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Anna D'Souza

I have an HND in fashion design and specialist training in corsetry and bridal wear. I use couture and tailoring techniques with many hand finishes. You are welcome to make an appointment for a free, no obligation, initial consultation.

Elizabeth Dadson

After many years of working for the Metropolitan Police Elizabeth suddenly discovered her passion for healing after watching her mother's battle with breast cancer. The whole experience propelled her into learning everything she could about holistic therapies and how they…

Muriel Dahan

I am French and have now lived in the UK for 26 years. I joined the publishing industry in 1983 at the start of a career in children's books that would span 20 years. My last role in this industry took…

Jenny Dahn

I am a single parent, who recently found herself redundant after several years as a working mum. “Redundancy is not an illness it is a situation” Instead of looking at the negatives I sought out the positives and to avoid the dole…

Jan Dalby

My name is Jan Dalby and I have been working in Network Marketing for 20 years. I have built a very successful network in the wellness industry and I retired from my day job in 2000. However, when I heard about…

Robyn Dalby-Stockwell

Robyn Dalby-Stockwell is a teacher, writer, broadcaster, reading consultant and Director of Alonah Reading Cambridge. She has been published in the UK and USA and has given many radio interviews describing and promoting synthetic phonics. Robyn now lives in Cambridge…

Sandy Dale

With several years experience in administration, I am able to deal with any problems you have using up to date software. I have also been taking photos for 40 years and have done courses to improve my skills. Qualifications: Digital Imaging Basic, Intermediate…

Jemma-louisa Dalley

I'm a freelance photographer from Suffolk, I have recently completed BA Hons in Graphic and Typographic Design, which included lots of photography. I am currently building a portfolio, which includes all types of events. I have covered work ranging from baby…

Sarah Daniels

Sarah Daniels is the Founder Director of The RedCat Partnership. The Business has been operating since 1999 and is based in Norwich Sarah is passionate about providing a quality service that is bespoke to clients needs For more information see…

Detta Darnell

Detta Darnell is a business owner & the UK's First Kaizen Muse Creativity Coach. She is also a writer/artist. She has presented seminars, workshops and group meetings for women and men throughout the country and is passionate about helping men,…

Alison Darrington

My backgound is in Retail Management and the sales environment for more than 15 years. During this time I became adept in training managers and sales staff, and I have also worked in Spain for several years as a Retail…

Wendy Dashwood-Quick

Curious Facts: At school Wendy was a gifted athlete which she used to overcome serious behavioural and academic challenges as a child. She competed for her school at a local and county level. In 1998 she narrowly missed being seriously…

Cara Davani

EMPLOYMENT Nov 07 - date Business consultancy, Ofsted Jan 06 - Nov 07 Group Director Corporate Services Genesis Housing Group Jan 03- Jan 06 HR Director London Borough of Tower Hamlets July 00 - Dec 02 Director of Human and Physical Resources Suffolk College Jan…

Julia Davey

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Noreen Davey

My Name is Noreen Davey, I started up in Interior Design after 20 years of Experience with soft furnishings, curtains/blinds/etc. My clients constantly assure me that I have "A good eye for colour and style", I find it very…

Caroline Davies

I was so fed up with awful plastic party bags stuffed with cheap toys and sweets, that I decided to do something about it. Frog in the Field is challenging and exciting. I am a mother of three children (my…

Catherine Davies

After years of being a manager of ladies and mens clothing in London and Norwich for some very elite and well established companies, I decided to use my business skills and go self employed within a business I have a…

Gillian Davies

Having worked for some 14 years in publishing (maily legal)- I have decided to concentrate on my art and design work. I always start from the point of view of wanting to exploit a certain material or create a juxtaposition of…

Helen Davies

I was lucky to travel the world...sourcing products, over seeing production and going on seasonal buying trips with other creatives. I've always wanted to create my own label and move back to the Cornish coast...so through combining my passion for design,…

Janet Davies

Janet Davies is an independent management development and training consultant, author and web entrepreneur. An Honours graduate in International Marketing, she went on to work as a senior business executive with some of the world's top companies such as American…

Kerrie Davies

Kerrie Davies was born in 1973 in Rochford, Essex. At one time she was a civil servant in the education department in central london. She left the civil service to concentrate on bringing up her two children. It was only when…

Mandy Davies

My husband and I decided to move our family to Cornwall from Essex as we were fed up selling our souls to the devil when we worked in London. We decided to up sticks and move to Cornwall with no job…

Natalie Davies

I would ideally like to do a computer course as i would like to become a receptionist and at the moment i make jewellery to sell.

Pauline Davies

has just completed an Advance Diploma in Counselling & Therapeutic Practice. I am an intergratively trained counsellor and work with Cognitive Behavioural, Person Centered and Psychodynamic Therapies.

Stephanie Davies

A few years ago, I took a complete lifestyle change and trained as a Personal Stylist with Aston & Hayes; LondonÃs leading Image Consultancy. Training is approved by The Federation of Image Consultants, of which I am an affiliate member. Before…

Jacqueline Davis

Jacqueline Davis has 22 years experience working at senior executive and board level in the charity and creative sectors, She is a Chartered Director with the Institute of Directors and continually updates her skills by participating in the professional review…

Pam Davis

NOT YET TRADING - still setting up HOWEVER..... Image Matters What you wear can change your life ! Unisex Style Consultants - offering expert styling advice

Susan Davis

Susan Davis has qualified from the prestigious Institute for Optimum Nutrition with a Science Foundation Degree. She is registered with BANT. Prior to her training she has worked at some of LondonÃs top restaurants with well-known celebrity chefs. After she…

Sarah Dawes

As well as managing Coxswain's Cottage I am currently studying for a Masters Degree in Illustration at Anglia University in my home town of Cambridge. I am also working on my first book for children.

Salena Dawson

Salena Dawson was born in 1972 in Coventry. After studying Law at Coventry and De Montfort University, Leicester, she moved to the Norfolk region in 2000 and qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Since then she has been moonlighting as an…

Alison Day

Alison Day has been with The Finishing Post since it's origination in 1997. She has a BA and an MA in Design Management with over 10 years experience in the design industry. She became a Director of The Finishing Post…

Carys G Dayne

I'm a self-employed presenter, voice-over artist and writer with 10 years' broadcast experience in TV and radio. My career began with a BAFTA Award for my work in children's television at ITV in Leeds. My radio shows – on some of…

Michelle Dayson

I am Michelle I am 28 years old. I started card making as a hobby but gradually it developed and now it is more of a small buisness online which I made into a catalogue system as I think this…

Lisa de Araujo

I'm a Cambridge, England-based contract designer, art director and project manager. I can provide long or short term assistance with the following: project management art and creative direction game design web design, including content management systems …

Sylvie de la Roche

My name is Sylvie de la Roche. I am Managing Director of LREF. After working for 32 years in International Financial Markets of London, Paris, New York and Toronto, I decided to use my background and excellent contacts to set up…

Lauren de Vere

I have always been interested in various aspects of self-development and am passionate about the benefits of NLP therapy to help people lead more productive and creative lives. I live in St. Albans in Hertfordshire and have 3 cats and a…

Jelbrich De Vries

Jelbrich De Vries is an arts professional with a broad experience in staging art exhibitions and organizing arts and antiques fairs. She also has a 5-year track record in worldwide sales of business services to medium-sized companies as well as multinationals. She…

Staci Deakins

Living in Okehampton, Devon. Young business woman at only 18. Having owned my own business for 2 years. I created my business with my partner as neither of us were able to find employment in a recession, and we had…

Patricia Dearnaley

PATRICIA DEARNALEY FCIH, MILM, ACIPD, DMS In 1984, Patricia Dearnaley saw an advertisement for a six-week clerical position with Coventry City Council Housing Benefit Department. With no knowledge or interest in public sector housing, the job seemed to offer a reasonable…

Gillian Dearnley

I have been a lover of all things Italian for 20 years, and visit Italy as often as I can. I like to think that my company One Stop Italy helps to turn people's holiday dreams into reality. Many 'special…

Elizabeth Debenham

Childcare Directory was founded by Elizabeth Debenham. After leaving her last nursery Elizabeth decided she would like to start her own business and identifying a need for a quick and simple way for parents to be able to find childcare…

Sarah Decent

After almost 20 years in Human Resources I decided to start afresh and set up a shoe and handbag shop! Whilst to many people this seemed like a complete change, it has really just meant that I could combine the…

Cheryl Dee

Like many girls I have spent year's trialling and experimenting with various fake tanning products, some good and some bad! Being naturally quite fair and quite slow to build up a real tan I've become somewhat known by my friends…

Estelle Deerenberg

Background of 12 years experience of Sales & Marketing for 4/5 star hotels / hotel chains with hotels in London, UK, Europe, USA and Asia. Was based in London for 12 years. In 2005 I decided to achieve a better…

Gosia Demetriou

Gosia Demetriou trained as a social worker and gained BA(Hons)in Social Work in 1996. She worked as a Senior Practitioner in Hertfordshire County Council until 2007 when she left her part time post in Children, Schools and Families but remained…

Xenia Demetriou

I am a London based photographer. Commissioned to work on location and in the studio. Areas of practice extend to Portraiture, Reportage, Corporate, Events, Travel, Architecture and Interiors. My passion for photography began at age fourteen when at school I had my…

Prue Denton

I am a chartered fellow of the CIPD and have an ILM level 5 diploma in business coaching and mentoring. I am also qualified to use the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) which is a diagnostic tool used to identify underlying motivations…

Margaret Desir

Margaret has a background of working for large City International legal firms and prior to leaving the City worked for a large firm of American Lawyers, dealing with all aspects of legal research and information technology, covering all areas of…

Rachel Desira

I decided to open my business 5 years ago. I was working freelance for various shops and soon came to the conclusion that bride's wanting to discuss their special day had to put up with all the additional hustle &…

Domenica Di Lieto

Domenica brings 16 years experience in business development and marketing including Emap Elan, New Woman magazine, The Evening Standard and Primelocation.com Domenica splits her time between the Commercial Development of the company and running it as a whole. Keen to…

Kalwinder Digpal

Having had life experience from an ethnic background, I have a great understanding of both ethnic fashion and western fashion. As a member of a large Asian family and community along with the background of my partner whom is from…

Lesley Dimery

I live on my own with with my pets, and have a love of, and connectedness to nature. I have worked part time for 19 years as an administrator, and practice the therapies that I love from home. My personal…

Kate Dingwall

Kate has over 15 years leadership and management experience gained in the pharmaeutical and biotechnology industry and has a passion for helping people to reach their potential and go beyond their expectations in their achievements. Her experience of leading and managing…

Nicola Dix

I started Yoga Bliss because Yoga had become a real passion for me and I wanted to share it with people in a way that still enabled me to practice, study and support my family. My career background couldn't be in…

Thirza Dixon

It may not be fair, but on average others will make 16 assumptions about you in the first few seconds of meeting you, reading your business letters or seeing your marketing materials. It is all based on what they see,…

Jackie Dobbyne

Managing Director Jackie Dobbyne began her career in children's publishing with HarperCollins and Kingfisher Books. She then worked for many years as a freelance project manager before joining Goodfellow & Egan in January 1999 to head up the fledging editorial…

Frances Dobson

Frances Dobson is the President of the British Institute of Verbatim Reporters www.bivr.org.uk a company registered at Companies House since 1887. She is described by some as being a total communicator, because she is the only person in the…

Jackie Dockerill

CIMA Qualified Accountant 14 years of experience Manufacturing, Services, Practice

Trudie Dockerty

FANTASTIC DAYS is run by my husband Tim and myself and our team of fantastic staff. My role is Business Development Manager and I'm always on the lookout for ways to enhance our guestsÃ visits and in developing…

Kate Donaghey

I have been training in Apprenticeships for 6 years. I Was asked how hard it would be to set up my own company and when I looked for the answers I just kept on going. Training means a great deal…

Janice Dongworth

I qualified as a Physiotherapist in 1993 and I went onto to work for various NHS hospitals in Glos. and Worcs. as well as in Private practice and GP surgeries. I specialised in treating Musculoskeletal injuries with a special interest…

Georgina Donovan

I have been interested in complementary therapies for nearly 9 years. I work in administration/customer service/sales for 18 years. I realised in this day and age that companies were content at letting customer service slip for higher sales figures. This…

A. Dougan

I am passionate about classic dressing for all occasions. I therefore set up www.bledjous.com to give the general public the option to shop classy at low prices.

Ann Douglas

Ann Douglas is a certified coach, and Master Practitioner in NLP, Time Line Therapy(tm)and hypnosis. She has over 20 years Senior buying experience within the top 2 UK food retailers, responsible for multi - million pound negotiations and managing large teams. Whilst…

Janet Dowding

I trained at Metanoia Institute in London, gaining an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy. Rather than studying one specific therapeutic theory I chose an integrative course as I donÃt believe that any one orientation has all the answers; so I have…

Kate Dowding

I am an Interior Designer by day and a monster maker by night. But I plan to be a full time monster maker! A summer project turned into a bit of an obsession and before long I had a whole family…

Melanie Dowie

I hail from Bermuda where most of my business backgroud and training lies. I started out my training in the view to become an accountant but with a growing family I had to rethink that plan. When I moved to…

Chris Dowling

Having spent 20 years as a teacher, half of which was spent overseas,about 10 years ago the time came for a complete change from the British state education system . I trained to dispense hearing aids and worked for the company…

Dawn Dowsett

I am a complementary therapist practicing Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Reiki, EIP and Flower Essence Therapy. I have worked in a clinic setting for three years and now practice at my home in Taverham. Aware of the need of many of my clients for…

Deborah Doyle

Debbie is a Padstow-based photographer specialising in maternity and newborn photography. A mum of five children, Debbie had to rethink her career path when health complications stopped her from going back to work after the birth of her last child. She said:…

Mia Drennan

Mia founded Square Mile Connections in 2005 after a high profile career in the city. Her last post prior to starting the company was running the global structured finance business within The Bank of New York where she was responsible…

Nicola Drew

I have been a qualified nursery nurse for 8 years and to 'brighten up' the nursery where I worked I started painting children's murals and discovered I was good at it! When I moved to Cambridge I decided to set up…

Irene Droemert

I spent over ten years in PR and marketing in the IT industry before starting a family and re-training as a hypnotherapist and cognitive behavioural therapist. I set up my own practice in Welwyn Garden City in 2004.

Rachel Druett

I finished my degree in English language and took off travelling for the last year. At the end of my travels I was in Venice, where I found Lissettes workshop where she makes and sells Murano glass beads and jewellery. It was…

Miriam Drugan

Miriam Drugan is the proprietor of Aroma HealthCare now in its 8th year of business. Miriam has over 12 years experience in the field of complementary healthcare and has been interviewed by local radio stations in Norwich. Miriam continually updates her…

Brenda Drummond

I am currently employed as a Business Advisor working with budding entreprenuers looking to start their own business or develop their existing business. However I am about to launch my own consultancy business as I find that publicly funded business support…

Jan Dryden

I am a proud mother of two daughters and Nanna to my 5 year old grandson. My working background is Administration; Counselling; Youth, Family & Community work. I initiated and managed a successful Family Support Scheme for several years, and have…

Margaret Duggan

My background is education. I taught for 25 years - children and young people from the ages of 5 - 18 years. I learnt a great deal from many of these children and colleagues alike. It still amazes me to…

Jeanette Duggin

It all started in 2003 ago when my husband, Tom, a British diplomat, and I returned to the UK on holiday from our posting in Colombia. While exploring a village in Cornwall I spotted a table of home made marmalades…

Jennifer Duncan

Break Free Productions was set up by Jennifer Duncan who has had a long and varied career within the broadcast media, working for both BBC television and radio. Whilst working as a freelancer for the BBC, Jennifer was also a…

Nicky Duncan

I have a background in health care and conservation, and ENJO supports both in a significant way. It ticks all the boxes, and does what it claims to do. I know that becoming and ENJO user will make a difference.…

Charmaine Dunmow

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Beverley Dunn

Beverley Dunn is a professionally qualified international Programme Manager with a proven track record of leading complex change in large muti-site, retail finance and service organisations. She has initiated and delivered major programmes at pace across a range of areas…

Jackie Dunn

I've always had dogs, so the decision to become a professional dog walker was an easy one to make. I love the outdoors and the company of dogs.Whether you are walking springer spaniels, Irish setters,Border collies or Huskies, they all…

Gwyn Durand

IÃm a fully accredited Coach from Ã«Coaching and Mentoring InternationalÃ (formally UK College of Life Coaching) I founded UK Lifecoaching in 2006. my special interest is personal development and growth working predominantly but not exclusively with women in transition periods of…

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