Make 2017 your Eureka year – says #ImNotJohn champion Rachel Ray

[vc_row bg_color=""][vc_column width="1/1"][ish_blog_media][vc_column_text] #ImNotJohn champion Rachel Ray is founder of Bright & Beautiful, an award-winning concept in professional domestic cleaning services. She says 2017 is the time to spring clean your life and have your 'Eureka' year! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I think we all experience a ‘Eureka’ moment a few, special times in our lives and if, how

By |2017-01-04T12:07:54+00:00January 4th, 2017|I'm Not John|1 Comment

Businesswoman is having a howling success with new company

[vc_row bg_color=""][vc_column width="1/1"][ish_blog_media][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]This Small Business Advice Week, we have been talking to women about their journey into the business world and what advice they would give other women to succeed in their chosen profession. One such successful business woman is 27-year-old Emma Lees, from Lytham in Lancashire – who is the managing director of

By |2016-09-09T11:52:21+00:00August 24th, 2016|I'm Not John|0 Comments

Yellow Jigsaw team nominated for Spirit of Manchester award

[vc_row bg_color=""][vc_column width="1/1"][ish_blog_media][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=""][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]The Yellow Jigsaw team is delighted to announce that we have been nominated for a Spirit of Manchester award for our successful women in business campaign. The awards, which are organised by Manchester Community Central (MCC), celebrates and highlights all the excellent work being carried out in Manchester’s voluntary and community sector.

Is this what the Northern Powerhouse vision looks like?

[vc_row bg_color=""][vc_column width="1/1"][ish_blog_media][vc_column_text]This week’s edition of the Greater Manchester Business Week poses the question in a four-page article: is the agenda to energise the North still powering ahead? But from what I can see, the visionaries for the Northern Powerhouse movement need to be more than energised – they need a rocket up their arse

By |2016-05-20T11:50:56+00:00May 19th, 2016|I'm Not John, Passionate Pair|0 Comments

Yellow Jigsaw director is crowned a Northern Power Woman

[vc_row][vc_column][ish_blog_media][vc_column_text]Yellow Jigsaw director Grace Dyke has been crowned as ‘One to Watch’ in the first Northern Power Women (NPW) awards. More than 400 people enjoyed the awards at Manchester Hilton Hotel on March 3, which saw 51 people shortlisted in nine categories that had been selected from 700 nominations. NPW awards, hosted by BBC Newsround

By |2016-03-17T15:40:10+00:00March 17th, 2016|I'm Not John, Social Value|0 Comments

North West entrepreneur is making it big

[vc_row section="" full_width="" top_svg="" bottom_svg="" bg_svg="" color="" text_color="" bg_opacity="" parallax="" bg_image_repeat="" vertical_align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" width="1/1"][ish_blog_media global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"][vc_column_text tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"]Yellow Jigsaw had the pleasure of spending the afternoon surrounded by inspirational and driven women at the Forward

By |2015-11-24T11:04:05+00:00November 24th, 2015|Events, I'm Not John|0 Comments

A personal tragedy as a teenager gave me the strength and will to succeed

[vc_row vertical_align="middle" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" width="1/2"][ish_blog_media global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"][/vc_column][vc_column align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" width="1/2"][vc_column_text tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"]Mum of three daughters, Claire Handby, has been a senior manager in EY, a business consultancy, for eight years and is a specialist in

By |2015-11-15T20:01:19+00:00November 12th, 2015|I'm Not John|0 Comments

Women are great catalysts for change

[vc_row section="" full_width="" top_svg="" bottom_svg="" bg_svg="" color="" text_color="" bg_opacity="" parallax="" bg_image_repeat="" vertical_align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" width="1/1"][ish_blog_media global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row section="" full_width="" top_svg="" bottom_svg="" bg_svg="" color="" text_color="" bg_opacity="" parallax="" bg_image_repeat="" vertical_align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column

By |2015-11-11T13:51:25+00:00November 11th, 2015|I'm Not John|3 Comments

‘Treehugging’ female entrepreneurs bring business to Lancashire

[vc_row section="" full_width="" top_svg="" bottom_svg="" bg_svg="" color="" text_color="" bg_opacity="" parallax="" bg_image_repeat="" vertical_align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" width="1/1"][ish_blog_media global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row section="" full_width="" top_svg="" bottom_svg="" bg_svg="" color="" text_color="" bg_opacity="" parallax="" bg_image_repeat="" vertical_align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column

By |2015-11-03T13:53:14+00:00November 3rd, 2015|I'm Not John|0 Comments

I don’t want my children to be defined by their gender

[vc_row section="" full_width="" top_svg="" bottom_svg="" bg_svg="" color="" text_color="" bg_opacity="" parallax="" bg_image_repeat="" vertical_align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" bg_color=""][vc_column align="" global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3" width="1/1"][ish_blog_media global_atts="" id="" css_class="" style="" tooltip="" tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"][vc_column_text tooltip_color="color1" tooltip_text_color="color3"]Sarah Bennett is championing #imnotjohn. She is the director of Tech and Toast, which she set up 16

By |2015-11-03T13:20:04+00:00November 3rd, 2015|I'm Not John|0 Comments
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