-help sectors. She's worked with start-ups and mumpreneur businesses – including Mums Who Bake, Sporty Bump and Smallprint – as well as established brands such as The Open University. Lesley has vast portfolio which includes by generating extensive national print and broadcast coverage for travel companies, organic beauty brands and a number of new self-help books.

Amy Taylor BSc (Hons), ACA, provides essential tax planning and accounting advice to help her clients save money through legitimate tax planning opportunities. She currently specialises in helping Mums in Business, and this represents 58% of her client base. Amy is a very keen user of Twitter (as @amyaccountant) and writes blogs aimed at helping the smaller business understand ways of saving tax, without jargon. According to website wefollow.com, Amy is the most influential female accountant in the UK (correct at time of going to press).

Amy is a chartered accountant who qualified with first time exam passes 1998. She worked for Big 4 accountant, Deloitte in auditing and forensic accounting, before moving into a FTSE 350 media company to manage financial analysis and project work. She set up her own independent business providing accounting, book-keeping and taxation services in 2008. She has two small children, aged 7 and 2, and works from her home in Bedfordshire, serving clients across the UK, including as far afield as Scotland.

Pippa attended antenatal and postnatal classes at the Active Birth Centre in London and felt such a postive impact on her experience of pregnancy, birth and early motherhood that it was life-changing. It inspired her to re-train and learn to pass on what she had learnt to others. Karma Birth offers pregnancy and postnatal yoga, Active Birth Workshops, Developmental Baby Massage and Movement. Pippa also supplies Kari-Me baby slings direct to customers and is an advocate in natural parenting.

Sarah Christy manages Christy Plumbing & Heating Limited . Still a relatively small plumbing company, she coordinates the works for a range of customers from a large network of hospitals, to some of the distribution giants in Brogborough. But the bread and butter work is fixing leaks, changing taps and making sure your toilet flushes! After a number of bathroom and cloakroom refits, Sarah has just completed her first kitchen design and fit. Sarah is very proud of having just taken on her first apprentice.

Swirl Wine Events was founded by Master of Wine, Sarah Abbott. Our mission is to make learning about wine irresistible, enjoyable and natural.

We offer a range of wine events including private wine tasting parties, special events, corporate wine tastings, public wine festivals, and wine courses in the home counties.

At Truesilver, Leigh has been helping businesses across the UK to grow for 8 years and uses practical business strategies to get more sales, more profit and more freedom.

Working for yourself can be the most challenging and rewarding thing you ever do! Running your own business often involves a huge learning curve, so we help Mumpreneurs and business owners navigate things like how to market your business, what kind of clients to look for and some of the essential entrepreneurial skills that help make it all that bit easier and a little more fun!